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.

  • 6,917 calculations in 1,248 source files
  • 143 exact
  • 6,286 in 64-bit
  • 335 with a 32-bit step
  • Last reviewed

Calculations

  • Polygon split by a plane

    Cuts a convex polygon into the part in front of a plane and the part behind it.

    t = dₐ ÷ (dₐ − d_b); x = a + (b − a) t

    IFC openings, clippings and half-space cuts ifc/geo-bool.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    64-bit
  • Mesh clipped by a plane

    Keeps the part of a mesh on one side of a plane and closes the cut.

    dᵢ = (pᵢ − p) · n; ε = 10⁻⁹ × (d_max − d_min); cut point = a + (b − a) dₐ ÷ (dₐ − d_b)

    IFC openings, clippings and half-space cuts ifc/geo-bool.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    64-bit
  • Cap of a cut

    Joins the cut segments into loops, sorts outer loops from holes and fills them.

    key = round(x ÷ tol), round(y ÷ tol), round(z ÷ tol); area = ½ |Σ (xᵢ yᵢ₊₁ − xᵢ₊₁ yᵢ)|

    IFC openings, clippings and half-space cuts ifc/geo-bool.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    64-bit
  • Half-space cut

    Removes the part of an element behind a plane, optionally only inside a polygon boundary.

    L = 4 × max(1, box diagonal) + |P₀ − box min|; prism height = 2 L

    IFC openings, clippings and half-space cuts ifc/geo-bool.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    32-bit in part
  • Vertex data of one geometry

    Returns a geometry's positions and normals for drawing and for measuring.

    IFC geometry handed to the apps ifc/api.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    32-bit in part
  • Placement matrix of each piece

    The matrix that takes a geometry's vertices to model space in meters, Y up.

    M = C × Y-up × scale(u) × placement

    IFC geometry handed to the apps ifc/api.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    64-bit
  • Shift to the origin

    Finds the translation that brings the model near the origin.

    c = (box min + box max) ÷ 2 of the first element; C = translate(−(Y-up × scale(u) × placement × c))

    IFC geometry handed to the apps ifc/api.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    64-bit
  • File units to meters, Z up to Y up

    Scales a placement by the file's length unit and turns its axes.

    M′ = Y-up × scale(u) × M

    IFC geometry handed to the apps ifc/api.js
    • BimCraft
    • TakeoffCraft
    • CivilCraft
    • DetailCraft
    64-bit
  • Rounding to one and two decimals

    Rounds a value for a message or for a warning's stored fields.

    f1(x) = round(10 x) ÷ 10; f2(x) = round(100 x) ÷ 100

    MEP check messages: units and rounding mep/problems-mep.js
    • BimCraft
    64-bit
  • Pipe flow and velocity in the message

    Shows a flow in gallons per minute or liters per second and a velocity in feet or meters per second.

    gpm = q ÷ 0.003785411784 × 60; L/s = 1000 q; ft/s = v ÷ 0.3048

    MEP check messages: units and rounding mep/problems-mep.js
    • BimCraft
    64-bit
  • Stored velocity and pressure values

    Writes the required and found velocity and the pressure left at a fixture into each pipe warning.

    found = f2(V) m/s; required = f2(v_max) m/s; pressure = f1(kPa)

    MEP check messages: units and rounding mep/problems-mep.js
    • BimCraft
    64-bit
  • Duct velocity, friction rate and aspect ratio

    Writes a duct's flow, velocity, needed round size and aspect ratio into its warning.

    fpm = round(V ÷ 0.00508); L/s = f1(1000 q); needed size = round(mm)

    MEP check messages: units and rounding mep/problems-mep.js
    • BimCraft
    64-bit
  • Tube dimensions for a size

    The outside, wall and inside dimensions of one tube, in inches and millimeters.

    id = od − 2 × wall; odMm = round(od × 25.4 × 1000) ÷ 1000; wallMm = wall × 25.4

    Refrigeration copper tube sizes mep/tables-acr.js
    • BimCraft
    64-bit
  • Filmic tone curve

    Maps scene brightness to screen brightness for the filmic view transform.

    h(x) = (x (0.15 x + 0.05) + 0.004) ÷ (x (0.15 x + 0.5) + 0.06) − 0.02 ÷ 0.3; output = h(2 c) ÷ h(11.2)

    Real-time view and render bench rt/rt-post.js
    • BimCraft
    • ModelCraft
    32-bit, display only
  • Baked probe light

    Collects the bounce light at each probe and removes the sky's own part.

    shᵢ,ₖ = bakedᵢ,ₖ − skyₖ (k = 0…11)

    Real-time view and render bench rt/rt-gi.js
    • BimCraft
    • ModelCraft
    32-bit, display only
  • Mean radiance per pixel

    Averages the accumulated samples of each pixel for the bench and the parity comparison.

    mean = Σ samples ÷ n

    Real-time view and render bench render/bench-kernels.js
    • BimCraft
    • ModelCraft
    32-bit, display only
  • Scene for the standalone viewer

    Packs the drawn scene into the viewer's file.

    Real-time view and render bench rt/rt-export.js
    • BimCraft
    • ModelCraft
    32-bit, display only
  • Value of a number row

    The number handed to the app when a person changes a number box.

    v = min(max, max(min, typed value))

    Numbers typed into the property grid app-propgrid.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Rounding of a slider value

    Removes binary noise such as 0.30000000000000004 from a slider's value.

    v = round to (decimals of the step + 2) decimals, at most 8

    Numbers typed into the property grid app-propgrid.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Value of a slider row

    The number handed to the app while a slider is dragged or its box is changed.

    v = fix(clamp(value, min, max), step)

    Numbers typed into the property grid app-propgrid.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Integer or float

    Decides how a number is written.

    Numbers sent between people editing together live-client.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Writing a float

    Writes a number as 8 bytes.

    Numbers sent between people editing together live-client.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Writing an integer

    Writes a whole number in the shortest integer form that holds it.

    Numbers sent between people editing together live-client.js Every app
    Exact
  • Reading a float

    Reads a 4-byte or an 8-byte float from a message.

    Numbers sent between people editing together live-client.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Reading a 64-bit integer

    Reads an unsigned or signed 64-bit integer.

    Numbers sent between people editing together live-client.js Every app
    Exact
  • Cost of one call

    The cost of a call from its token counts and the model's prices.

    cost = (in × price in + out × price out) ÷ 1,000,000

    Spending on a person's own AI model ai-byok.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Spending today and this month

    The cost, tokens and number of calls for the current day and month, and the calls in the last hour.

    amount = Σ cost of the calls in the period

    Spending on a person's own AI model ai-byok.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Check before a call

    Refuses a call when the calls per hour, the day's or month's spending, or the day's tokens could pass a limit.

    refuse when spent + worst-case cost > limit; worst case = cost(estimated input, largest allowed output)

    Spending on a person's own AI model ai-byok.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Recorded cost and the token estimate

    Stores each call's cost and estimates the input tokens of the next request.

    estimated tokens = ⌈JSON length ÷ 3⌉ + 500

    Spending on a person's own AI model ai-byok.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Flow through a passage

    Persons per second through a door or corridor of a given width.

    rate = max(0, Fsm × (width − 2 × boundary))

    People flow and evacuation time people.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Speed and specific flow at a density

    Walking speed and flow per meter of width at a given density of people.

    S = k × (1 − 0.266 × D); Fs = S × D; k = 1.4 m/s

    People flow and evacuation time people.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Rate and speed of each passage

    The flow rate and walking speed each passage gets, from its own values or the defaults for its kind.

    People flow and evacuation time people.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Door service time and walking time

    How long a door takes per person, how long the passage takes to walk, and each room's distance to an exit in time.

    service = 1 ÷ rate; walk = length ÷ speed; to exit = least total walking time

    People flow and evacuation time people.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Which way a room empties

    The next passage for people in a room: the one with the least remaining walking time to an exit.

    keep a hop when toExit(next) < toExit(room) − 1e-9; choose the least walk + toExit(next)

    People flow and evacuation time people.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Evacuation results

    People evacuated, the time the last person reaches an exit, peak occupancy and density per room, and queues per door.

    time = latest arrival at any exit; density = peak people in a room ÷ its area

    People flow and evacuation time people.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Joint frames at a pose

    Each joint's rotation and offset from its parent at the given joint values.

    Rigid-body dynamics of a mechanism dynamics.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Joint torques for a motion (inverse dynamics)

    The torque or force each joint needs for given positions, velocities and accelerations, with gravity, external loads and damping.

    outward: ω, α, a of each link; F = m × a_com; N = I α + ω × (I ω); inward: τᵢ = axis · n (revolute) or axis · f (prismatic) + damping × q̇ᵢ

    Rigid-body dynamics of a mechanism dynamics.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Mass matrix

    The joint-space mass matrix at a pose.

    column j = rnea(q, q̇ = 0, q̈ = unit vector j) with no gravity, damping or external loads

    Rigid-body dynamics of a mechanism dynamics.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Joint accelerations for given torques (forward dynamics)

    The acceleration of each joint under applied torques.

    M q̈ = τ − h

    Rigid-body dynamics of a mechanism dynamics.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Kinetic and potential energy

    The mechanism's kinetic, potential and total energy at a pose and velocity.

    KE = ½ q̇ᵀ M q̇; PE = −Σ m × (g · p_com)

    Rigid-body dynamics of a mechanism dynamics.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Simulated motion over time

    Joint positions and velocities at each time step under gravity and applied torques.

    RK4: y₊ = y + dt ÷ 6 × (k₁ + 2k₂ + 2k₃ + k₄); steps = round(T ÷ dt); t = step × dt

    Rigid-body dynamics of a mechanism dynamics.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Courtyard of a footprint

    The rectangle around all pads, grown by a margin.

    courtyard = (min(x − w ÷ 2) − m, min(y − h ÷ 2) − m, max(x + w ÷ 2) + m, max(y + h ÷ 2) + m)

    Parametric PCB footprints footlib.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Two-terminal chip

    Two pads at half the pitch either side of the center.

    x = ∓ pitch ÷ 2

    Parametric PCB footprints footlib.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Dual-row surface-mount package

    Pads in two rows, numbered counter-clockwise from the top left.

    y = ((n ÷ 2 − 1) ÷ 2 − i) × pitch; x = ∓ row spacing ÷ 2

    Parametric PCB footprints footlib.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Dual in-line through-hole package

    Drilled pads in two rows.

    y = ((n ÷ 2 − 1) ÷ 2 − i) × pitch; x = ∓ row spacing ÷ 2

    Parametric PCB footprints footlib.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Pin header

    Drilled pads in one or two rows at a pitch.

    x = (r − (rows − 1) ÷ 2) × pitch; y = ((n − 1) ÷ 2 − i) × pitch

    Parametric PCB footprints footlib.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Quad flat package

    Pads on four sides, numbered counter-clockwise from the top left.

    along a side: ((n − 1) ÷ 2 − i) × pitch; across: ± span ÷ 2

    Parametric PCB footprints footlib.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Axial through-hole part

    Two drilled pads at half the lead pitch either side of the center.

    x = ∓ pitch ÷ 2

    Parametric PCB footprints footlib.js Every app
    64-bit
  • Positions stored as offsets from the origin

    The kept points as 32-bit offsets from a whole-unit origin.

    pos = fround(x − floor(min))

    Point cloud positions and read-in values pointcloud.js
    • CadCraft
    • BimCraft
    32-bit in part
  • A point back in file coordinates

    The file-unit position of one kept point.

    p = pos + origin

    Point cloud positions and read-in values pointcloud.js
    • CadCraft
    • BimCraft
    32-bit in part

A calculation is added only after its source was read. Each statement can be checked in the code shown on its policy's page; the app repositories are public. When a release changes a calculation, its page says so until it has been read again.