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Volume Measurement in an Assembly

Volume Measurement in an Assembly

Volume Measurement in an Assembly

(OP)
I have a somewhat complex assembly with nesting cylindrical parts. It is a pneumatic system with o-rings separating the active chambers. I want measure the volume of two assembly variations to compare them.

I've seen some suggestions of making a solid in place of the volume but in this case that would be very time consuming and probably not accurate.

I'm considering saving it as a solid and doing some Combine magic.

Any suggestions on how to find the volume?

RE: Volume Measurement in an Assembly

Save assembly as part, and then outer faces. Knit inner faces into solid and measure them

OR

Offset internal surfaces by 0 distance, knit inner faces into solid and measure them

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP3.0
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

RE: Volume Measurement in an Assembly

(OP)
That sounds slick. I'll try it.

RE: Volume Measurement in an Assembly

Edit:

Save assembly as part, and then delete outer faces. Knit inner faces into solid and measure them

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP3.0
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

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