Measuring Existing Wall Angles

[lgswe]

Lew
Take a tape meausre and measure out a distance each way from a corner, make a mark and then measure the cross corner distance between the two marks. Then either calculate the angle or figure it out in cad when you can get to it.

[ChiefChris]

Lew
Take a tape meausre and measure out a distance each way from a corner, make a mark and then measure the cross corner distance between the two marks. Then either calculate the angle or figure it out in cad when you can get to it.

Oh yeah...I do this too... I do this for laying out new construction too.

[kernsdan]

This is another good quality tool
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_hi...&Go.y=14&Go=Go
It tells you the angle and also the mitre angle at the same time

[lbuttery]

thanks Dan:

I'll check them out, I haven't placed the order yet for the Denali.

Lew

[lbuttery]

Larry:

I'm just trying to get the angle accurate enough to model the room in Chief ?

We've been doing it by "guesstimating" from the wall lengths and photos etc. and wanted to make the process a little easier.

The concern I have about length is for when there is an angle in a very tight corner or area or ... and if the tool is too long to fit there ?

Lew

[woody18428]

take regular piece of paper 8 1/2 x 11 fold it to match the wall angle ( mark them on your plan and # them if there is alot of angles in the space )then when you get home use a simple protractor

[lbuttery]

Woody:

simple and inexpensive, but I do like my tech toys

I heard that NASA spent Millions developing a pen that would work in space in the absence of gravity.

The Russians went low tech and used a pencil

Lew