Changing Volume units from m^3 to cm^3

[Dannosuke]

Hi,

Is there a way to change the global units to cm instead of m?  My models are very small so when it reports the volumes as .0000001 or .0000002 m^3 and there is nothing in between. when the model is less that .0000001 it reports it in scientific notation allowing me to see the subsequent digits. But as soon as the volume is .0000001 or more the I get inaccurate cm^3 measurements.  Any help on this would be great


Thanks,

Dan

[Alexey Pasumansky]

Hello Dan,

Do you mean measurements in the Model view or in Ortho view mode (in Measure Shape dialog)?

[Dannosuke]

I'm using model view to get the surface area and volume of the my models using the tool>mesh>measure area and volume function.

[Alexey Pasumansky]

Hello Dan,

Don't you get the measurement results in exponential format? Like, 1.05835e-07? It should be printed in this way, if you are using latest Metashape version.

[Dannosuke]

Hey Alexey,

Yes it does, but it only displays in exponential format when the measurement is less than .0000001 m^3. If it is greater than that it doesn't display any information past the 1.  So when I convert to cm^3 I get 1 cm^3 or 2 cm^3 and nothing in between.  What I have been doing to get the data is after getting the surface area I change the scale from .01m to 1m. on my scale bars and it displays all the data. So, for example, instead of .0000001m^3 it displays 1.22435m^3 and I know that that actually means 1.22435cm^3. But this is annoying because I have to put it back to the original scaling. Any help with this would be great. If I have to keep playing with the scaling that's fine I was just wondering if there was an easier way to do it.

Thanks,
Dan