Proposal 1: if we say that the Hn represents the minimum number of material
sheets to make the base model in that design, then the compact notation Hn+m
can represent additional sheets of material to increase wall height.

Examples:

H12: the canonical hexayurt (12 sheets)
H12+3: hexayurt with 6' tall walls (15 sheets total)
H12+6: a hexayurt with 8' walls (18 sheets total)

H7: a stretch hexayurt (7 sheets total)

H13: http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_H13 (13 sheets total)
H13+3: an H13 with 6' walls.


Proposal 2: Same definition of Hn as above. Instead of focusing on material
usage, let's tell people how tall the beast is.

H12: the canonical hexayurt
10' H12: a hexayurt with 6' tall walls
12' H12: a hexayurt with 8' tall walls
10' H13: an h13 with 6' tall walls.


Pragmatically, using "Hn" instead of "HYn" is preferable for two reasons:
it's already in use and Google searches for "hexayurt h13" already work.

-Joshua

PS This assumes that providing both the wall height and center height is
redundant. Can't we derive one from the other?

PPS I'm explicitly not using n to represent the number of walls. That's
already indicated by the name: a hexayurt has six walls, a pentayurt five,
and below, that would be an octoyurt and a nonayurt, I think. I believe the
non-six sided shapes are rare and therefore don't need a shorthand notation
at this time.

PPPS I'm also not using n to represent the number of faces. A stretch
hexayurt would then be an h10 instead of an h7. Someone else can argue in
favor of that if you're so inclined.


On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Ray Kornele <[email protected]>wrote:

> How about
> hexayurt is normal
> HY8 is with eight walls
> HY9 is with 9 walls
> etc.
>
> 12-panel, round-symmetric, 4-foot-walled with 6' center height
> HY12x4x6
>
> KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid)
>
>
>
> 2011/6/22 Lucas González <[email protected]>
>
>> What would be the concepts? Number of panels, symmetry and height?
>>
>> A 12-panel, round-symmetric, 4-foot-walled one ...
>> A 13-panel, elongated-symmetric, mostly-4-foot-walled one ...
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Seems hard-ish. Because, well, on top of the variables of the space,
>> there's the "common name". Which might even be internationally
>> pronounceable.
>>
>> :-/
>>
>> Lucas
>>
>> 2011/6/22 Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <[email protected]>
>>
>>> We really, really need to sort out the naming scheme for various kinds of
>>> hexayurts to stop misunderstandings like this arising.
>>>
>>> One more thing on the to-do list, maybe somebody will have a great idea
>>> and figure it out!
>>>
>>> V>
>>>
>>
>>
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