Weigh assembly in SolidWorks

David Thomas

14 Oct, 2011 01:05 PM

It is not difficult to do. Here's how :

1. Step 1:

   Open your assembly. Expand the first part in the feature tree and click Edit Material - unless you see the appropriate one in the dropdown list, in which case you can select it there and skip the next step.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Right click on Material .
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Select your material and click Apply. Here I've chosen Plain Carbon Steel. Close the Material dialog box. Repeat for all parts in the assembly.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Click Rebuild, just to be on the safe side.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Select Tools-->Mass Properties...

   

6. Step 6:

   Your mass will be shown here.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Clicking Options in the Mass Properties dialog window will open the Options window. Select Use custom settings if you wish to change units, precision, etc.