topic Re: Inspection of volume in Inventor Forum

Inspection of volume

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:06:24 GMT

Does anyone know if it is possible to measure the internal volume of say a round hollow pipe of a given length (model).Of course its not difficult using basic formula .

If the inside contour of the object varies ie is not consistent. then this makes it harder to work out the internal volume.

If one can imagine a square casting with reinforcement webs on the inside ,can inventor give a volume of the inside.

Any suggestions.

Re: Inspection of volume

mcgyvr — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:15:23 GMT

Not without additional work to create a solid of that void,etc...

Re: Inspection of volume

danmachen — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:50:22 GMT

Why don't you use the parameters feature inside Inventor to input the formula based on your design parameters?

e.g. (PI*D1*D1/4... etc.)

Then simply look up the value for any given design. You could even make this a custom iproperty.

Re: Inspection of volume

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:10:52 GMT

Thanks Dan

I think thats most probably one method that could be used,i was hoping that there might be a quicker approach ,most of the designs have already been

drawn not using parametric dimensions.

In this instance i just need to find the volume of water to give me the weight for hydrotesting.

Looks like a calculator and scrap of paper might be useful, perhaps i expect too much from inventor.

Regards

Re: Inspection of volume

JDMather — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:14:03 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

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If the inside contour of the object varies ie is not consistent. then this makes it harder to work out the internal volume.

If one can imagine a square casting with reinforcement webs on the inside ,can inventor give a volume of the inside.

Any suggestions.

This is easy to have Inventor do the calculation for you using Derived Component.

Re: Inspection of volume

johnsonshiue — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:42:36 GMT

Hi! This has been discussed several times before. There are different ways to do that. Here is a nice video on Youtube showing Derive Assembly workflow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-8E74pIZQ

Many thanks!

Re: Inspection of volume

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:40:03 GMT

Thanks Johnsonshiue

I think thats answered my question its just a case of putting into practice now.

Regards