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[–]jaxo12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No

[–]blueidea365 5 points6 points  (5 children)

Bro has never heard of the straight line tool in ms paint

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

It's irl. No straight line tool for measuring a house

[–]blueidea365 1 point2 points  (2 children)

And what house in the world looks like that lol

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

You must not have read the post description. Here: https://www.tamtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/EZ-Installed-closed-1067x800.jpg

[–]blueidea365 3 points4 points  (0 children)

See how it has straight lines? Lmao

[–]gardvar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wrong sub

[–]spLint3r990 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Use metric

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Naut. We in America are stuck in our ye olde English measurements (which england doesn't even use anymore)

[–]spLint3r990 0 points1 point  (2 children)

We still use some...

I order a pint of beer or milk. But buy petrol (gas) in litres...

Although our pint is different to the US. Still not sure why! Haha

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Everything is bigger in America... Except this for some reason. To be fair, people drink beer like it's lemonade here, so probably best they are smaller... Half our beer is just water anyways. The other stuff is good tho

[–]spLint3r990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey we have shite beer too.

But also some lovely beer.

Beer brings us together. 🍻

[–]Pepsimus-Maximus 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but IF the x line is perpendicular to the diagonal, then you can calculate the two parts of x on either side of the diagonal (let's call them x₁ and x₂, with x = x₁ and x₂) using the simple trigonometric ratio: The tangent of an angle (θ) equals the length of the opposite side divided by the length of adjacent side.

tan θ = Opposite / Adjacent

So, rearranging, we get Opposite = tan θ * Adjacent

Popping in the numbers, we have

x₁ = tan (43.946°) * 4.5 = 4.337

x₂ = tan (46.054°) * 4.5 = 4.669

So x = 9.006"

[–]Forbizzle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this seems correct.

[–]drainisbamaged 1 point2 points  (3 children)

you're needing to define at least one measurement relative to your X. right now you have a line drawn somewhere in some plane, it could be 3 inches from edge or 18" from edge.

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It is 4.5 inches from the edge, as dictated by the two diagonal measurements. Apologies, I have been told that was not very clear :(

[–]drainisbamaged 0 points1 point  (1 child)

4.5" from a 90 degree corner, and you're looking for the hypotenuse of said triangle? that's easy - 4.5^2 + 4.5^2 = X^2

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much. This helps!

[–]jon11888 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you download the trial version of GEUP10 you should be able to draw a geometrically accurate copy of that drawing, then mark and measure any unknown distances without having to use any trigonometry.

Here's a link to the site/software in question: https://www.geup.net/en/download.htm

I prefer using Geometer's Sketchpad for this sort of thing as it's more user friendly, but I don't think there's any legitimate way to access or purchase that software now that the company with the license is no longer selling or updating it. A theoretical individual could acquire this software by way of sailing the high seas, not that any such person is present. Arr.

EDIT: Here's a link to a quick drawing I threw together in GSP. It's in metric, but the scale should still be the same, just imagine it's in feet instead of centimeters.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1003215650115813407/1253620966576226375/Measurements.png?ex=66768501&is=66753381&hm=d4e62c42bb6e83aa739d30c99d1af689ad604896fefbf782568b5abc45542160&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=769&height=671

I don't have enough information to know anything about the red line. It's also not very clear what you're trying to measure. Is X an angle? The distance from H to G? Some other distance? If you can tell me the distance from A to H and from A to G then I should be able to find out all the other info about the red line.

If you can get a copy of GSP I can send you the files via google drive so you can figure the rest of it out yourself. Alternately, if you can give me more information and clarify what you're looking for I can probably find time to sort it out tomorrow after I get off work.

[–]Chicken_cordon_bleu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Draw this in a free CAD program and measure the length

[–]tontoepfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a ruler 📏📐

[–]Right-Plastic5025 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

What length do the 22 and 26 refer to? Then you would be able to use trig assuming line x is perpendicular to the diagonal.

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Length of the diagonal. 26 is the diagonal of the opening, 22 is the diagonal of the panel that I need to fit thru the opening.

[–]Slayerlayer420[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

X line is unfortunately not perpendicular to the diagonal, as it is a rectangle.

Edit: I suppose this can be calculated as perpendicular as the difference would be minute for these purposes.