Duplication of volume when breps are intersecting

Hi All,

I am facing a major issue when calculating the volumes of intersecting breps. At the intersection , the tips of the pipe are adding to the duplication of volume.

Can you please help me in guiding me to the right solution ?

Just a note : I have gone through the forums and understood that exo skeleton, cyto skeleton are some of the ways to accurately calculate volume but what if , the breps are the only thing one can work with as provided in the GH file.

Eagerly waiting for some guidance.

Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on April 19, 2016 at 9:29am

You would have better luck if the lines spiraling around the cylinder were continuous, not segmented.

Even so, there will still be "duplication of volume" where the pipes cross each other as they spiral in opposite directions. I would try 'Intersect | Shape | Solid Union' to get the network of pipes to be a single closed brep.

Permalink Reply by Abhimanyu Jadhav on April 19, 2016 at 11:40pm

Thanks Joseph.Somehow solid union or boolean union in rhino dont seem to work. can a solution using archimedes principle provide an accurate representation of volumes ? if so, how can it be done. I remember some one doing it long time ago but havent been able to get to that discussion.

Thank you

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