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Plate 179: The initial "footprint" template for the builder's structural model
(This plate added OCT 2003)
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This is a close-up of the one-twelfth scale paper "footprint" template that shows the location and alignment of each of the eleven upper-level columns in the layout.
When we say location of a column, we mean the spot where the column stands with respect to the four edges of the baseboard.. --more-- |
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When we say alignment of a column, we mean the angle that the rectangular "footprint" of a column makes with an edge of the baseboard. For example, the footprints of some columns are parallel to the edges of the baseboard, while the footprints of other columns are lined up diagonally to the edges of the baseboard.
In this view, the template, which was drafted from exact measurements taken on the actual layout, is laid over the 3/16-inch plywood baseboard first shown in Plate 177. Marks made upon the plywood through the cut-outs in the paper template will specify the location and alignment of each column. Go to top of page |
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