Macro CenterOfMass/en

Description
Gives the total mass and the location of the center of mass resulting of multiple objects selected. Different densities could be chosen for each object.



Usage
Select the object(s)

Run the macro

Script
Download the macro from GitHub: Macro CenterOfMass.FCMacro

Download the toolbar icon file and place it in a sub directory named CenterOfMass in the macro directory:

Link
the forum discussion Macro to compute center of mass

Version
0.5.0 / 2022-04-06: complete rewrite by s-quirin (SyProLei project (Saarland University))
 * New: Code base, Requirement raised to Qt5.12+ and Python3 (FreeCAD 0.19).
 * New: Show mass of each solid.
 * New: Start window docked or floating (can be set in Parameter Editor).
 * New: Selection matches up tree view or is sorted by name (can be set in Parameter Editor).
 * New: Option to save densities in document.
 * Improved: FreeCAD alike Gui look and feel.
 * Improved: Scaled color palette (from green to red) to colorify shapes.
 * Improved: Visualising the displacement of centre of mass to the geometry.
 * Improved: Internal tracking of units.
 * Fix: Handling of groups and group objects.
 * Fix: Handling of App::Link.
 * Fix: Replaced deprecated Qt class.

0.4.2 / 2019-06-09:
 * Check last version number on github and popup if not last version.
 * Automatic update of show CdG (if it exists) when densities are changed.
 * Bug correction when changing radius.

0.4.1 / 2019-05-25: Add default density button, sphere cursor, change window behavior, correct a container part issue.

0.3.6 / 2019-05-22: Radius of spheres representing centers of mass of solids depends on their masses.

0.3.5 / 2019-05-21: Arrays and clone correction.

0.3.4 / 2019-03-18: Minor.

0.3.3 / 2019-03-17: Loading .csv corrections.

0.3.2 / 2019-03-14: Add a colorify push button to add color to shapes depending on their density.

0.3.0 / 2019-03-03: Python 3 compatibility.

0.2.3 / 2018-11-22: New icon name.

0.1.2 / 2018-11-10: