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minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·18 hours agoengineers use d²π/4 as you can’t measure the radius of a pipe or a similar 3d solid object only diameter.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·15 hours agoor engineers are not smart enough to calculate r=d/2 first
minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·14 hours agoWhy would i calculate r? I need only the area. See? Why would I waste my time for an extra calculation.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoJust do it in your head? The diameter is 5.62, so the area is π*2.81², which is more efficient to type in your calculator than π*5.62²/4. You’re the one wasting time.
minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 hours agoLife is too short to waste for such things.
minus-squareGluWu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoI use the measure tool in solidworks
minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-214 hours agoYou just imported a point cloud, so you can’t snap to the centerline, you can only measure the diameter.
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoThis actually explains some of the formulas in research papers I’ve read.
engineers use d²π/4 as you can’t measure the radius of a pipe or a similar 3d solid object only diameter.
or engineers are not smart enough to calculate r=d/2 first
Why would i calculate r? I need only the area. See? Why would I waste my time for an extra calculation.
Just do it in your head? The diameter is 5.62, so the area is π*2.81², which is more efficient to type in your calculator than π*5.62²/4. You’re the one wasting time.
Life is too short to waste for such things.
I use the measure tool in solidworks
You just imported a point cloud, so you can’t snap to the centerline, you can only measure the diameter.
This actually explains some of the formulas in research papers I’ve read.