Volume of object

[sarab]

Newby here, or old person not very good at it!

 

TOPIC: WORKING OUT VOLUME OF OBJECTS

Im trying to work out the volume of an object and used the AEC, machine design, 3D properties tool, but don't understand the answer. If the object is a brick for example with a hollow core and a raised prong on top so the drawing was drawn with a subtract and add solid tools, the volume its giving me is 

Surface Area: 635.9e+003 mm2

Volume: 7.591e+006 mm3

but in terms of a volume what does that mean? 7.59mm3 (?)

help please cheers Sara

[line-weight]

It's scientific notation (E notation)

 

https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/scientific-notation-converter.php

 

7.59e+006 means 7.59 x 10^6 (10 to the power of 6 which means 10 with 6 zeros after it)

So, 7.59 x 10,000,000 = 7,590,000mm3

 

Then you can use a converter to change it to cubic meters or whatever unit you need.

 

eg

 

https://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/volume

 

Somewhere in vectorworks there is a setting that will make you give these volumes in, say cubic metres rather than cubic millimetres, if that's more useful to you. I think.

Edited June 10, 2020 by line-weight

[Pat Stanford]

Try and edit the File:Document Settings:Units and set the units to something more to your liking like m3 (cubic meters) that will automatically do the conversion from 1,000,000 mm3 = 1 m3 for you.

 

Or pick a different unit that you like.

[line-weight]

6 hours ago, Pat Stanford said:

the conversion from 1,000,000 mm3 = 1 m3 for you.

 

 

It's 1,000,000,000 mm3 = 1 m3!

[Pat Stanford]

You are correct. Thanks!

[sarab]

having all sorts of issues do you think the fact i cant get into vector support is linked to the vector cloud? 

I have also forgotten how to find the AEC to find the volumes of the object can you remind me sorry!

[Pat Stanford]

I think what you are looking for is under Model:Volumetric Properties or Model:Engineering Properties.

 

What do you mean you can't get into vector support? Do you mean you can open the help files? Or something else? There is certainly a local version of the help so that should not require a cloud connection.