CAD tip # 8271:

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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 14117:	Recoloring of Inventor assembly parts - random, by material, by mass or other property (T4I)
Tip 13938:	ModDXF - utility for bulk modification/display of internal DXF properties in DWG entities.
Tip 12881:	How to attach multiple raster images to my DWG in one go?
Tip 12815:	How to fill iProperties into Inventor files from Excel?
Tip 12627:	How to override weight of an assembly component in Fusion 360?

Selected tip: Convert 3D model from 3ds Max to Inventor.

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