PhysicalPropertiesMode = 0: Ignore physical properties

Properties are retrieved from the material or calculated using NX customer specifications

PhysicalPropertiesMode = 1: Assign physical properties (default)

Available properties:

Physical properties are "assigned" (mapped to special NX fields provided). The German-language NX user interface speaks of "vorausgesetzt", the English-language one of "asserted". With this option, the properties appear in various information windows, such as the "Displayed part weight" property dialog. In this way, it is also possible to map the properties to assemblies. Mass, density, volume and center of gravity can be mapped.

Note The following is only valid up to NX 2306: Please note that the assignment of mass, density and volume only works if either a) the mass (CNSMASSEXACT) is specified or b) both density (CNSDENSITY) AND volume (CNSVOLUMEEXACT) are specified. If only the density or the volume are specified, the assignment will fail. If an assignment fails, a corresponding error message is displayed, see below.

PhysicalPropertiesMode = 2: Set "real" physical properties

Available properties:

Physical properties are set at model level (mapped directly to the actual NX "physprops"). This method only works for parts. Only density and mass can be assigned this way.

PhysicalPropertiesMode = 3: Both assigning and setting physical properties are activated