Developer: RhinoScript
Summary: Demonstrates how to calculate the volume centroid of a mesh.

I notice that Rhino's VolumeCentroid command only works on closed surfaces and polysurfaces. Is there a way I can calculate the volume centroid of meshes?

The following script will calculate the volume centroid of a mesh.

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 ' MeshVolumeCentroid.rvb -- July 2009
 ' Mary Fugier, Robert McNeel & Associates
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 ' Calculates the volume centroid of a mesh object.
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 Sub MeshVolumeCentroid()
 
   Const RHINO_MESH = 32
   Dim strObject, arrCentroid
 
   strObject = Rhino.GetObject("Select mesh for volume centroid calculation", RHINO_MESH)
   If Not IsNull(strObject) Then
     arrCentroid = Rhino.MeshVolumeCentroid(strObject)
     If IsArray(arrCentroid) Then
       Call Rhino.AddPoint(arrCentroid)
       Call Rhino.Print("Volume Centroid = " & Rhino.Pt2Str(arrCentroid))
     End If
   End If
 
 End Sub
 
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 ' If dragged and dropped on Rhino, a "MeshVolumeCentroid" alias
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 Rhino.AddStartupScript Rhino.LastLoadedScriptFile
 Rhino.AddAlias "MeshVolumeCentroid", "_NoEcho _-RunScript (MeshVolumeCentroid)"