Hi,
I apologize if this is the wrong thread for this. I started using Blender yesterday as a way to create models of some ceramic vessels I am looking at for my PhD. I created primitive meshes of a few of the vessels in some of the usual and more unusual shapes I have examples of. My plan is to calculate their exterior surface area and interior volume, however I am running into a few problems.
I have tried the 3D print option for this but the results do not seem to equal what I think they should be on the control pot (I know that they won’t match up perfectly, but I imagine that they should be in the ballpark). Being pots they have an open end on them which I think is resulting in something not being correct. The other thing is that I think my meshes are not done correctly or closed correctly.
If anyone has time to have a look and tell me what I am doing wrong I would really appreciate it, I have attached the file to this post. I have about 300 of these to do so I would like to make sure I can get the results I need before I start.
Vessels1.blend (1.31 MB)
My control is IP0025, the surface area should be: 336.9 cm2 and the volume should be: 751.7 cm3. Again, I don’t imagine these will match perfectly, but they should be in the ballpark.