Tips please on calculating Circle Radius and Arc Length with dimensions.

[CraftyCat]

Tips please on calculating Circle Radius and Arc Length with dimensions. See file attached this is what I calculated but very unsure and need to be accurate as its a stage we are building with Baluster glass panels to stop from falling. ??

[Kevin McAllister]

I've attached an example file of how I would approach laying out something like this. It includes the steps from left to right and a sheet layer with the basic dimensions that would be needed to lay out the arc in a shop in relation to your stage. If you look in the annotations you can see the helper arc I added for dimensioning.

 

Kevin

 

(PS. please don't double post in the future. Its much easier for us to help you in one forum thread.)

Arc Example.vwx

[CraftyCat]

Kevin, apologies for double posting, I could not delete one of them. Also thank you for example file, can you reserve to 2014 version as thats the one I'm working off.

 

Thanks again for all the help.

[Kevin McAllister]

Here's my example as a 2014 file. Note that dimensioning with radial and arc dimensions has improved in newer versions, especially in the annotations space.

Hopefully this helps.

 

Kevin

 

 

Arc Example v2014.vwx