topic 3D Minimum Enclosing Convex Hull in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-minimum-enclosing-convex-hull/m-p/503024#M3009 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Does anyone know of a good algorithm for calculating the volume of a 3D minimum enclosing convex hull?&nbsp; I know that in 2D there is a function in python to do this, but I haven't seen one for 3D objects. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My thought would be to simply calculate the volume as ((maxX-minX)*(maxY-minY)*(maxZ-minZ)), however this doesn't seem to be very accurate.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Winn</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:43:29 GMT WinnKetchum 2010-10-21T15:43:29Z 3D Minimum Enclosing Convex Hull https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-minimum-enclosing-convex-hull/m-p/503024#M3009 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Does anyone know of a good algorithm for calculating the volume of a 3D minimum enclosing convex hull?&nbsp; I know that in 2D there is a function in python to do this, but I haven't seen one for 3D objects. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My thought would be to simply calculate the volume as ((maxX-minX)*(maxY-minY)*(maxZ-minZ)), however this doesn't seem to be very accurate.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Winn</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:43:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-minimum-enclosing-convex-hull/m-p/503024#M3009 WinnKetchum 2010-10-21T15:43:29Z