I know this has been asked before, but I'd like to see volume of a solid as a display option.

As anyone who uses MoI knows, the 3D printing revolution is gaining momentum. And from examples shown previously on the forum, MoI is an excellent way to produce files for 3D printing.

The case for knowing the volume is in estimating the cost of printing objects in metal. Anything from silver, to stainless steel, to titanium.

I'd like to be able to estimate those costs without needing to export files to the 3D print vendor or to another program.

A volume estimate based on a medium resolution triangular mesh would be close enough.

Ed

Hi Ed, it's on my "todo" list.

At the moment there are various other programs you can use to get the volume calculations, one that is free and can read in the STL file that you would prepare for 3D printing is MiniMagics, which you can get here: http://software.materialise.com/minimagics

- Michael

From what few searches I did, creating a command for calculating the Volume of a solid, looks like a lot of work
involving calculus integration of NURBS curves/surfaces...