Can I use the factor loading to get the weightings?

Please let me know if the below is correct, otherwise what is the write procedure to do so ??

1.What I did for variables weightings:

The weighting of each variable was calculated by dividing variable factor loading(squared) by the summation of all squared factor loading with the same dimension (factor) . ( squaring was done to avoid negative signs)

Weight of each measure within respective factor = (factor loading)^2/ (sum of squared factor loading)

2.For Factors weighting within the Model :

The squared factor loading of every variable on each factor were summed(A)

Then results of step 1 were summed (B= A1+A2 +A3...)

The weighting of each factor/dimension= A/B

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