Resources Numerical accuracy
Calculations
Every calculation under our calculation policies: what it works out, its formula and the precision it runs at. Open one to see its code as it is in the released app.
Calculations
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Writing an object's transform
Stores an object's placement in the exported scene.
USD transforms and placement usd/build.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit, display only- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- 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.js64-bit- 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.js64-bit- 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.jsExact- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js32-bit in part- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- 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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.jsExact- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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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.jsExact- CadCraft
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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.js64-bit- 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.js64-bit- 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.js64-bit- 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.js64-bit- 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.js64-bit- CadCraft
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