{"id":236653,"date":"2021-01-07T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/?p=236653"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:29:11","slug":"calculating-internal-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tms-scotland.com\/solidworks\/2021\/01\/calculating-internal-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculating Internal Volume"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the years, many customers have asked how they can use\u00a0<\/span>SOLIDWORKS<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to calculate the internal volume of a model and determine how much liquid or gas can be contained inside.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Although there is no dedicated \u201ccalculate internal volume\u201d button, there are a few ways to achieve this using SOLIDWORKS<\/p>\n

If your model is currently an assembly, save it as a SOLIDWORKS part for this process. You’ll only need geometry for the sections that you want to calculate the internal volume. In this example, we will be using the Pressure Vessel below which can be downloaded\u00a0<\/span>HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The next step is to close off the model so there are no sections open to the air. There are multiple ways of achieving this with some of them being:<\/p>\n