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The Basics: Three Important Definitions
- The Circumference is distance around the outside of the circle.
- The Diameter is a line drawn completely through a circle including the center point.
- The Radius is a line extending from the center point of the circle to the circumference.
The radius is always the same from any point on the circle to center.
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Bent Glass Deals with Parts of Circles
All circles are divided into 360 degrees of an arc. For example, 1/8 of a circle = 45 degrees
of arc and 1/4 of a circle = 90 degrees of arc.
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Measuring Circular Curves
- The Girth is the length around a curve.
- measurement taken on either the concave or convex face of the glass (specify which).
- measurement must be taken with flexible tape.
- The Height (or width) is the length of the glass
- The Radius is 1/2 the diameter.
- measurement taken on either the concave or convex face of the glass (specify which).
- if an exact measurement can't be taken, give the chord and depth measurements.
- The Chord is the line segment between two points on a given curve.
- measurement must be taken with a flat ruler.
- The Depth is the distance between the chord and the highest point of the curve.
- Angle is the angle measurement in degrees of the bend.
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Measuring Bent Glass with One or Two Flats
Some bent glass configurations have attached flats. A flat is a flat area at right
angle to the radius. Additional measurement information is needed.
- The Girth is length around curve including any flat areas.
- The Length of the Flat or Flats.
- measure the length or the flat portion of the glass.
- The Chord is the line segment between two points on a given curve.
- The Depth is the distance between the chord and the highest point of the curve.
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Measuring Reverse Curves

Some bent glass configurations have attached flats. A flat is a flat area at right
angle to the radius. Additional measurement information is needed.
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