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RE: Classic scale building?
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:09:19 GMT
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> I've built an Empire State Building on a scale of 1 brick = 1 floor. My
> original plans were for 2 bricks = 1 floor, but I soon realized the folly of
> my ways when I came to the startling conclusion that the number of bricks
> required doesn't double when you double your scale, it quadruples! This
> should have been obvious, but I had to think about it for awhile. Of
> course, if you don't make your buildings solid (which I don't), it may not
> be quite 4x, but its more than double, that's for sure.
Ummmm, If you make your buildings solid, the factor is 8! Think about
is starting with a 1x1 brick. If you double each dimension, you have a 2x2x2
volume, which is 8 1x1s.
Even a 1 brick/floor empire state building is going to be awfully tall!
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) 2x2x2 (...) Duh.... Of course, your right. Volume would increase by the cube; the square only gets you area. That's probably why I was comming up with ~ 4x difference; I was just estimating brick counts for the four faces, not for the full (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Classic scale building?
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| Gary Istok wrote in message <36E955E1.75B33582@u...ch.edu>... (...) I've built an Empire State Building on a scale of 1 brick = 1 floor. My original plans were for 2 bricks = 1 floor, but I soon realized the folly of my ways when I came to the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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