Center of Gravity

[shopper1732]

Say you have an extremely complex system; many major runs, many complex branches.

You want to determine the CG of several portins of the piping.

You could create a (new name) file with all other portions of the system deleted; add an anchor somewhere, do a batch run, then look at location of the CG.

Do the same for another portion of the system, then another and another, "etc., etc., etc.!" (as quoth the King of Siam)

So! Does CII provide you the ability to merely define two nodes and look up the CG of the system between them?

I have made attempts to find in the manuals. Therefore, I would prefer a proper answer; not questions regarding my useage, need, desire, "etc." for such information.

 

[NozzleTwister]

What's the purpose of this?

NozzleTwister
Houston, Texas

 

[JohnBreen]

I guess one way would to be to develop separate models for each portion of the system (make sure that each model has north along the same axis) and run them. Then you can use the include option to connect them all together for you final runs. Just a suggestion.

Regards, John

 

[richay]

John's idea is correct regarding segmenting the models, with later potential for the analysis of the entire (combined) system.

However, you don't have to analyze the system to obtain the CG. The center of gravity report is generated at the end of the "Error Check Phase", assuming there are no errors.

Richard Ay
COADE, Inc.