"Mass Properties" are physical attributes of a mechanical part that relate to how the component will behave in an environment. These properties include familiar attributes such as the weight and volume of the object. They also include more advanced physical information such as its center of mass and moments of inertia. Following are the type of Mass Properties that one can generate from CAE.

1. Surface Area: The surface area is the total area of the boundary surfaces defining the solid model.

2. Bounding Box: The bounding box is a rectangular box that encloses the solid model and fits exactly the model's upper and lower X, Y, and Z extents.

3. Volume: The volume of a body is the total volume of space enclosed by its boundary surfaces.

4. Centroid: Centroid of a volume is the origin of coordinate axes for which first moments of the volume are zero. It is considered center of a volume. For a homogeneous body in a parallel gravity field, mass center and center of gravity coincide with the centroid.

5. Mass: The mass of a body is the measure of its property to resist change in its steady motion. The mass depends on the volume of the body and the density of the material of which the body is made.

6. Moments Of Inertia: A moment of inertia is the second moment of mass of a body relative to an axis, usually X, Y, or Z. It is a measure of body's property to resist change in its steady rotation about that axis. It depends on body's mass and its distribution around the axis of interest.