2.3.7.2. Block [CreationOptions(is3d)]
2.3.7.2.7.  Key "PhysicalPropertiesMode"
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2.3.7.2.7.  Key "PhysicalPropertiesMode"

Setting for handling the physical properties of bodies during export (flag)

  • PhysicalPropertiesMode = 0: Ignore physical properties

    Properties are retrieved from the material or calculated using NX customer specifications

  • PhysicalPropertiesMode = 1: Assign physical properties (default)

    Available properties:

    • CNSMASSEXACT (mass)

    • CNSDENSITY (density)

    • CNSVOLUMEEXACT (volume)

    • CNSCOG (focus)

    Physical properties are "assigned" (mapped to special NX fields provided). The German-language NX user interface speaks of "vorausgesetzt", the English-language one of "asserted". With this option, the properties appear in various information windows, such as the "Displayed part weight" property dialog. In this way, it is also possible to map the properties to assemblies. Mass, density, volume and center of gravity can be mapped.

    [Note]Note

    The following is only valid up to NX 2306:

    Please note that the assignment of mass, density and volume only works if either a) the mass (CNSMASSEXACT) is specified or b) both density (CNSDENSITY) AND volume (CNSVOLUMEEXACT) are specified. If only the density or the volume are specified, the assignment will fail.

    If an assignment fails, a corresponding error message is displayed, see below.

  • PhysicalPropertiesMode = 2: Set "real" physical properties

    Available properties:

    • CNSMASSEXACT

    • CNSDENSITY

    Physical properties are set at model level (mapped directly to the actual NX "physprops"). This method only works for parts. Only density and mass can be assigned this way.

  • PhysicalPropertiesMode = 3: Both assigning and setting physical properties are activated

Possible error messages (only applicable up to NX 2306)

If "PhysicalPropertiesMode" is set to 1 or 3, the following error messages appear if the key parameters are missing:

Failed to assign physical properties due to missing key parameters.

Either the mass or volume and density must be present for a successful assignment.

If only the density is available, please select a different assignment mode for the physical properties (set PhysicalPropertiesMode to '2').

[Note]Note

If PhysicalPropertiesMode=3 (density set but not assigned), the warning has "moderate" importance and is only displayed if the DisplayCreationWarningLevel key is equal to or higher than 50.

If PhysicalPropertiesMode=1 (density not set at all), the warning has an importance of "Greater" and is visible by default.

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