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Always print Inventor drawings with updated Mass values.

Autodesk Inventor assembly drawings often contains references to iProperties and physical properties of the model (parts). But the "mass" property may be not always updated and the printed drawing may contain inaccurate assembly mass information.

The following VBA macro ensures that printing is invoked after the mass properties are updated:

Sub PrintWithUpdateMass()
    'Update mass in all referenced documents
    Dim drw As DrawingDocument
    Set drw = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
    
    Dim doc As Document
    Dim mass As Double
    
    For Each doc In drw.AllReferencedDocuments
        mass = doc.ComponentDefinition.MassProperties.mass
    Next
    
    Call drw.Update
    
    'Invoke print or other command
    Call ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions("AppFilePrintCmd").Execute
    
End Sub

No error checking included for simplicity

You can assign this macro to a new "Print" icon on your ribbon - see the Tip 8267.

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See also:
Tip 11320:	How to find volume, mass or surface area of a component in Fusion 360?
Tip 11189:	Mass rename of spaces (Revit MEP) from rooms in an underlaid architecture model.
Tip 11034:	Mass property depending on the current LOD in an Inventor assembly.
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