# Compute volume of polygonal mesh (volume enclosed by the surface)

**URL:** <https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-volume-of-polygonal-mesh-volume-enclosed-by-the-surface/10880>\
**Category:** ParaView Support\
**Tags:** vtk\
**Created:** [November 29, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-volume-of-polygonal-mesh-volume-enclosed-by-the-surface/10880 "2022-11-29T21:22:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/otaolafr/32/3595_2.png) [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-volume-of-polygonal-mesh-volume-enclosed-by-the-surface/10880/6 "2026-10-27T09:36:59Z")

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Hello,  
as i struggled with this issue a yesterday and the only ‘solution’ i found was this post which was limited for anyone having same issue, I solved this way: [Volume calculation (surface mesh) in paraview - #8 by otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/volume-calculation-surface-mesh-in-paraview/17776/8)

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