Volume of irregular shape
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I have for example X,Y,Z coordinates of 8 points which form an irregular shape. How can I calculate the volume with in this shape? Eg. coordinates area:
0 0 384,67
0 26,6 385,25
-47,85 26,6 385,9
-47,85 0 385,3
0 0 387,32
0 26,6 387,32
-47,85 26,6 387,32
-47,85 0 387,32
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Torsten
on 6 Aug 2015
Edited: Torsten
on 6 Aug 2015
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Gregory Vernon
on 6 Aug 2015
This answer assumes that your volume is convex. If your volume is concave, this method will return a larger volume. If you know the connectivity, and your volume is orientable, you can use the method outlined here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhedron#Volume (see "Orientable Polyhedra") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientability
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