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Stage Platform Leg Height Offset Tool

Calculate stage platform leg height offset from explicit caller-supplied inputs.

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Description

For nonnegative deckThickness and casterHeight return legHeight=targetTop-deckThickness-casterHeight-floorHeight and feasible when the result is nonnegative.

A production plan combines stage geometry, cue times, movement distances, material dimensions, and explicit scheduling or accounting rules. Signed margins reveal surplus or deficit under the chosen model. Physical clearances, execution variability, and governing requirements can require checks beyond one arithmetic term.

For nonnegative deckThickness and casterHeight return legHeight=targetTop-deckThickness-casterHeight-floorHeight and feasible when the result is nonnegative.

When to use this tool

Use Stage Platform Leg Height Offset when you need this specific stage, cue, material, timing, count, or fee term under supplied production assumptions.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter targetTop, deckThickness, casterHeight, floorHeight. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read legHeight, feasible. Inspect feasible before interpreting the associated values.

For nonnegative deckThickness and casterHeight return legHeight=targetTop-deckThickness-casterHeight-floorHeight and feasible when the result is nonnegative.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
targetTopTarget TopRequired. Finite number.
deckThicknessDeck ThicknessRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
casterHeightCaster HeightRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
floorHeightFloor HeightRequired. Finite number.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
legHeightRequired signed length after thickness/caster/floor offsets; negative is infeasible.Required. Finite number.
feasibleFeasibleRequired. Boolean.
json
{
  "input": {
    "targetTop": 1,
    "deckThickness": 0.1,
    "casterHeight": 0.2,
    "floorHeight": 0
  },
  "output": {
    "legHeight": 0.7,
    "feasible": true
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • All heights need one datum and length unit. A nonnegative cut length is not a structural check, leg adjustment allowance, caster rating, or confirmation of a stable stage platform.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Signed zero is exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use a complete production schedule or equipment/layout assessment when one margin is insufficient. Check units, timing conventions, tolerances, and physical constraints before combining terms.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: performing-arts/stage-platform-leg-height-offset — tool.io

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