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Can I determine the internal volume of an assembly?

rick_piccerillo976
rick_piccerillo976 Member Posts: 1 ✭
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I wanted to know if there is a way to see the volume of the empty space within an assembly? Ex. I have a t-joint with fittings mated to part. I was curious about the volume of the empty space within the assembly. 
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  • Ben_Misegades
    Ben_Misegades Member Posts: 133 ✭✭✭
    I don't think there is a way to do it within an assembly easily (I could be wrong) but within a part or part studio, you can create a solid with boolean operators that is essentially the empty space within a component, and then measure the volume of that.
  • leon_poot
    leon_poot Member, Developers Posts: 87 ✭✭✭
    It's a bit fiddly, but what @ben_misegades435 said, plus that you can create part studios in context from assembly, meaning you can use assembly parts for your booleans.
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  • Jason_S
    Jason_S Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 225 image
    A long GIF, but here you go.



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