Surface Centroid

[Mloew]

Is it possible to get a centroid of a surface from Pro/E? I could not find a way to output the centroid for use in an analysis feature. I ended up thickening the surface and doing model mass properties and extracting the mass center. I want to avoid the use of solid features if possible. Any solutions out there? Thanks in advance!


I am using Wildfire 2.0

 

[sezerserhan]

Did you play with the options under analysis in the menu bar?

 

[Mloew]

sezerserhan,


Do you have any useful information to present? Thereare not any built-in functions for area centroid calculation. I explored the options fully.




Edited by: Mloew

 

[sezerserhan]

Mloew,


Honestly It's been a while since i looked at that in Pro/E , butifgetting the centroid of a surface in your model is what you are lookingfor no matter what the application (software) is, then you canrun a simple FEA and review the result in the centroid of that part.Youmay even apply this trick in Mechanicaas well, i guess.But, if you have to find out how to get it in Pro/E, i will try to recall it soon and get back with you.


cheers,

 

[Natewebb]

You can get the centoid of a planar surface by selecting ->model analysis ->x-section mass properties. You can select a plane or cross section.


For a non planar surface, you must thicken it and find the 3d centroid.