How to Calculate the Volume and Area Surface From the 3D Plot Using Matplotlib and Numpy?

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Hi all I want to know how to calculate the volume and the surface area of this 3D plot?

I am using the right size for the width and length and height.

this is my code:

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d import Poly3DCollection, Line3DCollection
import numpy as np

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')

# vertices of a prism
v = np.array([[-2, -2, -2.5], [2, -2, -2.5], [2, 2, -2.5],  [-2, 2, -2.5], [2,0,2.5], 
        [-2,0,2.5]])
ax.scatter3D(v[:, 0], v[:, 1], v[:, 2])

# generate list of sides' polygons of our prism
verts = [ [v[0],v[1],v[4],v[5]], [v[0],v[3],v[5]],
 [v[2],v[1],v[4]], [v[2],v[3],v[5],v[4]], [v[0],v[1],v[2],v[3]]]

# plot sides
ax.add_collection3d(Poly3DCollection(verts, 
 facecolors='cyan', linewidths=1, edgecolors='r', alpha=.25))

plt.show()

Asked By: Freya the Goddess

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Answer 1

Try adding this to your code

a=v[1]-v[0]
b=v[3]-v[0]
c=v[4]-v[1]

Volume=np.dot(a,np.cross(b,c))

surface_area=2* (abs(a[0]*b[1]*c[2]) + abs(a[1]*b[2]*c[0]) + abs(a[2]*b[0]*c[1]))


print(volume)
print(Surface_area)

Answered By: Ali Redha

Answer 2

This is what I wanted and the code works thanks to @Ali Redha

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d import Poly3DCollection, Line3DCollection
import numpy as np

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')

# vertices of a prism
v = np.array([[-5, -2, -2.5], [5, -2, -2.5], [5, 2, -2.5],  [-5, 2, -2.5], [5,0,2.5], 
        [-5,0,2.5]])
ax.scatter3D(v[:, 0], v[:, 1], v[:, 2])

# generate list of sides' polygons of our prism
verts = [ [v[0],v[1],v[4],v[5]], [v[0],v[3],v[5]],
 [v[2],v[1],v[4]], [v[2],v[3],v[5],v[4]], [v[0],v[1],v[2],v[3]]]

# plot sides
ax.add_collection3d(Poly3DCollection(verts, 
 facecolors='cyan', linewidths=1, edgecolors='r', alpha=.25))

# Calculate Volume and Surface Area
a=v[1]-v[0]
b=v[3]-v[0]
c=v[4]-v[1]

volume=np.dot(a,np.cross(b,c))

surface_area=2* (abs(a[0]*b[1]*c[2]) + abs(a[1]*b[2]*c[0]) + abs(a[2]*b[0]*c[1]))

# Annotation
ax.set_title("Prism")
ax.text(2,0,6.6,"Volume= {}".format(volume), size=10,
                           verticalalignment='center', rotation=270)
ax.text(2,0,7.2,"Surface Area = {}".format(surface_area), size=10,
                           verticalalignment='center', rotation=270)
plt.show()

Answered By: Freya the Goddess

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