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BoardCalc is a calculator specifically for woodworkers.
It 'thinks' in fractions, feet and inches, board feet, or metric. It does conversions between metric and imperial units, decimal and fractions, board feet and areas/volumes. It includes a general purpose calculator, a log weight/yield calculator, and a shrinkage calculator. BoardCalc can be run on a PC (Windows) or a Palm OS device.
Features:
General Purpose Calculator -
 On a Palm OS device, one calculator page has buttons large enough to operate with a finger. Another calculator page requires a stylus but contains all the calculator buttons including units
Works with fractions or decimal values, converts back and forth with one button press
Calculates board feet from 2 or 3 dimensions, an area, or a volume
Easy conversions between: inches / feet / board feet / mm / cm / meters for length, area or volume
Values can be entered as whole/fraction, decimal or feet/inches/fraction
Graffiti (Palm) or keyboard (PC) input can be used, as well as pressing calulator buttons
Display of fractions can be rounded to nearest 1/2, 4th, 8th, 16th, 32nd or 64th without changing the accuracy of the stored value
A memory register stores, sums and recalls values. Also has a clear button
Display of feet/inches/fraction can show inches/fraction below a user-selectable number of feet ( 23 ½ vs. 1’11 ½ )
Backspace button (a goof doesn't mean starting over)
Display shows the entire current calculation (as opposed to a single number as most calculators do)
Log Weight/Yield Calculator -
Estimates the weight of a log, given the small diameter, length and species
Calculates the lumber yield of the log in board feet, using the Doyle, Scribner Decimal C or International 1/4 inch log rule
The result of each calculation (weight and yield) is put in the recent calculations list
Log Weight and Yield can be put directly into the User's Saved List
Memory buttons can be used to save weight and yield, or keep a running total
Green Density data for over 100 North American species is included in Master Species List
Shrinkage Calculator -
Calculates the change in dimension according to relative humidty and wood species
Calculates for either radial or tangential change
Three dimensions are shown, each at its own relative humidity
When any dimension or relative humidity is changed, the effect on all three dimensions is calculated
Shrinkage data for over 200 species of domestic and imported species is included in the Master Species List
General -
Recent calculations list stores complete calculations in a sensible format
User's saved list - keeps a list of editable text lines that the user can save from general purpose calculator, the log weight/yield calculator, or from recent calculations. Each line is editable, and up to 99 lines are saved
The Palm OS version works with color or monochrome devices, on Palm OS versions 3.0 and above
The Windows version works under Windows 98 or higher
Species lists can be sorted alphabetically, by shrinkage (tangential or radial), by stability (tangential vs radial shrinkage) or by green density (weight)
A custom species list can contain new species, the smaller number of species you regularly use, or species edited with your data
System Requirements:
Palm 3.0 or above
Works with color or monochrome devices
Also available for Microsoft Windows
BoardCalc is shareware - try it for 30 days. If you like it enough to purchase it, you can buy it for $12 at the links below. You will need your Reg Code from the about page for the Windows version, or your HotSync name for the Palm OS version. |
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