I use Sketchup Make and need to calculate the buoyancy of a float I drew up… Make does not do it and ask If anyone here could guide me to installing an add on or take the file and do it for me? I do not use Sketchup very often and Make usually handles what I need to do.
Make will show you a volume in Entity Info if you’ve created a solid group or component.
You don’t need an add-on. If you share the file with us we can help.
Presumably you are using this in a hobby capacity so as long as SketchUp Make works, go for it.
By the way, please complete your forum profile with SketchUp version. Are you still using Windows 7 and a Radeom R7 graphics card?
Updated my profile ( I think ) and the float in question.
Float to Upload.skp (93.8 KB)
Looks like a float for an airplane. In order to be able to get the volume of it, you’ll need to clean it up and make it a solid group or component. First you’ll need to correct the face orientation. There must be no exposed blue back faces like this has on the bottom.
There are issues with a number of the edges in your object. Are you wanting the nose section to be included in the volume calculation? Currently it is loose geometry and it also contains a lot of unneeded stray edges and faces.
Get and install Solid Inspector and Solid Inspector 2 from the Extension Warehouse. They will help you identify what is preventing this from being a solid object.
I deleted and redrew some of the geometry to clean it up and made the nose piece a separate solid object. You can see the volume of one or the other in Entity Info when you select it.
Float to Upload-v_2017.skp (86.7 KB)
Look closely at the objects and compare them to your original model.
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WOW, I had some errors I couldn’t see. Thank you so much for guiding me in this… Thar be VOLUME now… I owe you a bowl of chicken and sausage Gumbo if you are ever down this way.
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I’d love to take you up on that gumbo.
Good luck with your project.
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Thank you. And if you are ever brave enough to come down and mingle with us coon asses, Just let me know a few weeks ahead so I can gather the ingredients.
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