SGweight

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Mechanical function
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 2.4, Creation date: 2015-08-26, Last change: 2025-09-14

returns the estimated weight of a solid

Description

Calculated by counting the volume elements that are included by the solid body.
Faster than slicing using SGweight, SGvolume, SGisInterior, VMofSG

See Also: SGweight , SGvolume , SGisInterior , VMofSG

Example Illustration

missing image of SGweight(SG,sw,res)

Syntax

[W,VM,nd]=SGweight(SG,[sw,res])

Input Parameter

SG: Solid Geoemtry
sw: specific weight; default is 1.15g/cm^3 (Nylon)
res: resolution; default is 2x2x2 mm^3

Output Parameter

W: Estimated weight in gramm
VM: Logical Voxel model
nd: dimensions of VM, same as size(VM)

Examples


loadweb JACO_robot.mat
[W,VM,nd]=SGweight(JC0,'',2); W
SGfigure; VMplot(VM*2000)



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