Centre of Gravity Simulation

UGMENTALCASE

Hi all, it's been a while since I was last doing anything with Mecway.
I've always wondered about simulating a centre of gravity set up. So say there is a tool that's being lifted at a certain point, cN you simulate the tipping motion of the tool.
This came about a while ago when we were trying to easily figure out, from a 3d file, that was having some material removed and we wanted to figure out whether the change in c of g was acceptable.

So I suspect it can be simulated in Mecway, but how would you best go about it?

Thanks in advance

Victor

You could use nonlinear static analysis for this. If you know the points of contact with the ground, you could put displacement constraints there and a non-zero displacement at the lifting point. If you don't know them, use contact.

If you just want to find the center of gravity, use Tools -> Center of mass.

UGMENTALCASE

Cheers Victor I'll test it out thank you