Mass Property Information in the Drawings

Is there a way to insert the mass property of a model into a drawing
by linking it back to the model? That way if I change the model the
information will change automatically?

 

In a part or assembly:

1. Create a Custom Property called Weight.
2. Select from the pull down list Mass
3. Close Custom Properties

In the drawing:

1. Create a note.
2. Using the chain link icon insert in the note property manager, the
Weight Custom property value into the note.

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Here is the description in the header of a macro I wrote to handle that for
our drawings. The user has the option of pasting in a static number,
whether the inch or metric value, or the linked property. At one point in
time there was a problem with what document units controlled what precision,
whether the model was metric and/or the drawing was metric or English, etc.
I haven't tested all the options for a couple years so I can't say for sure
that pulling in the property is bullet-proof. But I just tried it and now
we have the ability to set the precision of the mass units so the block
doesn't show the weight as 3 decimal places. If you would like the macro,
let me know.

"This macro gets the mass for the config specific model in the pre-selected
drawing view. It also puts the selected value in the clipboard. If a block
that contains a "weight" tag name is also selected, it will put the
selected value in that note. It checks for no drawing, lightweight, etc."

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