When designing a bottle for your newborn baby, one of the main parameters you need to control is the bottle’s volume.
While apparently a simple task, calculating the volume of an open recipient has never been an easy task in SolidWorks. The new Intersect Tool introduce by SolidWorks 2013 is a game changer in this regard.
Capping and filling a bottle is now a simple two step process… like in real life:
- Cap the bottle
- Fill the bottle.
Later on this week, I will take on an even more complex challenge: how to determine the half full level for the same bottle.
Until then, enjoy the video showing the bottle being filled to capacity. In order to appreciate the huge benefits of using the newest SolidWorks release, I have included both SolidWorks 2013 and 2012 techniques.
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I am really looking forward to the intersect tool. Thanks for the posts. I have a filling problem right now and had not thought to try the multi-body approach! Thanks for the tip! Another solution I have used is to cap a cavity and use FlowSimulation to save the fluid bodies! It will let you know if there any holes or screwy geometry.
Thanks Woody. You are fortunate to have the Flow Simulation add-in and the workflow you described works fine in any version of that product.
The good news is that now, by using just the basic SolidWorks 2013, anyone can calculate the volume of a cavity fast and easy using the Intersect Tool.