Below will help you find the highest point of the wood or whatever material you are using to make your own Stimpmeter.
OR you can go here: https://www.calculatormall.com/wood-height-calculator-for-stimpmeter.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Wood Height Calculator</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Wood Height Calculator</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Enter the length of the wood (in inches): <input type="text" name="length">
<br><br>
Enter the angle (in degrees): <input type="text" name="angle">
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Calculate">
</form>
<?php
// Function to calculate the height of the highest point
function calculateHeight($angle, $length) {
// Convert angle from degrees to radians
$angleRad = deg2rad($angle);
// Calculate the height using trigonometry
$height = $length * sin($angleRad);
return $height;
}
// Check if form is submitted
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
// Retrieve and sanitize user input
$length = isset($_POST['length']) ? floatval($_POST['length']) : 0;
$angle = isset($_POST['angle']) ? floatval($_POST['angle']) : 0;
// Calculate the height of the highest point
$height = calculateHeight($angle, $length);
// Display the result
echo "<p>At an angle of $angle degrees, the highest point of the wood (length: $length inches) would be approximately " . number_format($height, 2) . " inches.</p>";
// Generate a graph
$imageWidth = 400;
$imageHeight = 400;
$image = imagecreatetruecolor($imageWidth, $imageHeight);
$white = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255); // White color
$black = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
$blue = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 255);
// Fill the image with white background
imagefilledrectangle($image, 0, 0, $imageWidth, $imageHeight, $white);
// Draw angle indicator
$angleX = $imageWidth / 2;
$angleY = $imageHeight / 2;
$angleLength = min($imageWidth, $imageHeight) * 0.45; // 90% of the smaller dimension
$angleRadians = deg2rad($angle);
$angleEndX = $angleX + $angleLength * cos($angleRadians);
$angleEndY = $angleY - $angleLength * sin($angleRadians);
imageline($image, $angleX, $angleY, $angleEndX, $angleEndY, $blue);
imageline($image, $angleEndX, $angleEndY, $angleEndX - 5, $angleEndY + 10, $blue);
imageline($image, $angleEndX, $angleEndY, $angleEndX + 5, $angleEndY + 10, $blue);
// Draw line at the bottom of the graph
imageline($image, $angleX, $angleY, $angleEndX, $angleY, $black);
// Output the image
imagepng($image, "wood_angle_graph.png");
echo '<p><img src="/wood_angle_graph.png" alt="Wood Angle Graph"></p>';
// Free up memory
imagedestroy($image);
}
?>
</body>
</html>
Wood Height Calculator Output:
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