I have to re-learn Calypso.

[[Da...]]

OK, I have to relearn how to program in Calypso.  I had programs written and used in <V2016, but now have to rewrite them in 2025.  We lost a bunch of data with no chance to recover.  Anyway, the project today I am redoing I need to get the opposite side of a cone's half angle.  It is a 150 degree cone, so I divide that by half to get 75, then subtract that from 90 to get the 15 degree that is called out.  So far, the formulas I have found are not working, at least not pulling the correct nominal.  Do I need to actually get a part measured to see if these work?

 

[[Ma...]]

You would possibly work with radians

[[DW...]]

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 Are you using a result element to calculate?

[[Ky...]]

How far off are we talking? If it looks like utter nonsense, you might be putting the formula in degrees when it is expecting to be in radians:

 

Note that it automatically converts that value to whatever units you are in, so you don't need to convert the result back into degrees.

[[Da...]]

From what I can see, I can only work in radians in the result element.  That is why I was using a formula to convert this into degrees.  I had not yet actually measured a part, but when I 'testing' the formula, it was giving me some very unrealistic results.  As it turns out, the testing, and ultimately the actual result, only works when you have actual data.  Once I actually measured the part, the formula I found (rad(90)- getActual("Half Cone Angle1").actual) does work.

[[Ma...]]

In previous versions, I have had to convert from radians to degrees, then apply the rest of the formula. Its been a very long time since I had to do that in results element, so I have no idea how the new versions work.