RE: [SG] Buildings

Interiors with foam core become problematic as you need to take into
account the width of the foam core when drawing out the walls.	Although
3/16" foam core is pretty standard, I think you can find
1/4" and 1/8" too.  If someone was trying to build a building with foam
core exterior and thick-card interior, some of the internal details
might not match up as well.

It is possible to have designs that minimize the impact of wall width
(i.e. a single hallway with a single row of rooms to each side) but
complicated floor plans with several various sized rooms next to each
other may encounter problems.

When designing stuff that will be pasted on two sides, make registration
marks - either actual marks or a certain set of wall fixtures near the
top of the wall that can be used to help line up the two sides of the
wall (i.e. glow strips that occur every inch or two at the top of the
wall or a tall narrow ventilator cover that appears on both sides of the
wall in spots across from each other.)

Some thoughts,

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Goodall [mailto:agoodall@att.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 12:11 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [SG] Buildings
> 
> 
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:51:04 +0100, "Paul Owen" 
> <paul.owen@gtns.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Modular would be ace.
> 
> I agree with Paul: modular, more detail, and able to get inside.
> 
> I would also like them, if it's possible, to be mountable on
> foamcore/foamboard. The problem I have with paper buildings 
> in 25mm is that
> even mounted on card they tend to be a bit flimsy. I would 
> prefer that I could
> take a paper design, mount it on foamcore, and glue it 
> together to give it
> more strength. This may not require any kind of design 
> change, or it might,
> depending on what you intend to do with the interiors. 
> 
> Note: not everyone has a duplex printer, so printing on both 
> sides of a sheet
> of paper can be problematic (though I suppose it is possible 
> to have it
> photocopied two sided). Even if you can, lining stuff up 
> perfectly on the
> opposite side is an issue. This may result in problems if you 
> do any kind of
> details for the interiors.
> 
> 
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