I am creating a warehouse model. The model consists of several rectangular, named, locations. I thought AutoCAD's box solid would be perfect for this project. I was hoping to define a location block with a location ID attribute. I'd then be able to pick a location, read the location ID, and calculate the available volume.
Now that I've started building the model, MASSPROP won't tell me the volume of the solid inside a block. I also thought I'd be able to scale the block to different dimensions as I inserted it. However, the INSERT dialog box won't let me scale X, Y, and Z independently for this block.
At this point, I'm thinking that I would be better off using a 2D polyline that has Thickness set to simulate a 3D object. Then I would be able to use good old-fashioned math to calculate the volume.
Is there a way to work with solids that are inside a block? Or would the 2D method be a better solution?
Thanks for any input!
Chris
(PS: AutoCAD 2010)