Pythagoras's theorem -- or the 3, 4, 5 rule

[Gecko]

Anyone came across this device?
One of my colleagues has one and the day i was with him it was pretty impressive for small scale works.
Its an app you put on your phone and clip it to a device on a stick.It drew the area we surveyed in real time on the phone screen and he emailed it off..
It also marked up level changes on the drawing..

Interesting device, but I can't help but wonder why -
Pretty well every smart phone has a GPS and an accelerometer built in as standard.
With those two, all you need is the software (app) to put it together and display the path in what ever way suits the application.

There are plenty of farming apps like this. One I played with allow you to enter your sprayer boom width and then (particularly if you drive your tractor like clarkson) shows you where you sprayed twice and where you missed.
Not suggesting these are in anyway interchangeable, only that you've already got the hardware - just need to find an app that will display in a useful way.

 

[V8Druid]

3,4,5 rule is so simple to use for squaring out but SOH CAH TOA is occasionally needed

used to use sin/cos/tan a lot setting out staircases/fire escapes ... scientific calc was so handy

 

[Russell]

I had to swat up on Pythagoras when I did my electrical training.
My god a2+b2=c2 is so useful for setting things out.

 

[Smiffy]

I had to swat up on Pythagoras when I did my electrical training.
My god a2+b2=c2 is so useful for setting things out.

For my hnc we started to do logarithms and all the complex trigonometry That really was way more than I ever did at school and I always liked maths.

 

[fred]

3,4,5 is handy and quick but I'll either use the easy square or just use the calculation
√((Length X length)+(width X width))
It's a bit late now but when I was buying a new laser I wanted to try and find one that could set corners but gave up and bought a spectra ll

stabila LA180.

STABILA LA 180L Layout Station, Multi-Lines, Self-Leveling, Fully Automatic, Indoor/Outdoor, Auto Alignment: Receiver aligns the laser automatically. - STABILA Messgeräte Gustav Ullrich GmbH (EN-US)

LA 180L Layout Station Multi-Lines, Self-Leveling Fully Automatic, Indoor/Outdoor Auto Alignment: Push -button operation to align axis and layout square over …

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you wont look back. set out brickwork for a 12 corner building building in under an hour, wallplate was mm perfect. awesome bit of kit.

 

[Brendan]

stabila LA180.

STABILA LA 180L Layout Station, Multi-Lines, Self-Leveling, Fully Automatic, Indoor/Outdoor, Auto Alignment: Receiver aligns the laser automatically. - STABILA Messgeräte Gustav Ullrich GmbH (EN-US)

LA 180L Layout Station Multi-Lines, Self-Leveling Fully Automatic, Indoor/Outdoor Auto Alignment: Push -button operation to align axis and layout square over …

www.stabila.com

you wont look back. set out brickwork for a 12 corner building building in under an hour, wallplate was mm perfect. awesome bit of kit.

Look an excellent bit of kit but a bit expensive for my pockets

 

[pettsy]

 

[Danny]

I'm going to order one of the mosurea things, having to do a lot of sketches on jobs where that should take a lot of time out of it!

Like this job it would of been perfect for

 

[Bucket on wheels]

 

[6feetdown]

I'm going to order one of the mosurea things, having to do a lot of sketches on jobs where that should take a lot of time out of it!

Like this job it would of been perfect for

Great keep us updated interested to see if it's any good

 

[V8Druid]

I'm going to order one of the mosurea things, having to do a lot of sketches on jobs where that should take a lot of time out of it!

Like this job it would of been perfect for

what is it? can't find it on Guggle

 

[6feetdown]

what is it? can't find it on Guggle

Moasure - Motion based measuring technology

Moasure is a revolutionary new measuring technology that measures by sensing its position and movement in three dimensions. It uses inertial motion sensors to measure distance, height, level, angle, area and volume in a single measurement, simply by moving from one point to another.

www.moasure.com

 

[Quattromike]

I'm going to order one of the mosurea things, having to do a lot of sketches on jobs where that should take a lot of time out of it!

Like this job it would of been perfect for

What kinda money is in this kinda thing?

 

[Danny]

What kinda money is in this kinda thing?

£439 + vat I've been watching a few youtube videos and does seem to be idiot proof

 

[6feetdown]

£439 + vat I've been watching a few youtube videos and does seem to be idiot proof

Wow that's shot up, can't remember how much before but a lot cheaper than that.

 

[fred]

I'm going to order one of the mosurea things, having to do a lot of sketches on jobs where that should take a lot of time out of it!

Like this job it would of been perfect for

got one, i backed it on kickstarter.

While its not accurate enough for where mm precision is needed, for landscaping its bang on. Once you get the knack of it its surprising usefull. Just make sure you get the staff with it.

 

[fred]

Look an excellent bit of kit but a bit expensive for my pockets

yes its expesive but if you set out a lot of footings/builds a couple plots and its paid for.