diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h
index 60657341..07164136 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Region.h
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 
 namespace PolyVox
 {
+	/**
+	Represents a part of a Volume.
+
+	Many operations in PolyVox are constrained to only part of a volume. For example, when running the surface extractors 
+	it is unlikely that you will want to run it on the whole volume at once, as this will give a very large mesh which may 
+	be too much to render. Instead you will probably want to run a surface extractor a number of times on different parts 
+	of the volume, there by giving a number of meshes which can be culled and rendered seperately.
+
+	The Region class is used to define these parts (regions) of the volume. Essentially it consists of an upper and lower 
+	bound which specify the range of voxels positions considered to be part of the region. Note that these bounds are 
+	<em>inclusive</em>. The class also provides functions for modifying the regions in a variety of ways.
+
+	\Note The dimensions of a region can be measured either in voxels or in cells. See the manual for more information 
+	about these definitions.
+	*/
 #ifdef SWIG
 	class Region
 #else
@@ -52,6 +67,24 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		const Vector3DInt32& getLowerCorner(void) const;
 		const Vector3DInt32& getUpperCorner(void) const;
 
+		/// Gets the width of the region measured in voxels
+		int32_t getWidthInVoxels(void) const;
+		/// Gets the height of the region measured in voxels
+		int32_t getHeightInVoxels(void) const;
+		/// Gets the depth of the region measured in voxels
+		int32_t getDepthInVoxels(void) const;
+		/// Gets the dimensions of the region measured in voxels
+		Vector3DInt32 getDimensionsInVoxels(void) const;
+
+		/// Gets the width of the region measured in cells
+		int32_t getWidthInCells(void) const;
+		/// Gets the height of the region measured in cells
+		int32_t getHeightInCells(void) const;
+		/// Gets the depth of the region measured in cells
+		int32_t getDepthInCells(void) const;
+		/// Gets the dimensions of the region measured in cells
+		Vector3DInt32 getDimensionsInCells(void) const;
+
 		void setLowerCorner(const Vector3DInt32& v3dLowerCorner);
 		void setUpperCorner(const Vector3DInt32& v3dUpperCorner);
 
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
index 960976bb..cb27813b 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Region.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,47 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	const Vector3DInt32& Region::getUpperCorner(void) const
 	{
 		return m_v3dUpperCorner;
-	}	
+	}
+
+	int32_t Region::getWidthInVoxels(void) const
+	{
+		return getWidthInCells() + 1;
+	}
+
+	int32_t Region::getHeightInVoxels(void) const
+	{
+		return getHeightInCells() + 1;
+	}
+
+	int32_t Region::getDepthInVoxels(void) const
+	{
+		return getDepthInCells() + 1;
+	}
+
+	Vector3DInt32 Region::getDimensionsInVoxels(void) const
+	{
+		return getDimensionsInCells() + Vector3DInt32(1, 1, 1);
+	}
+
+	int32_t Region::getWidthInCells(void) const
+	{
+		return m_v3dUpperCorner.getX() - m_v3dLowerCorner.getX();
+	}
+
+	int32_t Region::getHeightInCells(void) const
+	{
+		return m_v3dUpperCorner.getY() - m_v3dLowerCorner.getY();
+	}
+
+	Vector3DInt32 Region::getDimensionsInCells(void) const
+	{
+		return m_v3dUpperCorner - m_v3dLowerCorner;
+	}
+
+	int32_t Region::getDepthInCells(void) const
+	{
+		return m_v3dUpperCorner.getZ() - m_v3dLowerCorner.getZ();
+	}
 
 	void Region::setLowerCorner(const Vector3DInt32& v3dLowerCorner)
 	{
@@ -168,7 +208,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		m_v3dUpperCorner.setZ((std::min)(m_v3dUpperCorner.getZ(), other.m_v3dUpperCorner.getZ()));
 	}
 
-	/// \deprecated Use getLowerCorner and getUpperCorner instead
+	/// \deprecated Use getDepthInVoxels() or getDepthInCells() instead
 	int32_t Region::depth(void) const
 	{
 		//This function is deprecated and wrong.
@@ -176,7 +216,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		return m_v3dUpperCorner.getZ() - m_v3dLowerCorner.getZ();
 	}
 
-	/// \deprecated Use getLowerCorner and getUpperCorner instead
+	/// \deprecated Use getHeightInVoxels() or getHeightInCells() instead
 	int32_t Region::height(void) const
 	{
 		//This function is deprecated and wrong.
@@ -200,7 +240,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		m_v3dUpperCorner += amount;
 	}
 
-	/// \deprecated Use getLowerCorner and getUpperCorner instead
+	/// \deprecated Use getDimensionsInVoxels() or getDimensionsInCells() instead
 	Vector3DInt32 Region::dimensions(void)
 	{
 		//This function is deprecated and wrong.
@@ -208,7 +248,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		return m_v3dUpperCorner - m_v3dLowerCorner;
 	}
 
-	/// \deprecated Use getLowerCorner and getUpperCorner instead
+	/// \deprecated Use getWidthInVoxels() or getWidthInCells() instead
 	int32_t Region::width(void) const
 	{
 		//This function is deprecated and wrong.