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Old 03-27-2006, 09:49 AM
Hisham Hisham is offline
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Volume calculator

i am using Rhino 3D,i have a problem in calculating volumes of the tanks using Rhino because rhino could calculate Volumes for solid objects only, not for polysurfaces, my model is polysurface

any idea???
Any program calculate volume for 3ds objects?
need help plz
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Old 03-27-2006, 10:16 AM
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As long as the polysurface is closed, then the volume can be calculated in Rhino. If not closed, consider copying it to another layer, closing the polysurf, then calculate.
There is ALWAYS a way around these things in Rhino.
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