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8000 sf pedetstrian plaza? will take 30 min to draw it

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:56 pm
by Rico
how can you handle that?> took me 10 min to draw a plaza that is 89.44 sf each side
please help

Re: 8000 sf pedetstrian plaza? will take 30 min to draw it

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:47 pm
by Coach
Huh? What's so difficult?

Re: 8000 sf pedetstrian plaza? will take 30 min to draw it

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:42 am
by Rico
because you cannot draw a perfect 8000 sq ft. with the software. it doesn't draw like a square at once or a rectangle. it is a polyline and that is hard. Can it be more than 8000? other than that you need to draw a square that is 89.442719099999159 on each side. just imposible

Re: 8000 sf pedetstrian plaza? will take 30 min to draw it

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:50 am
by fare75
Rico wrote:because you cannot draw a perfect 8000 sq ft. with the software. it doesn't draw like a square at once or a rectangle. it is a polyline and that is hard. Can it be more than 8000? other than that you need to draw a square that is 89.442719099999159 on each side. just imposible

+/- 10% acceptable; +/- 5% better
it can be an irregular shape

Re: 8000 sf pedetstrian plaza? will take 30 min to draw it

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 3:07 pm
by Sparky83
fare75 wrote:
Rico wrote:because you cannot draw a perfect 8000 sq ft. with the software. it doesn't draw like a square at once or a rectangle. it is a polyline and that is hard. Can it be more than 8000? other than that you need to draw a square that is 89.442719099999159 on each side. just imposible

+/- 10% acceptable; +/- 5% better
it can be an irregular shape

That would be 800 s.f. from the required size. :o It's VERY easy to draw it and get within 5 s.f., and it can be any shape.

Re: 8000 sf pedetstrian plaza? will take 30 min to draw it

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:45 pm
by fare75
Sparky83 wrote:
fare75 wrote:
Rico wrote:because you cannot draw a perfect 8000 sq ft. with the software. it doesn't draw like a square at once or a rectangle. it is a polyline and that is hard. Can it be more than 8000? other than that you need to draw a square that is 89.442719099999159 on each side. just imposible

+/- 10% acceptable; +/- 5% better
it can be an irregular shape

That would be 800 s.f. from the required size. :o It's VERY easy to draw it and get within 5 s.f., and it can be any shape.

I got those numbers from NCARB staff on Google+ community :roll:

Re: 8000 sf pedetstrian plaza? will take 30 min to draw it

PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:58 am
by Sparky83
fare75 wrote:
Sparky83 wrote:
fare75 wrote:
Rico wrote:because you cannot draw a perfect 8000 sq ft. with the software. it doesn't draw like a square at once or a rectangle. it is a polyline and that is hard. Can it be more than 8000? other than that you need to draw a square that is 89.442719099999159 on each side. just imposible

+/- 10% acceptable; +/- 5% better
it can be an irregular shape

That would be 800 s.f. from the required size. :o It's VERY easy to draw it and get within 5 s.f., and it can be any shape.

I got those numbers from NCARB staff on Google+ community :roll:

They make mistakes there just like they do in their study guides.
Is there a valid reason not to get much closer to 8000 s.f.?