# Scale by Volume of Object in Blender

I have two skulls like so:

Using the 3D print addon toolbox, I know the volumes of each:

• 747735056401 for the larger one
• 569718590290 For the smaller one

I'd like to scale the smaller one to be the same volume as the larger one. Not being a math wiz, I simply did: 747735056401/569718590290= 1.312464, so I hit S and typed in 1.312464.

But, I didn't even realize that would just scale the x,y,z dimensions and all of a sudden my new volume had gone way up to 12880819961337. Way larger than intended.

Does anyone either know (through a Blender command, or through better math understanding) how I could scale the volume of one to be the same as the other?

• No worries. Actually, you can get Blender to do the maths for you also - since you can type equations into fields and operators. Simply select the object and type s1.312464***0.333333<Enter> and Blender should scale it for you. Here the S is for Scale, the numbers enter the scale, the first * seems to be necessary to end the number (don’t know why) then ** is the power operation and 0.333333 is 1/3 (or near enough) for cube root. – Rich Sedman Jan 29 at 20:35
• That's odd.. I have no problem with 2**.333 , 2**0.333, 2**(1/3) ... Linux 291 – Robin Betts Jan 30 at 4:55
• Thanks for the feedback @RobinBetts. I’ve tried this on two Windows 10 systems (one with Blender 2.91 and the other 2.83.6) and both are needing three *s for this to work. Very strange indeed. – Rich Sedman Jan 30 at 7:48