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How to show COG of subassemblies in an Inventor drawing?

How to display and dimension/annotate center of gravity of the individual subassemblies and parts in an Inventor assembly drawing?

You can use the following simple iLogic macro - when run, it creates/updates the location of the MyCOG workpoint in the model document:

Dim cogName As String = "MyCOG"

Dim doc As Document = ThisDoc.Document

Dim cog As WorkPoint
Try
 cog = doc.ComponentDefinition.WorkPoints(cogName)
 cog.SetFixed(doc.ComponentDefinition.MassProperties.CenterOfMass)
Catch
 cog = doc.ComponentDefinition.WorkPoints.AddFixed(doc.ComponentDefinition.MassProperties.CenterOfMass)
 cog.Name = cogName
End Try

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20.7.2012 1674x

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See also:
Tip 8927:	How to exclude parts of the Inventor assembly from total mass?
Tip 8528:	Import AutoCAD 3D DWG files into Inventor.
Tip 8286:	How to display COG in Inventor drawing views?
Tip 7963:	Direct editing of any 3D model in AutoCAD or Inventor.
Tip 5776:	Automatic center of gravity for Inventor assemblies.

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