Hello
What is the best way to measure volume in an open container (i.e. at a given level)?
If you have any tips, I'm all for it!
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Hello
In general, I make a piece that corresponds to the content and I measure its volume
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Hello
Knowing the inner dimension of the container and the level (height) I would make a boss and in "Mass property" you can see the volume.
volume.jpg
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Hello .PL,
Agree with Tomalam's answer, in addition in 2016, the Intersection function makes your life easier to create the internal volume, I made a video of the 2016 novelty.
Have a nice day
Mick
intersection-2016.mp4
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I don't have the 2016 version and for a complex shape, it's not easy to create the interior volume!
But I found the solution actually:
1) Create an extrusion that is much larger than the container, but that comes to the level I want, without merging the result
2) Then with the combine function, subtract the 2 bodies and keep only the one I am interested in to see its volume.
Thank you:)
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Yes that's what I do with CREO, but I don't know what it's called under SW
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@tomalam: edit your first answer indicating that there are more details on the method below + a video for a special feature of the 2016 version and I choose your answer as the best ;-)
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I'm not going to steal @Mick Cordero 's idea anyway!
As long as you have a good answer it's good, even if it's not mine.
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@Tomalam For me, you were the first to give the right answer, but as you wish!
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