grid calculation

close dave….the boards are on edge…so they are .75 inches wide…but there are 6 boards…doh…on center…shoot…i was doing it by edges…grrrr…

ok so by your fomula it should be (58.5-(6x.75))/5

right? I tried a couple different things in sketchup…which is where Im doing my work..but i couldnt get it…its monday…should be programming…bleh.

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no from the inside edges of the outer boards or I could go on center…I just want the inside boards to be spaced evenly…

also, using your formula is there a way to get the number of boards needed if you want them x amount of space apart? My math has always been horrible…

center to center of the outer boards is 59.25

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I am doing it in sketchup…. :)

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Yes dave Bentlys drawing shows what I was inferiorly trying to explain :)

I was hoping to do it in a way though that I could lay out guidelines…but that way works…

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dont feed me fish…teach me to fish…hehe…how did you figure it out? I think it would be easier to do it from on center though so I could lay out my guidelines or just move a copy x inches from the previous…right?

so the 2 outside boards are 59.25 on center with 6 more boards in between for a total of 8 boards.

(59.25-(8x.75)/9 or would it be (59.25-(8x.75)/7 because there are really only 7 spaces…

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yea…there are 8 boards total…the 2 for the frame with 6 members spaced evenly inbetween them The external 2 member may or may not be the same width as the internal members…

forgot i had a picasaweb account…picture….yay….

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did what you said dave…that worked..cool…thanks for the sketchup thing…didnt know you could do that.

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REmeber how easy it was to do this stuff before calculators and computers :-)) Just pull a slide rule out of our pocket and have the answer right away!!

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Now I’m confused. That anyone could use a slide rule. I don’t know how we hit the moon with just sliderules.

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I doubt if anyone can use one anymore! I have forgotten the log scales and trig, it isn’t any good for measuring :-))

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I remember my dad used to use an abacus to figure out complex math stuff….ick….

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