Defining Calcualtions Details

For each calculation you can define various calculation lines, according to a specific syntax. This syntax defines how the calculation must be performed. The result of a calculation is always one single figure: the final result.

In a calculation you can use constant values and three types of variables:

Answers to calculation questions (for type Dialog)
Aspect values (for type Constraint)
Intermediate results (results of a part of the calculation)

You can further use:

Operators
Brackets
Functions

Example

Calculate the angle of a triangle by using the following formula:

Angle=asin (length of side a/length of side
				c)

The following questions can be defined in the Calculation Questions (tigrt0131m000) session:

Question	Description
LA	Specify the length of side A
LC	Specify the length of side C

The formula is recorded by using two calculation lines:

Function		Question		Operator	Result
asin	(	LA	)	/	.
...	(	LB	)	=	Final result

Note If you start the Calculations (translated) (tigrt0585m000) session from the appropriate menu, you see a more user-friendly translation of the calculation.