Weight and Balance Management ─ Usage

Weight and Balance Management terms

Term	Description
Roll up	To accumulate. The rollup functionality calculates the cumulative total of the children and rolls it up on the parent.
Actual mass	As-measured mass based on a physical part or assembly that is weighed on a scale.
Asserted mass	Mass that can be overridden by a user to account for the anticipated changes to the design or geometry of part or assembly.
Evaluated (Estimated) mass	An estimated mass based on empirical data or a similar part or assembly.
Budgeted mass	Mass that is a target mass to be achieved, which is typically set and managed by a Weight Engineer. The Weight Engineer should create a budgeted mass by using the Budgeted Mass property. However, they can also create a parameter. This, in the background, creates a parameter object, which required that Parameter Management is installed.
From Design mass	Calculated by CAD applications, based on the CAD geometry and material assigned to the geometry or solid body.
Precedence	Also called maturity. A rollup calculation selects the mass value based on the maturity assigned to the mass type. For each BOM line, the mass value from the mass type with the highest maturity is used for mass rollup calculations.
Coating's mass	The mass of coating materials, such as primers and paints. Using Teamcenter Integrated Material Management, you can specify the mass of coating materials. If the mass for coatings is specified for structure components, it is taken into account for rollup and is displayed in the rollup reports.