# 2D Area of TIN Volume Surface **URL:** \ **Category:** Civil 3D\ **Tags:** dynamo, civil3d\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075 "2023-06-23T09:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sanket.naganuri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Sanket.naganuri](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Sanket.naganuri)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/1 "2023-06-23T09:46:41Z")
Hi, I wanted to get the 2D area of TIN Volume surface. Currently with Camber package I’m able to create TIN Volume surface and get Cut and Fill volumes. Is there any node in dynamo to get the 2D area of TIN volume surface? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Anton\_Huizinga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/anton_huizinga/32/155377_2.png) [@Anton\_Huizinga](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Anton_Huizinga)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/2 "2023-06-23T10:32:32Z")
I am pretty sure the Arkance Systems Node Library has a node for Surface statistics. Edit: After a check it seems to work with Tin Surfaces only, not with Volume Surfaces. ---
**Author:** ![geert.drijfhout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@geert.drijfhout](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/geert.drijfhout)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/3 "2023-06-23T13:40:46Z")
I used to do that by pasting volumesurface in a temporary surface and get the property 2D area. If pasting surface into surface is not available in nodes you could have a look into the Python script node, however that requires a bit more effort. ---
**Author:** ![Sanket.naganuri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Sanket.naganuri](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Sanket.naganuri)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/4 "2023-08-17T07:08:18Z")
Thank you very much. I found out the node and could successfully get the required output. Also I ran a quick check and compared the 2D area which outputs from Surface statistics and from Civil 3D volumes dashboard. Both are same. ---
**Author:** ![A.C3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/a.c3d/32/196902_2.png) [@A.C3D](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/A.C3D)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/5 "2025-09-18T15:06:39Z")
Hi,What node you use to extract the 2D Area? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![pmaresearch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@pmaresearch](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/pmaresearch)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/6 "2025-09-18T16:12:47Z")
you could also _‘extract objects’_ from surface and just check the ‘_boundary’_ box to get the area from ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/e/7/e7188e4e1a059a4131399b9396167329d858305a.png) ---
**Author:** ![A.C3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/a.c3d/32/196902_2.png) [@A.C3D](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/A.C3D)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/7 "2025-09-23T06:35:07Z")
Can be done with dynamo ? ---
**Author:** ![pmaresearch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@pmaresearch](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/pmaresearch)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/8 "2025-09-23T13:04:01Z")
yes, can be done with 3 nodes: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/c/f/cf51e5274f07e58a3679ac6d8aecd1032fd78508.png) ---
**Author:** ![Gambit80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@Gambit80](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Gambit80)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/9 "2026-03-17T14:19:05Z")
Trying to replicate. I receive the errors shown. Not sure why? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/c/9c5694ecd385ce93f877b4c2da84ba5c769755c0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![PedroRueda10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@PedroRueda10](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/PedroRueda10)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/10 "2026-03-17T20:08:15Z")
This is giving an error because you are using a volume surface node and it should be a surface node. ![Sem título](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/4/f/4f3ba06c75bac049423bd54e9fcdede2bd87394b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Gambit80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@Gambit80](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Gambit80)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/2d-area-of-tin-volume-surface/91075/11 "2026-03-17T21:06:16Z")
Yep. Should have seen that, my brain must have froze up. Thank you. Trying to pull in TIN Volume surface data