Part of the motivation for doing this was to be able to visualize things without having actual parts in hand, to save on prototyping effort. I agree that just m

Part of the motivation for doing this was to be able to visualize things without having actual parts in hand, to save on prototyping effort. I agree that just measuring the thing is probably the solution, though I'm perennially disappointed that following the Official Rules for just calculating the result is so terrible.