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Finding mass properties

Finding mass properties - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Finding mass properties

- The weight of something is defined by the volume as well as the density of the material. Now if I want to find the mass properties of this kettlebell shape that I defined, you can come over here to mass properties. Click on it and you can see here, I've got a mass of 9.99 pounds. The only problem is I didn't apply material so the mass of this thing makes no sense right? 'Cause I don't even know what material this thing is made of. In fact, neither does solidworks so if you look at materials it says not specified. So I'm not sure what material applies to this thing or how it even came up with that number. But we got to make sure that we are applying the correct material to get the right mass property. So over here under material, lets come down here and edit material. And I want to make this thing out of iron. Let's do some ductile cast iron, so gray cast iron, and click on apply. Click on close. So now we've changed the material and notice the appearance also changed. Over here it…

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