I'm looking to calculate the internal volume of a complex hydraulic assembly, which may have some holes to be patched and which will require splitting into different areas. The intention is to use the volumes for some fluid modelling.
One method I'd seen was to extract bodies and then use Analysis >> Advanced Mass Properties >> Mass using Curves and Sheets. However I'm not getting quite the volumes I'm anticipating, possibly due to the holes that I have. I've attached a picture of an example of how it's not what I expect.
What I expect:
Pipe ID = 22mm
Pipe length = 80mm
Pipe volume = 30,411mm^3
The value I got (20,273) is about 2/3 the value I was expecting; am I missing something using this method, or is there a better method that I can use to get the correct result?
It's probably worth adding that I'm using NX 7.5.
