Queston about Port Volume

[motor-vater]

I have a question hopefully someone can answer. In Head Porting I work with surfaces that are created off of nurb splines, which originate from a point cloud. My question is to double check my port surface accuracy it would be nice to calculate port volume in CC's, to compare to the original port that I am trying to replicate.. I have created lofted solids that look like they would work, then I can analyze/volume but I am not sure how to use that info to come up with cc's??? Thanks I'm on X4...

[motor-vater]

Example

[Greg Williams]

You need to make a watertight set of surfaces and then sew them into a solid

[CJep]

Pete,

If you're using Mcam in a inch configuration the volume will register in cubic inches then multiply by 16.39 to find CC's.

Like Greg said the model will need to be made watertight then create solid from surfaces.

 

I have a question, 01:40 AM? Couldn't you sleep?

[motor-vater]

Pete,

If you're using Mcam in a inch configuration the volume will register in cubic inches then multiply by 16.39 to find CC's.

Like Greg said the model will need to be made watertight then create solid from surfaces.

 

I have a question, 01:40 AM? Couldn't you sleep?

 

Sleep???? Who can sleep when MX-cam is laughing at you.... I am always loosing sleep trying to reinvent the wheel. Its why I truely enjoy this forum, so many hours get saved by simply asking the right questions.. Thanks guys... By the way how do u make surfaces water tight, it seems they always have a seem where the spline is broken???

[Greg Williams]

Watertight means that there are no gaps larger than the tolerance that you will use to sew it