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Object Measures

In general, all objects in your model have some pre-defined measurable characteristics. For example, you can capture and investigate the power consumption of a motion, or measure a part’s center-of-mass velocity along the global x-axis, taking time derivatives in the ground reference frame. The default coordinate system is the ground coordinate system, but you can use any marker as the coordinate system.
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To access the object measure create dialog box, do one of the following:

■To create a measure for a selected object, select the object. Click Design Exploration tab. From the Measures container, click the New measure tool .
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(Classic interface) From the Build menu, point to Measure, and then select Selected Object.
 
Tip:  
Right-click the object, and then select Measure.
■To create a measure for any object in the database, when no objects are selected, Click Design Exploration tab. From the Measures container, click the icon for New measure tool . or (Classic interface) From the Build menu, point to Measure, point to Selected Object, and then select New. From the Database Navigator, select the object on which you want to define a measure.
■To create a measure while modifying the object, from the object's modify dialog box, select the Object Measure tool . Learn about Accessing Modify Dialog Boxes.
An Object Measure dialog box appears. Its content corresponds to the object type you are creating. If you selected an object that is an assembly, the Assembly Measure dialog box appears.

To define the measure:

1. In the Measure Name text box, enter a name for the measure.
2. Set Characteristic to the object characteristic to measure.
3. From the Component option buttons, select the component to report.
4. Set the pull-down menu to the desired coordinate system (Cartesian, spherical, or cylindrical).
5. If it is appropriate, in the From/At area, select a reference point indicating where the force will be measured or from where the kinematic quantities will be measured.
6. In the Represent coordinates in text box, enter the marker on which the vector quantity is projected. The default is the global coordinate system.
7. To display a Strip chart of the measure, select Create Strip Chart.
8. Select OK.