modeling-app/docs/kcl-std/functions/std-math-tan.md

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tan	Function in math	Compute the tangent of a number.	manual

Compute the tangent of a number.

tan(@num: number(Angle)): number(_)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
num	number(Angle)		Yes

Returns

number(_)

Examples

exampleSketch = startSketchOn(XZ)
  |> startProfile(at = [0, 0])
  |> angledLine(
    angle = 50,
    length = 50 * tan((1/2): number(rad)),
  )
  |> yLine(endAbsolute = 0)
  |> close()

example = extrude(exampleSketch, length = 5)