Every flight already comes with volumes measured by the Aurox team, but Measure & Create also lets you take your own measurements directly on the 3D model — useful for measuring a partial face, a section you plan to feed next, or a structure the standard measurements don’t cover.
Aurox-measured vs. your measurements
- Aurox-measured values are produced by the operations team when your flight is processed. These are the volumes that feed your Inventory page and forecasts.
- Measurements you take yourself are for your own analysis. They are a great sanity check, but the Aurox-measured values remain the basis of your inventory records.
Taking a volume measurement
- Open Measure & Create and load the flight you want to measure (see the Measure & Create overview if you have not opened a model before).
- Open the Measure menu and choose Volume & Tons.
- Click points on the model to outline the base of the area you want to measure, enclosing the material.
- Complete the outline and the tool computes the volume of material inside it.
You can also measure simple distances with the Length tool (for example, the length of a bunker face) and surface areas with Face Area the same way — outline the region and read the result.
Understanding the volume results
Which number you see depends on the tool:
- Cut Volume — shown on measurement panels: the material volume from the surface (the intersection/cut result). For a silage pile, this is the material actually present inside your outline.
- Shape Volume — shown on create panels (piles and bunks you draw): the total volume of the designed shape, including any overfill.
For a straightforward “how much silage is in this section” question, the Cut Volume is the number you want.
Units
Volumes display in cubic feet (ft³) with Imperial units or cubic meters (m³) with Metric. You can switch the Unit Type on the Settings page — see Profile and settings.
From volume to tons
Volume alone doesn’t tell you feed quantity — tonnage depends on density and dry matter. See Understanding silage density for how volumes are converted into as-fed and dry-matter tons on your inventory.
Tips for accurate measurements
- Zoom in before placing points; precise clicks on the base of the pile matter most.
- Keep the outline on the ground surface around the material, not partway up the face.
- Compare your result against the Aurox-measured value for the same structure — large gaps usually mean the outline included (or excluded) part of the pile.
Questions about a measurement result? Contact [email protected].