About Outer and Optimum Diameters

The Outer diameter of all segments routed through the support is computed as follows:

		Outer diameter = 2*Max (distance (O, Oi) + Ri)

where:

• O is the center of the support
• Oi is the center of segment i
• Ri is the radius of segment i

The outer diameter represents the smallest circle whose center is O that contains all segments routed through the selected support.

This value is updated each time the U,V parameters are changed.

The Optimal diameter is computed as follows:

		Optimal diameter = 1.15*sqrt (sum of ((segment_radius'*2)**2))

This value takes into account the deformation of segments when tied together in a support.