Fit tables

Quick answer

274 tables across 15 sets, each one worked through for a specific combination of body height, screen size or frame rating. Every figure is labelled either a published standard or a rule of thumb.

The seated work surface height that suits each body height, with the adjustment band a real desk should cover.

Standing work surface height for each body height, and the travel a frame needs to reach it.

Where the top and centre of a screen should sit, seated and standing, for each body height.

Seat pan height from the floor for each body height, and which chairs adjust that far.

How deep a seat pan should be so it supports the thigh without pressing behind the knee.

Armrest height and lumbar apex for each body height, which is what decides whether a chair fits.

Every workstation dimension for one body height on a single page, seated and standing.

How far to sit from each screen size and resolution, from pixel density and field of view.

The arm load range, VESA pattern and clamp depth each screen size needs.

The desk width a given number and size of screens actually needs.

How much desk depth a screen needs on a stand, on an arm, or on a riser.

What is left of a rated lift capacity once the tabletop weight is subtracted.

Outlet count, circuit share, surge rating and UPS size for each size of desk setup.

How far apart and at what angle to set two screens, by size.

What each load rating class means, and which BIFMA test standard sits behind it.