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VolumeMassPropertiesVolumeError Property

Gets the uncertainty in the volume calculation.

Namespace:  Rhino.Geometry
Assembly:  RhinoCommon (in RhinoCommon.dll)
Since: 5.0
Syntax
public double VolumeError { get; }

Property Value

Type: Double
Examples
using Rhino;
using Rhino.Commands;
using Rhino.Input.Custom;
using Rhino.Geometry;
using Rhino.DocObjects;

namespace examples_cs
{
  public class MeshVolumeCommand : Command
  {
    public override string EnglishName { get { return "csMeshVolume"; } }

    protected override Result RunCommand(RhinoDoc doc, RunMode mode)
    {
      var gm = new GetObject();
      gm.SetCommandPrompt("Select solid meshes for volume calculation");
      gm.GeometryFilter = ObjectType.Mesh;
      gm.GeometryAttributeFilter = GeometryAttributeFilter.ClosedMesh;
      gm.SubObjectSelect = false;
      gm.GroupSelect = true;
      gm.GetMultiple(1, 0);
      if (gm.CommandResult() != Result.Success)
        return gm.CommandResult();

      double volume = 0.0;
      double volume_error = 0.0;
      foreach (var obj_ref in gm.Objects())
      {
        if (obj_ref.Mesh() != null)
        {
          var mass_properties = VolumeMassProperties.Compute(obj_ref.Mesh());
          if (mass_properties != null)
          {
            volume += mass_properties.Volume;
            volume_error += mass_properties.VolumeError;
          }
        }
      }

      RhinoApp.WriteLine("Total volume = {0:f} (+/- {1:f})", volume, volume_error);
      return Result.Success;
    }
  }
}
Python
from Rhino.Input.Custom import *
from Rhino.DocObjects import ObjectType
from Rhino.Geometry import *
from Rhino.Commands import Result

def RunCommand():
  gm = GetObject()
  gm.SetCommandPrompt("Select solid meshes for volume calculation")
  gm.GeometryFilter = ObjectType.Mesh
  gm.GeometryAttributeFilter = GeometryAttributeFilter.ClosedMesh
  gm.SubObjectSelect = False
  gm.GroupSelect = True
  gm.GetMultiple(1, 0)
  if gm.CommandResult() != Result.Success:
    return gm.CommandResult()

  volume = 0.0
  volume_error = 0.0
  for obj_ref in gm.Objects():
    if obj_ref.Mesh() != None:
      mass_properties = VolumeMassProperties.Compute(obj_ref.Mesh())
      if mass_properties != None:
        volume += mass_properties.Volume
        volume_error += mass_properties.VolumeError

  print "Total volume = {0:f} (+/- {1:f})".format(volume, volume_error)
  return Result.Success

if __name__ == "__main__":
  RunCommand()
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