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Todd Kaberline zzTakeoff
187d 12h

Triangulate Tool or Angle Finder

Under Review

Had a customer ask for the triangulate feature (PS) or angle finder to calculate the degree of angles of pipe leading into a manhole, ftgs..

This would be useful for elevation angles also.

Thanks!

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James Allred zzTakeoff184d 4h

Excellent feature request. Passing along to the development team.

Brandon Byrd 67d 0h

Any update on this?

Dwayne Brown 10d 9h

Will this be released in an upcoming update?

Stephen Daves zzTakeoff10d 9h

Hi, I'm not aware of this in a coming update. Please feel free to discuss the details of how you think this could work so that the developers can review and plan a release.

Dwayne Brown 9d 22h

Planswift has a tool called Triangulate that will simply find angles on skewed objects. In the screenshot below from Planswift, we have a beam that is not 90° to the wall and will require custom hangers. We use the Triangulate tool to find the specific angle of the beam.

Heber Allred zzTakeoff9d 22h

If we added a triangulate tool, and you click 3 points, would you expect the triangle shape stays visible on the plan page as an annotation, or would it just show the lengths and angles, and then disappear after you begin scrolling or zooming?

Dwayne Brown 9d 22h

The triangle would stay visible but can be deleted.

Heber Allred zzTakeoff9d 20h

Does this look like a good format / layout? Any other options you would like to see on this tool besides font size & color?


Dwayne Brown 9d 11h

I think this is great!

Heber Allred zzTakeoff9d 9h

What do you guys think of this design? It moves the angle text to the outside for easier readability on tight angles (avoids text overlapping the lines). Do you think it's clear enough that the angle is for inside the triangle vs outside (even though the text is outside).


Dwayne Brown 9d 8h

Looks great to me, I do not think this will be an issue. Planswift put the angle on the inside but it looks cluttered.

Steve Golubov 8d 22h

Perfect, it clearly shows both the angles and the distances. I love it.

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