If you look at a cross section vertically through the middle, you have an equilateral triangle, right? The seamed part of one roof triangle is 8', the width of the yurt is 8' and the other roof section is another 8' - so it's 60-60-60 degrees.
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to build a square yurt with mitered edges. How do I calculate > the angles? The sides are easy enough, 45 degrees. > > Angles between roof panels? Angles between the roof and the sides? > > > One of the things I like about the H8 shape is, if I pack the parts between > a pair of plywood sheets, they'll make a perfectly fitting floor. Would I > even need a tarp under it, or will taping to the plywood be adequate? > > > To be precise, I want to build a yurt with the exact same pieces as an > 8' H12 hexayurt, but with 4 sides instead of 6. Each side being one > 4'x8' panel, each side of the roof being made from one 4'x8' panel cut > diagonally and then taped together to form a triangle. I think the > sides of that triangle would come out to: > 8' (bottom) > 8.94427190999915878563' (top edge) > 8.94427190999915878563' (other top edge) > > -- > "Where are you going and what do you wish?" > - The Old Moon, to Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod > http://www.ChaosReigns.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
