App Profile: Rigging Bridle Calculator+

IATSE67Rigger

Rating: 1/5

This app does not save time for calculating bridles on the fly. It does not allow for the optimal workflow, which is to select the short leg as a fixed length, the point distance as a fixed length, and calculate all of the remaining information. I would suggest the following: Allow the user to manually enter and “lock” one of the leg lengths, and have the calculator solve the remaining numbers. When we calculate bridles in the field, we need to solve for the apex height and the length that uses the STAC chain, usually the long leg in most scenarios. So we enter the two beam heights, the span between beams, the span from the short leg point with no adjustable STAC chain and then finally solve for the apex height and the adjustable leg. I built a spreadsheet calculator to do this since there no longer exists an app to help.

Local Lead

Rating: 1/5

It is ridiculous that there isn’t a unit of measurement option to work in FEET AND INCHES. Having to convert every measurement into inches only and then convert back to feet and inches is a huge waste of time.