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by janstevens
Sun Apr 19, 2020 1:55 pm
Forum: Questions
Topic: Calculate volume with an arbitrary plane
Replies: 3
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Re: Calculate volume with an arbitrary plane

With this tool the arbitrary plane is actual an horizontal plane and you just have to set its altitude. If you really want an arbitrary plane, you could create one (with the 'Primitive factory', or the 'Edit > Plane > Create' tool). And then sample points on this plane. And use the resulting cloud ...
by janstevens
Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:19 pm
Forum: Questions
Topic: Calculate volume with an arbitrary plane
Replies: 3
Views: 4908

Calculate volume with an arbitrary plane

For research I dropped sand into a box an made a 3D point cloud with photogrammetry. Now i have to calculate the volume of the sand, but the problem is that the sand is covered on the whole surface of the box. So the bottom surface is not visible. I understand that the volume can be calculated with ...