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MeshSize 2 Compatible with TS 7.5? About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. MeshSize 2 Compatible with TS 7.5? // Archive: Tech Forum 1  |   Order by default Post by Michael Billard // Aug 7, 2007, 1:15pm Michael Billard Total Posts: 125 I'm trying to determine the volume and surface area of a mesh and found MeshSize 2, but it seems to be usable for early versions of TS. Does anybody know if it'll work in TS 7.5? If not, how can I determine a mesh's area and volume? Thanks. Post by Jack Edwards // Aug 8, 2007, 12:01am Jack Edwards Total Posts: 4062 If it worked in 6.6 it should work in model-side of TS 7.5. You may have to disable the bridge though while using the plug-in. -Jack. Post by Michael Billard // Aug 8, 2007, 5:23am Michael Billard Total Posts: 125 hm... Well, it seems I have MeshSize 1.5, not version 2. Turning off bridge did help. Unfortunately I'm getting some weird values like negative volume. I wonder if anybody has used the plugin in TS 7.5. Are there any other utilities for calculating surface area and volume of a mesh? Thanks. Post by Michael Billard // Aug 8, 2007, 10:22am Michael Billard Total Posts: 125 Well, I've solved part of my problem. I found an article on how to go about computing the volume of a closed mesh: http://www.codeproject.com/jscript/PolyhedraVolumeCalc.asp Now the question becomes how to script it in TS, including how to get at all the triangles and vertices in the mesh. Post by Michael Billard // Aug 9, 2007, 6:54pm Michael Billard Total Posts: 125 I've just about solved my problem. I wrote a program using Game Studio Express that computes the volume of the mesh using a series of pyramids. It works quite well. While not ideal for me to save to .X and then run the program, it'll do until I can do the same thing in TS script.

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