# Is it possible to calculate a volume?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 15, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793 "2019-01-15T08:05:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jared.french](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jared.french/32/2937_2.png) [@jared.french](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jared.french)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/1 "2019-01-15T08:05:59Z")

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I’m sketching coffee cups and playing with various shapes & macro dims of these vessels but I’d like to stay close to my target volume of 12oz. …

In the attached screenshot, I’ve shelled this vessel. Would like to check it’s volume somehow. Ideas? ![image](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7209ec3a28426c91ccfb7908eef456fa900037da.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![hamedtopic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hamedtopic/32/3371_2.png) [@hamedtopic](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/hamedtopic)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/2 "2019-01-15T08:38:31Z")

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It’s needed indeed!

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/3 "2019-01-15T09:09:36Z")

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If you subtract it from it’s bounding box, you can measure the remaining inner part’s volume.

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**Author:** ![jared.french](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jared.french/32/2937_2.png) [@jared.french](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jared.french)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/4 "2019-01-15T15:39:21Z")

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The body was created through lofting. Do I need to generate a new bounding box to calculate this?

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/5 "2019-01-15T15:40:46Z")

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Yes, just simply extrude a box around it, with the same height.

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**Author:** ![jared.french](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jared.french/32/2937_2.png) [@jared.french](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jared.french)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/6 "2019-01-15T16:16:29Z")

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A cylinder would suffice correct? When I think about this calculation, I want the external volume from the cylinder + the vessel volume… in order to calculate an internal volume?

![image](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/233273347cfdc8dffae80e206bf86ebdee8e67bb.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/7 "2019-01-15T17:34:16Z")

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> [@jared.french](#):
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> A cylinder would suffice correct?

Sure. The cylinder should be the same height as the other body. Then just subtract the other body from the cylinder and select the remaining internal part.

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/8 "2019-01-15T21:55:55Z")

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Awesome thanks

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**Author:** ![NathanD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/10 "2023-04-12T02:00:05Z")

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@sahmed6363 It is now shown in the measurements tab, in the list of options in the sidebar.

This was done I believe to improve performance, so the calculations didn’t need to be performed every time a selection was made.

The good thing is now you can “pin” a measurement type to your model.

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**Author:** ![JL742](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@JL742](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JL742)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/11 "2023-05-18T05:00:25Z")

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It would be a great feature if it would calculate Volume Measurements

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-a-volume/3793/12 "2023-05-18T06:29:25Z")

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Hi,

It is available in the Measurement panel if you have bodies selected:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/a/0a098c0c6f9a1b94616f1c11e8e3bed2fa66427a.png)