Create Mass and Volume Responses

Use the Mass/Volume tool to create mass or volume responses. The resulting response is the mass or volume of the entire model or the mass of an individual property. Available only for OptiStruct.

1. Do one of the following:
   • From the Design Explorer ribbon, click the Mass/Volume tool.

     
     
     Figure 1.

   • Click the Mass/Volume tool satellite icon . In the Responses dialog, click .
2. Use the drop-down menu on the left side of the guide bar to select the response type.
3. Optional: Select a single property if using OptiStruct.
4. Click to create the response.
   The response is added to the Design Explorer Browser.