diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 46a7bd53..c631688d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ MeshEditor changes/improvements
 
 
 DMesh3 changes
-  - invalid/degenerate tris no longer assert in InsertTriangle/AppendTriangle
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+  - invalid/degenerate tris no longer assert in InsertTriangle/AppendTriangle
+
+MeshMeasurements changes
+  - added Volume and Area for simple requests
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diff --git a/mesh/MeshMeasurements.cs b/mesh/MeshMeasurements.cs
index 1291f488..5f84551f 100644
--- a/mesh/MeshMeasurements.cs
+++ b/mesh/MeshMeasurements.cs
@@ -183,6 +183,70 @@ public static Vector2d VolumeArea( DMesh3 mesh, IEnumerable<int> triangles,
 
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compute volume and surface area of triangles of mesh.
+        /// Return value is (volume,area)
+        /// Note that if triangles don't define closed region, volume is probably nonsense...
+        /// </summary>
+        public static Vector2d VolumeArea(DMesh3 mesh)
+        {
+            double mass_integral = 0.0;
+            double area_sum = 0;
+            foreach (int tid in mesh.TriangleIndices())
+            {
+                mesh.GetTriVertices(tid, out Triangle3d tri);
+                Vector3d N = (tri.V1 - tri.V0).Cross(tri.V2 - tri.V0);
+
+                area_sum += 0.5 * N.Length;
+                mass_integral += N.x * (tri.V0.x + tri.V1.x + tri.V2.x);
+            }
+
+            return new Vector2d(mass_integral * (1.0 / 6.0), area_sum);
+        }
+
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compute entire volume of mesh.
+        /// Return value is volume
+        /// Note that if triangles don't define closed region, volume is probably nonsense...
+        /// </summary>
+        public static double Volume(DMesh3 mesh)
+        {
+            double mass_integral = 0.0;
+
+            foreach (int tid in mesh.TriangleIndices())
+            {
+                mesh.GetTriVertices(tid, out Triangle3d tri);
+                Vector3d N = (tri.V1 - tri.V0).Cross(tri.V2 - tri.V0);
+                mass_integral += N.x * (tri.V0.x + tri.V1.x + tri.V2.x);
+            }
+
+            return mass_integral * (1.0 / 6.0);
+        }
+
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compute surface area of triangles of mesh.
+        /// Return value is area
+        /// Note that if triangles don't define closed region, volume is probably nonsense...
+        /// </summary>
+        public static double Area(DMesh3 mesh)
+        {
+            double area_sum = 0;
+            foreach (int tid in mesh.TriangleIndices())
+            {
+                mesh.GetTriVertices(tid, out Triangle3d tri);
+                Vector3d N = (tri.V1 - tri.V0).Cross(tri.V2 - tri.V0);
+                area_sum += 0.5 * N.Length;
+            }
+
+            return area_sum;
+        }
+
+
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Compute area of one-ring of mesh vertex by summing triangle areas.
         /// If bDisjoint = true, we multiple each triangle area by 1/3