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Overview of Volume Calculator for SketchUp

Select a Group or Component that has faces that form a volume, then use the right-click Context-Menu and choose 'Volume...'.

A dialog asks for the volume units and the accuracy required.

The units can be:-

• cu.m
• cc
• cu.yds
• cu.ft
• cu.ins
• litres
• cl
• ml
• gallons(UK)
• gallons(USA)
• quarts(USA)
• pints(UK)
• pints(USA)

Notes: Volumes are given to varying d.p's depending on the units chosen.

How to use Volume Calculator for SketchUp

Usage: First select a Group or Component that has faces that form a volume, then use the right-click Context-Menu and choose 'Volume...'.

If there is the Plugins Menu Item 'Volume' you can also pick that. See the end menu section on how to activate that option... within the .rb file itself.

A dialog asks for the volume units and the accuracy required.

The units can be:-

• cu.m
• cc
• cu.yds
• cu.ft
• cu.ins
• litres
• cl
• ml
• gallons(UK)
• gallons(USA)
• quarts(USA)
• pints(UK)
• pints(USA)

Notes: Volumes are given to varying d.p's depending on the units chosen.

In SketchUp 8 and above you get extra options:-

The accuracy can be 0.5, 1, 2, 5 or 10% - the more accurate you make it the longer it takes to process and the more complex the new volume-group will become.

Small simple forms will report accurately even with the 10% sampling...

In Sketchup 7 and below you get a group made with faces.

The text-tag is added just above the the apex of the selection's bounding-box which shows the volume in the required units using the current text/font settings.

A possible new layer can be used. It is named VOLS-nnnnnnnn (where nnnnnnnn is based on the date/time). Alternatively you can choose to use any existing layer OR make your own 'on the fly'.

IF Sketchup is <v8 it then calculates a series of thin horizontal slices through the selection's faces to use to calculate the volume enclosed. If Sketchup >=v8 then this is skipped.

There are now also new Layer, Hide/Show-Edges and Colour Options.