How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
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I need to draw square, rectangular and round tanks for holding water. Right now, I do not know what commands to use to find how much water those tanks will hold in US gallons.
The way I go about it is:
Draw a solid shape; round or square
Use the SHELL command
Click on MASS properties
And I get this information:
Mass properties of Part1 ( Part Configuration - Default )
Output coordinate System: -- default --
Density = 0.04 pounds per cubic inch
Mass = 0.16 pounds
Volume = 4.34 cubic inches
Does anyone know if this is the correct way? I think I'm lost here!
The way I go about it is:
Draw a solid shape; round or square
Use the SHELL command
Click on MASS properties
And I get this information:
Mass properties of Part1 ( Part Configuration - Default )
Output coordinate System: -- default --
Density = 0.04 pounds per cubic inch
Mass = 0.16 pounds
Volume = 4.34 cubic inches
Does anyone know if this is the correct way? I think I'm lost here!






RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
Pete
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
mncad
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
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RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
Once you have the shape of the tank, you could create a plane at the maximum height of the water. On that plane, draw the cross section of the tank, and then extrude it using "up to body," but in this case you would uncheck the merge option. You will end up with a separate body equal to the amount of water, and then you can use the measure commands to get the volume. This works good if you have any rounded corners in the tank.
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
Crashj "don't raise the bridge, lower the water"
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RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
Yanceman
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
- Start with model of tank (imported, inserted, copied, whatever)
- Use Insert --> Face --> Delete to delete faces that do not make interior volume. (Note: sometimes you can delete a ring of faces, then just delete the extraneous surface body w/ Delete body).
- Create surface(s) to close interior surfaces. Trim and knit as needed. Thicken can be used to turn an enclosed surface into a solid.
- Get properties of resulting solid
It sounds like a lot of work at first, but it's simple once you get the hang of it. If you keep links to original solid live (i.e. w/ "Insert --> Part") then you have a volume that automatically updates with the tank model.I have found this to be the best way for me to maintain a "live" model of void volumes. This method is robust; it withstands many changes and is easy to repair if any errors do occur.
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RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
Pretty close, true. I used to use offset to get the interior surfaces. I find that creating a surface by removing face(s) from linked solid to be more robust. This method allows volume to update without error when interior faces are added or removed from parent solid.
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?
RE: How to find the Water Volume in tanks?