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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Item geometry in drawing units
An item's box, points and center in drawing coordinates.
x = x0 + fx × (x1 − x0); y = y0 + fy × (y1 − y0); center = midpoint of the box
Redline items placed in the drawing redline.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Cloud arc length and margin
The arc length of a revision cloud, the margin round the item and the text height of the revision mark.
base = text height × dimension scale; arc = 4 × base; margin = arc; text = 1.4 × base
Redline items placed in the drawing redline.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Revision cloud outline
The rectangle a revision cloud is drawn round: the item's box grown by the margin.
x0 − margin, y0 − margin, x1 + margin, y1 + margin
Redline items placed in the drawing redline.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Picture scale
Drawing units per pixel of a pasted picture.
units per pixel = W ÷ pixel width
Pasted picture size pastepic.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Drawing units per millimeter
The factor that turns a size in millimeters into the drawing's units.
units per mm = units per point × 72 ÷ 25.4
Pasted picture size pastepic.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Size of a copied area
The width and height a copied area takes in the drawing, on paper or at its real size.
size = size in mm × units per mm
Pasted picture size pastepic.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Region size, enclosing triangle and tolerances
Measures the region and sets the tolerances every later test uses.
D = max(Δx, Δy); eps = 1e-13 × D; epsA = 1e-13 × D²
Triangulation of solid faces acis/cdt.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Orientation of three points
Twice the signed area of the triangle a, b, c: positive when anticlockwise.
(x_b − x_a) × (y_c − y_a) − (y_b − y_a) × (x_c − x_a)
Triangulation of solid faces acis/cdt.js64-bit- CadCraft
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In-circle test
Whether point d lies inside the circle through a, b and c.
det of rows (a − d, |a − d|²), (b − d, |b − d|²), (c − d, |c − d|²) > 0
Triangulation of solid faces acis/cdt.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Triangle that holds a point
Walks from the last triangle to the one a new point falls in.
Triangulation of solid faces acis/cdt.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Inserting a point
Adds one point: merged into a corner it coincides with, splitting an edge it lies on, or splitting the triangle it is inside.
Triangulation of solid faces acis/cdt.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Do two segments cross
Whether edge c–d properly crosses boundary segment a–b.
Triangulation of solid faces acis/cdt.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Face corners in model units
The corners of an add-on's solid in the 3D model's units, and where the solid is placed.
local = (q − o) × k; translation = o × k
Add-on solids placed on the 3D tab addons/cadcraft-api.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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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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Frame grid in drawing coordinates
The frame's matrix, its inverse and the box of the whole paper in the drawing.
det = m₀·m₃ − m₁·m₂; inverse = adjugate ÷ det
Sheet and path of a point on a schematic addons/electrical/lib/project.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Path column of a point
The column number, 1 to the column count, of a point inside a frame; 0 when it is left or right of the grid.
path = min(cols, ⌊(x − gx0) ÷ ((gx1 − gx0) ÷ cols)⌋ + 1)
Sheet and path of a point on a schematic addons/electrical/lib/project.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Does a wire segment cross the slash
Whether two segments cross or touch.
o(p, q, r) = sign((q − p) × (r − p)); cross when o₁ ≠ o₂ and o₃ ≠ o₄
Cores of a cable on a schematic addons/electrical/lib/reports.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Wires of a cable in order
The wires a cable marker crosses, sorted along the marker, which gives each core its number.
Cores of a cable on a schematic addons/electrical/lib/reports.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Millimeters per drawing unit
The factor that takes the source drawing's unit to millimeters.
inches 25.4; feet 304.8; centimeters 10; meters 1000; anything else 1
Symbols imported from another drawing addons/electrical/lib/symlib.jsExact- CadCraft
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Geometry scaled to millimeters
Every line, polyline, circle, arc, ellipse, hatch and text of the block moved to its base point and scaled.
x′ = (x − base x) × s; r′ = r × s
Symbols imported from another drawing addons/electrical/lib/symlib.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Connection points found on the outline
The points where wires connect: terminal attributes, or the ends of leads that leave the symbol's outline straight.
tol = max(width, height) × 0.001 + 1e-9
Symbols imported from another drawing addons/electrical/lib/symlib.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Stored pin coordinates
The connection points written into the symbol's data.
x = round(x × 1000) ÷ 1000
Symbols imported from another drawing addons/electrical/lib/symlib.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Plant coordinates in drawing units
The position and size of each P&ID symbol and line placed in the drawing.
k = 1 ÷ perUnit(doc, 'mm'); x′ = x × k
P&ID objects drawn from a built plant addons/pid/lib/process-link.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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Values on the code summary sheet
Required and found values on the printable code summary for a permit set.
Regulation limits in force and how values are written addons/regs/lib/ui.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Column widths and row heights
Shares the inner opening between columns or rows: typed sizes keep theirs, the others split what is left equally.
each free size = (avail − Σ typed) ÷ free count
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/lib/model.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Inner opening
The opening inside the frame, and the space left for the columns after the mullions.
inner w = W − 2f; inner h = H − f − tf; columns share inner w − (n − 1) × m
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/lib/model.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Cut length of a profile piece
The length a piece is sawn to, with the welding allowance, and the merging of equal pieces into one row.
cut = outer + (mitred ends) × weld ÷ 2
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/lib/model.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Steel reinforcement length
The length of the steel inside a PVC profile.
steel = max(10, length − 2 × setback)
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/lib/model.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Sash and glass sizes
The size of an opening sash and of the glass in a sash or in the frame.
sash = cell + 2 (overlap − gap); glass in a sash = sash − 2 × face + 2 (seat − glass gap); glass in the frame = cell + 2 (frame seat − glass gap)
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/lib/model.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Glass rows and area
One row per glass size with its quantity and the area of one pane.
area = round(gw × gh) ÷ 10⁶ m²
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/lib/model.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Hardware and gasket quantities
Handles, hinges, locking points, strikers, packers, connectors and the meters of each gasket for a set of windows.
locks = max(2, ⌈perimeter ÷ lock pitch⌉); sash gasket = 2 (w + h) ÷ 1000 m; glass gasket = 4 (gw + gh) ÷ 1000 m
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/lib/model.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Millimeters per drawing unit
The factor between the drawing's units and the builder's millimeters, and its reciprocal stored with each window.
mm per drawing unit = per × 25.4 (inch rules) or per × 1; kmm = 1 ÷ that
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/main.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Typed opening size
A size typed as width x height in drawing units, as millimeters.
w = typed w × mm per drawing unit
Window and door pieces, glass and hardware addons/windows/main.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Raw double, read
A 64-bit value read from eight bytes of the bit stream.
Numbers in a DWG file, read and written bit for bit dwg/bits-read.js64-bit- CadCraft
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