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Calculations

  • Writing an object's transform

    Stores an object's placement in the exported scene.

    USD transforms and placement usd/build.js
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  • Attribute value to its storage type

    Converts a list of numbers to the number type its USD attribute type calls for.

    USD mesh coordinates in saved and exported files usd/build.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit in part
  • Mesh points and extent

    Stores the points of a mesh and its bounding box in the scene.

    extent = [min x, min y, min z, max x, max y, max z] of the points

    USD mesh coordinates in saved and exported files usd/build.js
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    32-bit in part
  • Lamp intensity

    Converts a lamp's lumens to the intensity a renderer reads.

    intensity = lumens ÷ (683 × area × π)

    USD mesh coordinates in saved and exported files usd/build.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit, display only
  • Single values in the binary file

    Writes one number, tuple or matrix into the binary USD file.

    USD mesh coordinates in saved and exported files usd/usdc-write.js
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  • Arrays in the binary file

    Writes an array of numbers into the binary USD file.

    USD mesh coordinates in saved and exported files usd/usdc-write.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit in part
  • Reading a mesh

    The points, faces and attached values of a mesh read from a USD scene.

    USD mesh coordinates in saved and exported files usd/geom.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit in part
  • Built-in shapes as meshes

    A cube, sphere, cylinder, cone, capsule or plane of a USD scene as a mesh.

    ring point = (r·cos θ, r·sin θ, z), θ = 2π·j ÷ 24

    USD mesh coordinates in saved and exported files usd/geom.js
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  • Point coordinates

    The x, y and z of one point record.

    x = X × scaleₓ + offsetₓ (and the same for y and z)

    LAS and LAZ point coordinates las.js
    • CadCraft
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  • Scale, offset and bounds from the header

    Reads the header's scale, offset, minimum and maximum and refuses a scale that cannot be used.

    LAS and LAZ point coordinates las.js
    • CadCraft
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  • 64-bit counts and offsets

    Reads an unsigned 64-bit integer (LAS 1.4 point count, extended record positions and lengths).

    value = hi × 2³² + lo

    LAS and LAZ point coordinates las.js
    • CadCraft
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  • Points the file really holds

    The number of whole point records between the first point and the end of the point data.

    available = ⌊(end − offset to points) ÷ record length⌋, at most the header's count

    LAS and LAZ point coordinates las.js
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    Exact
  • Registered position of a point

    One point in the registered frame: its stored position plus the scan's origin, moved by the scan's matrix.

    p = M × (pos + origin)

    Registered scans written as LAS and E57 scan-export.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit in part
  • Bounds of the registered cloud

    The minimum and maximum x, y, z over every moved point, and the point count.

    Registered scans written as LAS and E57 scan-export.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit in part
  • LAS scale and offset

    Chooses the scale and offset the LAS file stores its integer coordinates with.

    scale = first of 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1 with extent ÷ scale < 2e9; offset = ⌊min ÷ 100⌋ × 100

    Registered scans written as LAS and E57 scan-export.js
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  • LAS point record

    Stores one point's x, y, z as integers in the LAS file.

    X = round((p − offset) ÷ scale)

    Registered scans written as LAS and E57 scan-export.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit in part
  • E57 point record

    Stores one point's x, y, z in an E57 data packet and widens the scan's bounds.

    Registered scans written as LAS and E57 scan-export.js
    • CadCraft
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    32-bit in part
  • Numbers written as text in the E57 header

    Writes a bound or a time stamp as text in the E57 XML section.

    Registered scans written as LAS and E57 scan-export.js
    • CadCraft
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  • Face-frame default sizes

    The stile and rail width, overlay and door gap a job uses when it sets none.

    stile = rail = 38 mm; overlay = 12 mm; gap = 3 mm; inch job: round(mm ÷ 25.4 × 16) ÷ 16

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Carcass depth behind a face frame

    The depth the carcass is built with when a face frame takes part of the cabinet's depth.

    d = max(1, d − frame thickness)

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Face-frame openings and overlay fronts

    The rails, the openings between them and the doors or drawer fronts that cover each opening.

    opening h = (box h − (2 + mids) × rail) ÷ (mids + 1); front h = opening h + lap below + lap above; pair door w = (opening w + 2 × overlay − gap) ÷ 2

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Door and blind panel of a blind corner

    The door over the open part of a blind corner cabinet and the panel over the blind part.

    door w = (w − blind) − reveal; panel w = blind − reveal; h = box h − reveal

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Part size stored in the cut list

    Adds one part with its length, width, thickness and material.

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Frame rail length and counts

    The length of the frame's rails and how many rails and mid rails a cabinet needs.

    rail length = w − 2 × stile − blind

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Doors and drawer fronts counted by size

    Groups equal fronts into one cut-list line with a quantity.

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Drawer boxes of a face-frame cabinet

    The sides, ends and bottom of each drawer box behind a face frame.

    box h = min(front h − clearance, opening h − 20 mm); end = bw − 2t; bottom = (bw − 2t + 2g) × (slide − 2t + 2g); bw = opening w − 2 × slide gap

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Dowels of a corner cabinet

    The number of dowels a corner cabinet's drilling needs.

    dowels = dowel holes ÷ 2

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Curved cabinet outline in the cell's own axes

    The outline points of a made-to-order curved cabinet, measured from the cell's origin along its two axes.

    (x′, y′) = ((q − o) · u, (q − o) · n)

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Closing panel of an angled corner

    The height of the panel that closes a corner which is not a right angle.

    height = cabinet h − plinth height

    CabinetCraft parts, fronts and face frames addons/cabinetcraft/lib/build.js
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  • Picked room corner

    A corner of the room outline picked on the plan, snapped to the grid.

    p = round(x ÷ g) × g; g = 50 (mm job) or 2 (inch job)

    CabinetCraft room picking and dry-run units addons/cabinetcraft/main.js
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  • Direction of the picked outline

    Whether the corners were picked clockwise, which decides the sign of each arc's sweep.

    Σ (xᵢ × yᵢ₊₁ − xᵢ₊₁ × yᵢ) < 0 means clockwise

    CabinetCraft room picking and dry-run units addons/cabinetcraft/main.js
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  • Sheet size in the program's units

    The sheet size, thickness and rapid rate the dry run checks a G-code program against.

    k = (1 ÷ 25.4 or 1) × (25.4 or 1); sheet = job sheet × k; rapid (inch program) = rapid ÷ 25.4

    CabinetCraft room picking and dry-run units addons/cabinetcraft/main.js
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  • Numbers on labels and the maker review

    Writes a number with at most 2 decimals.

    text = round(v × 100) ÷ 100

    CabinetCraft room picking and dry-run units addons/cabinetcraft/main.js
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  • Job converted to the other unit

    Every size in the job converted from millimeters to inches or back when the job's unit is changed.

    to inches: round(v × (1 ÷ 25.4) × 16) ÷ 16; to millimeters: round(v × 25.4)

    Cabinet job edits that change sizes addons/cabinetcraft/lib/edit.js
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  • Gap at a door or window

    The width of the gap put in a run's floor row so that the cabinets after it clear an opening.

    width = ⌈(at + w + clear − start) × 10⌉ ÷ 10

    Cabinet job edits that change sizes addons/cabinetcraft/lib/edit.js
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  • Filler for a leftover

    Adds a filler as wide as the space a row leaves on its wall.

    filler width = rest, when 0.5 < rest ≤ 75 mm

    Cabinet job edits that change sizes addons/cabinetcraft/lib/edit.js
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  • Notch of a new L or U room

    The first size of the notch when a rectangular room is made L or U shaped.

    notch width = round(W ÷ 3); notch depth = round(D ÷ 2)

    Cabinet job edits that change sizes addons/cabinetcraft/lib/edit.js
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  • Drilling distances in inches

    The 32 mm system's drilling and hardware distances for the inch rule set.

    value = round(mm × (1 ÷ 25.4) × 10⁴) ÷ 10⁴

    Cabinet parts from a box and construction rules addons/cabinetcraft/lib/model.js
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  • Box sizes

    The box height without the plinth, the inside width and the depth the back takes.

    boxH = h − kick; iw = w − 2t; backDepth = backSetback + backT

    Cabinet parts from a box and construction rules addons/cabinetcraft/lib/model.js
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  • Door and drawer front sizes

    The size and position of every door and drawer front in the cabinet's front view.

    one door: (w − reveal) × (boxH − reveal); a pair: each (w − 2·reveal) ÷ 2 wide; n drawer fronts: each (boxH − n·reveal) ÷ n high

    Cabinet parts from a box and construction rules addons/cabinetcraft/lib/model.js
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  • Longest drawer slide that fits

    Picks the drawer slide length from the rule's list for the cabinet's inside depth.

    room = panel depth − backDepth − drawerBackClear; the longest listed L with L ≤ room + 1e-9

    Cabinet parts from a box and construction rules addons/cabinetcraft/lib/model.js
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  • Part list of one cabinet

    Every part of a cabinet with its length, width, thickness, material, quantity and banded edges.

    back in grooves: (iw + 2·groove) × (boxH − n·t + n·groove); shelf: (iw − 2·shelfClear) × (inside depth − shelfFront); drawer end: iw − 2·slideGap − 2·drawerT

    Cabinet parts from a box and construction rules addons/cabinetcraft/lib/model.js
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  • Size checks on a cabinet

    Reports a cabinet that is too narrow, too low or too shallow for its parts, or whose drawers do not fit.

    iw ≤ 0; boxH ≤ 2t; inside depth ≤ shelfFront; Σ fronts + n·reveal > boxH + 1e-9

    Cabinet parts from a box and construction rules addons/cabinetcraft/lib/model.js
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  • Linear stock to buy

    The number of pieces and the total length of each hardwood section in the job.

    length = Σ qty × length; pieces = Σ qty

    Cabinet job totals: linear stock and sheet count addons/cabinetcraft/lib/sheets.js
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  • Sheets used by a nested job

    The total number of sheets over all materials, with each material's own count and efficiency.

    sheets = Σ sheets per material

    Cabinet job totals: linear stock and sheet count addons/cabinetcraft/lib/sheets.js
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  • Label position on the sheet

    Where each label is printed on the page, so that it lands on the die-cut label.

    x = left + col × (label width + gap x); y = top + row × (label height + gap y)

    Part labels on label sheets addons/cabinetcraft/lib/cutlist/labels.js
    • CadCraft
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  • Bar code module width

    The width of the narrowest bar of a label's Code 128 bar code, fitted to the space beside the id text.

    module = min(0.33 mm, room ÷ (code width + 20))

    Part labels on label sheets addons/cabinetcraft/lib/cutlist/labels.js
    • CadCraft
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  • Tightest limit of a rule

    The minimum and maximum a rule allows when several ticked packs have it.

    min = max(minᵢ); max = min(maxᵢ)

    Regulation limits in force and how values are written addons/regs/lib/adapter.js
    • CadCraft
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  • Values written in a problem

    How a required or found value is written in a regulation problem, by unit.

    mm: round(v × 10) ÷ 10; m²: round(v × 100) ÷ 100; ratio and U: 2 decimals; R: 1 decimal; count: whole

    Regulation limits in force and how values are written addons/regs/lib/adapter.js
    • CadCraft
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  • Percentages as text

    A percentage written in the panel, in problems and on the code summary sheet.

    round(v × 10) ÷ 10, then the browser's number format with at most one decimal

    Regulation limits in force and how values are written addons/regs/lib/ui.js
    • CadCraft
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