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Re: Spanning large areas
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lugnet.build.arch
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:40:48 GMT
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In lugnet.build.arch, Shiri Dori writes:
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> SUPPORT LINE
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> 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'm using a similar method for the floors of my current project (see "Idle
Ramblings" in lugnet.castle for more info), except without the use of the
2-wide plates. I just stuck the tiles directly on top of the walls, and
made the removable floors/roofs 1 stud wider in each dimension (so the
edges sit on top of the walls).
The main difference between this method and the one Shiri describes is
that the building winds up one plate-thickness taller (but the floors
are one plate-thickness lower). It works quite well, especially for
multiple-story structures, because it lets you lift off the walls of each
section along with the floor.
Another method for strengthening a bound-plate roof is to put a 'lip'
around the edges. For the modern buildings in her town, the NLNLF has
been putting a one-brick high lip around the edge of her building roofs.
This also works for Castle-type structures - the solidity of the roof of
my project is definitely strengthened by the crenellations I added.
J
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 | | Re: Spanning large areas
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.arch)
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