Ha! Torsten, you are a magician. Thanks! That was indeed exactly how I calculated this. I had completely forgotten about it. Fortunately the data file still exists on my Windows virtual machine, and Compass produces the number I need to defend. I now know how to reproduce the calculation.
Breathing a huge sigh of relief ... ======== Bill Gee On Friday, January 28, 2022 6:40:00 AM CST Torsten Schnitter wrote: > Hi Bill > > May be you are looking for this ... !? > > cheers, > Torsten > > > ---------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---------- > > Von: Bill Gee <[email protected]> > > An: [email protected] > > Datum: 14.08.2019 23:38 > > Betreff: Re: [Therion] How to calculate the volume of a cave > > > > > > Update: After poking around a bit, I discovered that Compass will > > calculate cave volume based on centerline and LRUD data. Doing that means > > I have to run a Windows computer (ugh!) and type in the survey data twice > > (double ugh!) Fortunately the cave for which I need this is small. > > > > Can this feature be added as a suggestion for future versions of Survex? > > > > Compass does quite a few other calculations. For example, it will > > calculate the volume of the bounding box. A sample report is attached. It > > is nice that the report is in both meters and feet. > > > > > Hi, I am also interested on volume calculation! > > > > > > Please keep me updated it! > > > > > > > On 11 Aug 2019, at 22:22, Benedikt Hallinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > It would be awesome if the compiler could derive this fron the loch > > > > model and write it to the statistics block (the one where also loop > > > > closure info and total west/east and north/south dimwnsions are > > > > returned) when compiling this, as the neccessary data should be already > > > > present? > > > > > > > >> Am 09.08.2019 um 14:58 schrieb Bill Gee <[email protected]>: > > > >> > > > >> Hello everyone - > > > >> > > > >> What tools can be used to calculate the volume of a cave based on > > > >> center line and LRUD data? > > > >> > > > >> I found an email from Martin Sluka from about 4 years ago describing > > > >> how to use Loch to export a .lox file in other formats, then run that > > > >> file through CloudCompare or ParaView. The process looks very complex > > > >> to me, and besides - Loch does not run on my computers, so there is no > > > >> way for me to generate an export. > > > >> > > > >> As far as I can tell, Survex does not have a way to calculate volume. > > > >> > > > >> Could it be done with a KML file and Google Earth? > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Therion mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Therion mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Therion mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion > _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
