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30.27. NX9 - Setting options for physical properties from PARTsolutions
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30.27. NX9 - Setting options for physical properties from PARTsolutions

There are different setting options available for the handling of physical properties of solids during export.in the configuration file ifugnx.cfg:[180] 

[Categories]
PhysicalPropertiesMode=0/1/2/3

  • 0: Physical properties are not mapped at all. They are either acquired from the material (if provided) or calculated from NX customer defaults.

  • 1: "Assert" mode for the physical properties

    Available properties:

    • CNSMASSEXACT (Mass)

    • CNSDENSITY (Density)

    • CNSVOLUMEEXACT (Volume)

    • CNSCOG (Center of gravity)

    Physical properties are "asserted" (mapped to specially provided NX fields). This option will make them appear in various information windows, such as the "Displayed Part Weight" properties dialog. It is also possible to map these properties to assemblies in this manner. Mass, density, volume and center of gravity can be mapped.

    [Note]Note

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

    If an assignment fails, then a respective error message is displayed. See below.

  • 2: "Real" physical properties are set

    Available properties:

    • CNSMASSEXACT

    • CNSDENSITY

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

  • 3: Options 1 and 2 are both enabled.

Default value: 1

Possible error message

If "PhysicalPropertiesMode" is set to 1 or 3, then at missing key parameters the following error message is displayed:

Failed to assert physical properties due to missing key parameters.
 
Either the mass or both volume and density must be provided
 for a successful assertion.

If only the density is available,
 please select a different physical properties assignment mode 
 ifugnx.cfg(set PhysicalPropertiesMode to '2' in the configuration file ifugnx.cfg).

[Note]Note

The warning for PhysicalPropertiesMode=3 (density set, but not asserted) has the "Moderate" importance level and is displayed only when the key DisplayCreationWarningLevel is at 50 or higher. The warning for PhysicalPropertiesMode=1 (density not set at all) has the "Major" importance level and is visible by default.

Further information on this is found under Section 2.5.7.2.6, “Physical properties from PARTsolutions ” in PARTsolutions - User manual.



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