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    Surface volume is wrong

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    04-22-2012 08:32 PM

    Hello sir

     

    1) when I try to find volume of a cube 1*1*1

    c3d volume report is 0.03 c.meter why?

    First I make surface1 and import the 4 point with elevation 0

    sec. I make surface 2 and import 4 point with elevation 1

    then itry to find volume of this cube and my result is 0.03 c.meter why this happen. 

    2) if this above method is wrong give me step by step guide of surface and volume.

    I try autocad civil 3d help but icant understand very well. plz help...

    3) how to find volume at particular level.?

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-22-2012 09:26 PM in reply to: dhavaldj36
    I'm guessing an inches to metres thing. Check your settings and/or styles. Attach the dwg file if you can't figure it out.
    Matt Kolberg
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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-23-2012 07:03 AM in reply to: mathewk

    Sir 

    I attach my drawing.

     

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-23-2012 07:10 AM in reply to: dhavaldj36

    Hi,

     

    >> when I try to find volume of a cube 1*1*1

    What makes you thinking that 1x1x1 = 1m x 1m x 1m? Your drawing UNITS are set to feet (try command _UNITS) or try command _AECDWGSETUP.

    At least you should set the units for volume-calculation to the same units you are using in modelspace. :smileywink:

     

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-23-2012 08:46 AM in reply to: alfred.neswadba

    thank you sir

     

    i was try un command and AECDWGSETUP but still autocad c3d give me volume 0.03 c.meter.

     

    plz help....

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-23-2012 08:55 AM in reply to: dhavaldj36

    Hi,

     

    and when you changed the UNITS from feet to meter you where asked if you want to rescale the objects, did you or not? Check now with command _DIST the distance between your points of the surface-border.

     

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-23-2012 09:00 AM in reply to: alfred.neswadba

    hello sir

     

    my all dimenstion is 1 meter.

     

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-23-2012 09:11 AM in reply to: dhavaldj36

    Hi,

     

    >> my all dimenstion is 1 meter.

    All?

     

    You started with a imperial template, so all Civil-specific settings are set to yard or feet.

    Go to Civil project-browser, to tab "settings" and click on the root-node of the tree "cube-1" ==> right click ==> drawing-settings. The new dialog has a tab for environement settings, and here you have to assign "meter" to a lot of settings (to come to a metric drawing.

    Look to this screenshot (sorry it's german and also my words above may not be correct translated as I don't have a english Civil3D). Next time you start start with a metric profile and metric template :smileywink:

     

    2012-04-23 18-09-49.png

     

     

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-23-2012 09:27 AM in reply to: alfred.neswadba

    sorry sir 

     

    i face my old problem..

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    Re: Surface volume is wrong

    04-24-2012 08:55 PM in reply to: dhavaldj36

    Hello  everyone i am helpless plz help me . ......

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