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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Measure Bodies</b> calculates the volume, mass, surface area, center of gyration, and weight of selected bodies. The centroid point is an associative point for the center of mass for the selected bodies.
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      <p class="para_topic">Data displayed in the <b class="uiTerm">Information window</b> is converted to the current units. If you change the unit settings using <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Units</b>, information displays in the new units.
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      <p class="para_division">Three-dimensional solid body analysis is only allowed for solid bodies. Faces or other non-solid bodies are disallowed.</p>
      <p class="para_division">After you select all of the solid bodies you want to analyze, the system computes the mass properties, and computes additional properties from these.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Selecting multiple solid bodies causes the system to generate a single total for all of the selected solid bodies for each calculation.</p>
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