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Is there away to Assign Material from our custom database of materials and ensure the mass override is unchecked, on many folders of parts?

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I have many folders of parts that I need to Assign a custom material to, from our "pfgmaterials.sldmat" file.

Assigning the materials seems to be working fine through various methods. A nice macro written by Deepak Gupta

and also an addin in #Task utility.

I find that when assigning the material, I get an error on the material, and the only way I have found to resolve this is by unchecking the Mass Override Properties.

Is there a way that these can be incorporated into the Change_Part_Material macro that Deepak has written?

I have tried recording my steps over unchecking the Override Mass and Override Center of Mass, but can't see a way to include this in the original Macro.

Any help would be appreciated.

Deepak Gupta Dec 12, 2019 10:31 AM

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Here is revised and updated version of the macro to uncheck override mass and COM. Also the macro should perform bit faster.

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Matt Peneguy Dec 12, 2019 8:10 AM

I'm not sure what level of SW has Design Checker, but it has a check for overridden Mass property. That may be the simplest method I can come up with.

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Alex Burnett Dec 12, 2019 8:14 AM

I don't have time to look at the actual code, however it is possible to get and set that value with this command

2016 SOLIDWORKS API Help - OverrideMass Property (IMassProperty)

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Deepak Gupta Dec 12, 2019 10:31 AM

Here is revised and updated version of the macro to uncheck override mass and COM. Also the macro should perform bit faster.

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Change_Part_Material (All Config)_v2.swp.zip12.9 KB

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Mark Bradford @ Deepak Gupta on Dec 13, 2019 4:24 AM

Thanks so much Deepak! What would we do without you?

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Mark Bradford @ Deepak Gupta on Dec 13, 2019 5:34 AM

Hi Deepak. Do you have time to help me a little more with this one? If you can, can you please hit my inbox?

I need to apply this macro to certain files that I cannot make public, and something isn't working quite right for me, and it might be easier if you could them.

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Deepak Gupta @ Mark Bradford on Dec 13, 2019 8:53 AM

Hi Mark, check your inbox.

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Seth Moser @ Deepak Gupta on Oct 15, 2020 4:46 PM

I am trying to use this code to add a material to sldlfp files. In the script, I have changed the file extension, materials library name, and material name.

The macro does not appear to be assigning a material or running silently, as every sldlfp is being opened. What other changes need to be made?

Edit: I fat-fingered the materials library name. Once it was corrected, the script will change the material as intended.

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Matt Peneguy Dec 12, 2019 8:10 AM
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I'm not sure what level of SW has Design Checker, but it has a check for overridden Mass property. That may be the simplest method I can come up with.
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Alex Burnett Dec 12, 2019 8:14 AM
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I don't have time to look at the actual code, however it is possible to get and set that value with this command
2016 SOLIDWORKS API Help - OverrideMass Property (IMassProperty)
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Deepak Gupta Dec 12, 2019 10:31 AM
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Here is revised and updated version of the macro to uncheck override mass and COM. Also the macro should perform bit faster.
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- Mark Bradford @ Deepak Gupta on Dec 13, 2019 4:24 AM
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  Thanks so much Deepak! What would we do without you?
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- Mark Bradford @ Deepak Gupta on Dec 13, 2019 5:34 AM
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  Hi Deepak. Do you have time to help me a little more with this one? If you can, can you please hit my inbox?
  I need to apply this macro to certain files that I cannot make public, and something isn't working quite right for me, and it might be easier if you could them.
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  - Deepak Gupta @ Mark Bradford on Dec 13, 2019 8:53 AM
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    Hi Mark, check your inbox.
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- Seth Moser @ Deepak Gupta on Oct 15, 2020 4:46 PM
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  I am trying to use this code to add a material to sldlfp files. In the script, I have changed the file extension, materials library name, and material name.
  The macro does not appear to be assigning a material or running silently, as every sldlfp is being opened. What other changes need to be made?
  
  Edit: I fat-fingered the materials library name. Once it was corrected, the script will change the material as intended.
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Is there away to Assign Material from our custom database of materials and ensure the mass override is unchecked, on many folders of parts?

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