Greetings, Have you used sketchup at all? It would be interesting to see all the pieces, and the intending attachments, and where the waste comes in.
It would also allow the variations to be more easily seen, I suspect. But ... from the information gathered ... On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 08:30 -0700, chakra/david from golden cafe wrote: > All, has anyone considered or actually built a design such as this, > with the top trimmed? > > In text the side profile looks like this. The vertical side walls are > 5' high and 6' wide, the sloping side walls are 6' wide at the bottom > and 3' at the top, so the top hexagon is 3' on a side: > ____ > / \ > |______| How are you bracing the transmittal of force (like wind) from the top hex into the ceiling panels? in a normal hexayurt the force is transmitted from the panels, to the ring of tape, thus changing the direction of the vector, and bringing it into the ground-anchors. > In a Google Doc drawing, like this: > http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-4tKMQy9PqEMGNlNWFlZDQtYTBlZC00YTkzLWI1YjMtYmQyOTZmODYwMGUy&hl=en > > I'm curious if there's a consensus that these modifications are indeed > "improvements". There's a bit of waste material, about 10% over the > "traditional" design, but you gain a walk-in door, it should be > structurally more robust (more like a dome) Actually a dome is more robust, mostly because of the triangles, rather than hexagons, especially at the roof-point. I've actually experimented with a "raised dome" idea, where the roof of a standard hexayurt is replaced by a dome, but the unevenness of the connection provided forces that tore the walls apart in very little wind. > and, aesthetically, the > thing doesn't have a little pointed head. Oh, I just tell people it's from France. > (Oh, if I were building for > double occupancy I might scale back up to 8' wall width, then use two > extra panels to add some walk in height (1/3rd panel per wall). Same > basic design, same cutting angles, just 33% bigger in every dimension. > > Also it makes for easier folding with the option of going either full > folding, or partial. In the partial case you get a package that is 3' > x 6' x 20 inches (for one inch panels), if you use one section for the > verticals, one for the sloping sides, and one for the top. That packs really well. Oh, and your thought for canvas hinges is inspired! Thank you for that! You will probably still need your tape-ring, and tape-anchors, to transmit the force properly, but ... for the sides, that's brilliant! > Thanks. I'd appreciate any feedback or recommendations. Percy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
