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How can I obtain the volume of an irregular body if I just know the vertex coordinates of the irregular body?

Asked by xichyu (222points) May 12th, 2016

I want to calculate the volume of an irregular body(the boundaries are convex),but I just know the vertex coordinates of the irregular body?
I know Shoelace formula can obtain the area of irregular surface by (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoelace_formula). So I think the the volume of an irregular body(the boundaries are convex)can be solved.

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zenvelo's avatar

There isn’t an easy formula, otherwise you would have most likely gotten an answer last time you asked this.

So if you have coordinates for vertices, from there you can start to create regular objects from which to have calculable volumes. And from that you can get to a point where you have measured the volume of the total space.

It is not easy, but it is doable.

xichyu's avatar

And the centroids of the irregular body must be calculated too.

dabbler's avatar

I think @zenvelo has the right idea, divide and conquer. Break the problem into smaller problems that you can solve “calculable volumes”.

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