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Re: Spanning large areas
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lugnet.build.arch
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:58:11 GMT
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In lugnet.build.arch, Shiri Dori writes:
> If you have a building that has 1-brick wide walls (as opposed to 2-wide),
> this is fairly simple. At the height where you want to put the roof/floor
> plates, lay out a line of 2xN plates all around (on top of the wall). Now
> place your floor (made by one of the methods Brad described, or the "double
> plate") on the supports. This might seem similar to the "corbelled roof"
> method, but here's the difference: if you put a line of tiles all around the
> inside of the 2xN plates, you can make the roof removable. I used this for my
> 2nd floor structure, there are a few pictures here (the first batch of
> pictures):
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/inn.html
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> In my case, I used the 2xN plates as a decorative color line as well as a
> support.
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> OK, that's it! Hope that's of any use to someone...
> -Shiri
Woo! *has an epiphany* This is _exactly_ the technique I need to use on the
floors of my keep, since the floors on one side are an odd number of studs back
from the technic-pin divide! Thanks!
*furiously gets to work recreating each of five floors*
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| Hey Brad, You've got some great ideas there! Some of them occured to me (and probably to other people) before, for example I'm sure many people use the "bound plates" method. In fact, I usually use this method. But while building my inn I discovered (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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