Hi,
I have a number of simple shapes, generally boxes of differing sizes. Is there a way to measure the volume of more than one element at a time? I.e. I'd like to click on one element then hold the control button and click another element [+n] and for microstation to tell me what the area of both elements [or +n elements] combined are.
Is there a way to do this already? The nearest I can get is to physically merge all the shapes together then calculate the volume, but it would be less time consuming if I didn't have to merge the elements first.
Unknown said:I have a number of simple shapes, generally boxes of differing sizes. Is there a way to measure the volume of more than one element at a time?
A planar shape doesn't have a volume. Is a 'box' a collection of shapes whose edges happen to be coincident? Are you asking for a tool that would deem those shapes to form a 3D solid and then measure the volume? An analogy is flood-fill in 2D, where the area fill runs to an imaginary boundary created by adjoining line elements.
An example DGN model would illustrate your question.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Hi Jon, Thanks for the reply.
Well, perhaps I'm not being clear enough with my terminology.
I would be working in a 3d drawing environment. The elements would be created using the slab solid tool, with an element description of mesh. Sometimes these element will have coincidental edges with each other, sometimes not. See image below for an example:-
I would like to be able to select more than one of these elements and get a total volume for all the element selected.
Answer Verified By: MSD Myles
That is awesome - I never even considered selecting the elements first then applying the measure tool...
Unknown said: That is awesome - I never even considered selecting the elements first then applying the measure tool...
But inst that how mst is designed to work most of the time ..( we might have added reverse feature process a while back to make it acad user friendly)
pick the element, pic the tool, follow the prompts
hasnt Inga has said this 100's times...?
or am I just running in autopilot when I use mstn...
FYI Measure area works on 2d areas that way too, BTW nice free tool " Area tool" mdl also does adding , subtracting and labelling areas too works on true closed shapes very hand with subdivisions and or property lots...
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