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Why can't I define a variable as a measured angle?
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Re: Why can't I define a variable as a measured angle?
value with units= 1*mm, featurescript has units attached to their variables. Println a variable in featurescript and you'll see it's an object. This allows you to perform vector math with variables, add up volumes and most import add 1*in + 1*mm and get the correct answer. When you have to vectors selected, you don't know… -
Re: Why can't I define a variable as a measured angle?
You can do this with the custom Measure Value feature by @konstantin_shiriazdanov, but yes, you understand the issue correctly, the angle can flip unintuitively. If you happen to know that it's always going to be <90° you could use a function to force it to be the right one like this. Set #angle with Measure Value, then…
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