Measuring Volume

[Anonymous]

Hi there so i was trying to see the volume in properties but it gives me this odd number 1.942E+05 mm^5, any idea how to convert this to english ? thanks

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Fusion 360 Community!

That sounds a bit strange that Volume is being reported as mm^5. Do you mind posting a screenshot of what you were seeing? To change the units from metric to English however, I believe you need to change the Active Units of the document from metric to English.

Thanks,

[Anonymous]

Thanks man, i need to correct that it does show mm^3 but how can i read the rest ?

[James.Youmatz]

HI @Anonymous,

I guess I am a little confused - are you trying to change the units from Metric to English? If so, you need to change the active units of your model to English instead of Metric. In the Browser, you will see next to Active Units that your model is set to mm. If you click this and change it to in or ft, it will reflect in the mass properties as well.

Check out this blog post here that describes this workflow.

Thanks,

[JoeSiii · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Clearly, some of the properties are cut off in the PROPERTIES dialog (the data extends past the right edge). We should address this in the software. In the meantime, you can use the "Copy to Clipboard" button to see the full set of properties.  After clicking this button, create a blank text document in the folder of your choice.  For example, using Windows Explorer (file manager), right-click and choose New > Text Document from the context menu.  Open the new document and choose Edit > Paste from the pull-down menus in NotePad.  The properties are pasted from the clipboard into the text document, and you will be able to read all of the data.

To convert your volume from metric to English units, perform the following calculation:

Volume = 1.942E+05 mm^3 = 194,200 mm^3 (1 in / 25.4 mm)^3 = 11.850811 in^3

There are a number of decent freeware applications for performing unit conversions.  One such application is Convert for Windows by Josh Madison (https://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/).  There's also a comprehensive set of online unit converters at http://www.unitconverters.net/

Regards,

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much kind sir @JoeSiii i should have specified but yes i was just confused about what +05 might meen

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@JoeSiii wrote:

Hi @Anonymous,

Clearly, some of the properties are cut off in the PROPERTIES dialog (the data extends past the right edge). We should address this in the software. In the meantime, you can use the "Copy to Clipboard" button to see the full set of properties.  After clicking this button, create a blank text document in the folder of your choice.  For example, using Windows Explorer (file manager), right-click and choose New > Text Document from the context menu.  Open the new document and choose Edit > Paste from the pull-down menus in NotePad.  The properties are pasted from the clipboard into the text document, and you will be able to read all of the data.

To convert your volume from metric to English units, perform the following calculation:

Volume = 1.942E+05 mm^3 = 194,200 mm^3 (1 in / 25.4 mm)^3 = 11.850811 in^3

There are a number of decent freeware applications for performing unit conversions.  One such application is Convert for Windows by Josh Madison (https://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/).  There's also a comprehensive set of online unit converters at http://www.unitconverters.net/

Regards,

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[JoeSiii]

Hi @Anonymous

The notation you're questioning, "1.942E+05 mm^3," is a common way of expressing scientific notation, for rendering large numbers.  The "E+05" portion means "x10^5."  In this context, the "E" stands for an exponent of the base 10.

Therefore, 1.942E+05 mm^3 = 1.942 x 10^5 mm^3 = 194,200 mm^3.  (The comma is the grouping symbol for large numbers, not a decimal point as in European conventions.)

I hope this fully answers your original question.  Please let us know if you have any additional questions or want something clarified.

Regards,

[NoHandsNeeded]

I'm wondering if there is a way to measure it in kg/m3?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

it´s possible if the selected  unit in your "document settings" is   m

günther

[mwesse]

Im just wondering how you set the volume to display in litres, not mm3? whilst in design view/properties, cannot seem to find such a simple thing...

Many thanks in advance

M.

[RobinMahler]

Same, Fusion seems to be lacking the very basic function to automatically display physical properties in sensible units. I'm lost every time I see something like "1.5E+06 mm^3". Why not just show "1.5l" in a case like that. Keep the mm^3 if the volume is small, change to liters if it's more than 0.1l.. something like that should be easy to implement. And please give us options to customize this automatic behavior so everybody can have it perfect for their own workflow.

[MRWakefield]

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