Revolution Volume

James Mercer-Flatiron

Good afternoon, there should be a tool inside of measurements for calculating the volume based on the typical slice of a cylindrical object. Using the radius and a line of rotation it should be able to calculate the volume of the area. I work on installing tanks and that would be very helpful

Peter Noyes

You could use a custom column for this. If you are looking at the cross section of a tank, you can take an area measurement that is the rectangle. There would then be a column for Width and Height in the markup list. Width would be the circumference of the tank, and the Height is the Height of the tank. The formula for the volume of the tank would be:

(Width / 2) ^ 2 * Height * pi

You can copy and paste that exact formula into a custom column of type formula and give it a name like "Rotational Volume".

Let me know if this works for you!