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I'm looking to use trigonometry functions in a formula to get a result dimension.  I did a quick example of what I'm referring to as a .pdf which is attached.

 

I also tried putting a simple trig function in a formula for a dimension to see if it would give me the correct result and it didn't work so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong (I put the TAN(45) as the formula for a dimension which should be 1 but it came out to be some long drawn out number not even close to 1.)  

Any help on this would be appreciated.
I've attached a .pdf with what I'm looking to do.
 

RE: Formulas

try tan(45deg) otherwise it may be trying to use radians.  

also I think it will return a number in meters and not inches, so it should be 1, but it will return 39.37.  


--Jay

RE: Formulas

(OP)
thanks for that response, I will give it a shot and see if it works.
 

RE: Formulas

Slaen - always use the units.  tan is looking for angles add deg behind the number.  if you are setting up the formula to use parameters, make the parameter an angle.  Lengths use mm, in...  If you get stuck for the unit, check tools -- options -- parameters - units.

Regards
Derek
 

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