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    • Didier BurD Offline
      Didier Bur
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      Hi all,

      AreaAccuracy.gif

      Look at these 2 circles: one made of 16 segments and the other made of 50 segments, both have a radius of 50cm.
      Faces within these circles have the same circumference, but not the same area.
      None of these areas are exact, and even a circle made of 10000 segments will not output the exact area.
      PI * R * R gives 0.7853981633974483 m²
      The less the number of segments, the greater the error…
      Same goes for any face that have curve(s) in its outer loop, and this is a great issue when we need accurate areas calculations.
      Disapointed…
      When will SketchUp have a good integral calculator ?

      DB

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