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Board foot calculation

We use solid 3/4" oak, maple, hickory and would like to know if someone has a automated way for Inventor to calculate Board Feet. I know the calculation of Board Feet is "Length in. x Width in. x Thickness in.\144 in = Board Feet".

Hopefully something that would adjust when the part changes size. I am guessing something to work in the .ipt file and for a generated solid via Make Component.

Inventor does not have a Volume unit for BrdFt so I am not sure where to go from here.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Autodesk Inventor 2020