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Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

itchytoes — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:14:41 GMT

Hi --

Is there a function somewhere that will give me the volume of a body?

thanks

Betty

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

rwillardphil — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:19:35 GMT

Betty,

From the Browser Tree, #Right Click on the Component or Body and select the #Properties from the pop-up menu. That will give you the volume.

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

itchytoes — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:37:34 GMT

Thanks for the reply. That does the trick.

It's interesting that the volume from fustion is always a bit higher than the material volume calculated by shapeways.com, which is the 3D printing service I use. It will do for comparison purposes between fusion models.

Betty

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

wilkhui — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:51:26 GMT

Hi Betty - the calculation done by Fusion is on the Brep (smooth, accurate surfaces) whereas the model uploaded to Shapeways is a mesh (non-smooth, approximated polygons) so the volume calculation between these two types of models is always going to be different *.

Hope this helps,

Indy

Edit: * unless dealing with very simple geometry, such as a cube.

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

jrugh — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:02:49 GMT

I'm working with the same issue, however, when using the properties window, the volume comes up as 0.00. I've tried pulling up the properties when it was just a body, then tried making the body a component, same thing, 0.00 volume.

What am I missing here?

Thanks

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

wilkhui — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:28:59 GMT

Hi there - can you share your model?

Indy

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

jrugh — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:53:24 GMT

Sorry, I'm rather new to this program, what would be the best way to do that? screenshot, or share the model

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

wilkhui — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 06:42:54 GMT

The best way is to share the model and include pictures of exactly what you're seeing (and what you're trying to achieve if you're trying to get a certain shape).

There are a few ways to share your model, have a look at the page below and decide on the one that is best suited to you 🙂

How to share a Fusion 360 design

Thanks!

Indy

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 09:33:20 GMT

Is there way to get multiple bodies volume at once? I tried selecting all bodies and right click on one of them then Properties, but it gives the Volume only of that Body.

Re: Is there a measurement that gives me the volume of a body?

g-andresen — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 09:40:22 GMT

Hi,

Create a component, put the bodies in it and read the volume of the component.

günther