Hi,
V5
Q1.In my finished project I need to get the volumes of my objects, if I select all those in one go that are ferrous and if lets say one them is not watertight without me knowing such, I might think the volume shown after selecting ‘analyze volume’ represents all of them.
Where will rhino tell me not all selected are accounted for in the result ?
Q2. Maybe useful in this and also it is needed in fast selection anyway for this task, where can I constrain rhino to select solids only ?
we have osnaps but no mention of ‘solid’.
Q3. Also is there a command to copy result to clipboard as a decimal figure without the tolerance values ( to paste into e.g. excel) other than try highlighting it and then ctrl c or right click copy ?
Cheers
David…
I was hoping to avoid having to study each and every object, I select two and look at that and it says varies.
I then have to do each one, first is closed polysurface, second is closed extrusion. so it means click view, click view, when I wanted quick click click click and analyze.
Wim
I dont get that panel appear saying ‘some of the selected…’
I am V5 as shown, is that a V6 panel ?
> Where will rhino tell me not all selected are accounted for in the result ? It wont,
do you mean it displays volume for open ones, I read that as if it does, excuse me if I misread.
ok selClosedPolysrf. I was selecting, hitting volume and getting result, entering into excel, selecting hit enter etc etc.
that will now instead reinstigate the polysurf command, is there a way of having hit enter rerun selClosedPolysrf then analyze volume , or can i lock selClosedPolysrf as the active selection for the duration of the volume analyze exercise ?
copy result…
nope
damn ! its not quick, means careful selection else get no entry, a double click gets all so no good.
It’s the same panel in Rhino 5. If you have an object that is open and that doesn’t prompt that panel, please send the 3dm file.
Yes, it does.
Polysurf isn’t a command.
You can make a macro and assign that to a button or a keyboard shortcut. SelClosedPolysrf Volume
But running that macro twice in a row will just select the same objects again…
-wim
Hi Wim,
to test rhino shows volume for an ‘open’ object i make a solid using cube tool, slice a liver off its edge, trim command, lok to see it is open and i can see interior.
select it run analyze volume and I get that warnong panel you said about turn up
so it wont just do volumes and bite me in the bum,
i then say go ahead (though I wouldnt normally) and it does calc a volume, no doubt closing the open end for the calcs only.
Leads me to think how it does that if the end is as if nibbled at by a mouse !
No, it doesn’t.
There is no attempt made to close the polysurface.
And, not surprisingly, the result is not meaningful.
This 1 x 1 x 1 cube with one open side returns 0.833 mm3 and not 1 mm3:
