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    • RE: Boardwalk around a curve

      Thanks very much for your replies guys.
      Will have a go and let you know how I get on.
      Much appreciated.
      Sven

      posted in Newbie Forum
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    • Boardwalk around a curve

      Hi Folks,
      I'm trying to model a very simple boardwalk to be built on a wildlife reserve I manage. It's pretty simple, with slats 600x75x25 fixed (25mm spacing) to stringers or rails 75x50x3600. The slats overhang the stingers by 75mm. Producing a model to be used as part of a specification for contractors has been fairly straightforward, until I try to show what happens at a corner, where the boards need to taper to maintain the 25mm spacing.

      My questions are:

      1. Is there a clever way of working out how many boards, and the angle they should taper, to use in the corner?
      2. Is there a quick way of placing the boards on the model, maintaining the 25mm spacing and (approx) 75mm overhang?

      I've had a go using a radial array to place boards (got close to correct taper by trial and error), but I wonder if there's a neater way? I'd like to create the array on a curve of varying radius.

      I'll try and attach a print of my (very basic) Sketcup model here. If it works, you'll see that I've left the tapered boards as 2D polygons until I figure out how to size and position them.

      Any help gratefully accepted.
      Cheers,
      SvenHanda boardwalk corner.pdf

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