Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:22 am
Hi,
First post. I've been given the "privilege" of doing the layout for this area of pavers for a local university. Having never done anything this big, or complicated (to me), here I am asking for some advice. Or maybe just a sanity check.
Here's how I'm thinking of doing the layout:
To me, one important line is the line "under" the 27'-2" dimension line on the left side as it goes all the way from one end, through the center of the circle, to the other end.
I'm thinking I would want to start at the extreme left and right, starting my herringbone patterns from the bottom right and top left corners and work toward the center. Or do you think you'd be able to tell the difference if I started from the top right and top left corners? The pattern would be reversed, but I think I'd have an easier time keeping the horizontal line accurate because I'd be starting from the same horizontal line in the beginning, instead of coming from the top on one end and the bottom at the other end.
Another option I just found would be to start in the bottom right corner, fill into the mid line and start the left side going from the mid line and fill towards the up direction in the pic. And then back fill the bottom left quadrant.
I'd work towards the outermost circle. Once I've got the horizontal center line fixed I'd pick the center of the circle along that line and layout the center pavers. Cut in the innermost circle, layout the circular patterns, then fill from the left and right areas into the outermost circle.
I guess I'm thinking that in the CAD program you can make the pattern carry all the way through from left to right and in the center circle. But in reality the only thing that really matters is the center horizontal line under the 27'-2" dimension line in the drawing on the left side, and that the diagonal pattern is the same, i.e. from bottom left to top right in this case. If the 3 areas are shifted a little left to right in relation to each other you'll never see it unless you're in a helicopter with a camera and some sort of grid to check it against.
Make sense, or not?
Thanks,
Monte
First post. I've been given the "privilege" of doing the layout for this area of pavers for a local university. Having never done anything this big, or complicated (to me), here I am asking for some advice. Or maybe just a sanity check.
Here's how I'm thinking of doing the layout:
To me, one important line is the line "under" the 27'-2" dimension line on the left side as it goes all the way from one end, through the center of the circle, to the other end.
I'm thinking I would want to start at the extreme left and right, starting my herringbone patterns from the bottom right and top left corners and work toward the center. Or do you think you'd be able to tell the difference if I started from the top right and top left corners? The pattern would be reversed, but I think I'd have an easier time keeping the horizontal line accurate because I'd be starting from the same horizontal line in the beginning, instead of coming from the top on one end and the bottom at the other end.
Another option I just found would be to start in the bottom right corner, fill into the mid line and start the left side going from the mid line and fill towards the up direction in the pic. And then back fill the bottom left quadrant.
I'd work towards the outermost circle. Once I've got the horizontal center line fixed I'd pick the center of the circle along that line and layout the center pavers. Cut in the innermost circle, layout the circular patterns, then fill from the left and right areas into the outermost circle.
I guess I'm thinking that in the CAD program you can make the pattern carry all the way through from left to right and in the center circle. But in reality the only thing that really matters is the center horizontal line under the 27'-2" dimension line in the drawing on the left side, and that the diagonal pattern is the same, i.e. from bottom left to top right in this case. If the 3 areas are shifted a little left to right in relation to each other you'll never see it unless you're in a helicopter with a camera and some sort of grid to check it against.
Make sense, or not?
Thanks,
Monte
