{"id":422570,"date":"2025-02-20T11:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/mass-distribution-along-an-axis-in-acp-or-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:50:32","slug":"mass-distribution-along-an-axis-in-acp-or-mechanical","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/mass-distribution-along-an-axis-in-acp-or-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass distribution along an axis in ACP or mechanical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a way to get a mass distribution of my complete ACP model along an axis. Is there any way to get this somehow easily in ACP or Mechanical?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My second thought would be to do scripting in APDL or PyMAPDL by selecting elements by ranges in a z-direction, get mass, divide by the range length to get the specific mass. Then continue to next range until covering all the model.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to export this to a table in Workbench?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best wishes&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pablo&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-422570","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-acp","topic-tag-mass","topic-tag-mechanical"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello everyone,I am looking for a way to get a mass distribution of my complete ACP model along an axis. 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