Corner and quarter armor block shapes needed
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When doing base construction using the square half armor blocks, I find that I am needing to use a square full armor block for the corners.
An L corner shape or a quarter square rectangle could both be used to fill in the corner, but neither currently exist in the block shapes. I also didn't see an L block with a slope in the gap, which would also have worked.
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You can use the 0.5 m blocks to make an L-shaped 2.5 m block. Make it a blueprint, and you can place it as a whole item.
With the 0.25 m grid system you can now actually create all kinds of 2.5 m block shapes by just combining the smaller blocks.
You can use the 0.5 m blocks to make an L-shaped 2.5 m block. Make it a blueprint, and you can place it as a whole item.
With the 0.25 m grid system you can now actually create all kinds of 2.5 m block shapes by just combining the smaller blocks.
There is also a request for half sized blocks in another topic, which is already quite popular:
https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc/topic/45896-add-medium-size-armor-blocks-1-25m-to-reduce-pcu-count-and-hotbar-bloat
A half armor block plus two half size cubes would give the desired shape without introducing an extra L-shape. I suggest supporting that proposal, as it seems really well thought out.
There is also a request for half sized blocks in another topic, which is already quite popular:
https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc/topic/45896-add-medium-size-armor-blocks-1-25m-to-reduce-pcu-count-and-hotbar-bloat
A half armor block plus two half size cubes would give the desired shape without introducing an extra L-shape. I suggest supporting that proposal, as it seems really well thought out.
This screenshot contains the issue that I am running into with having to build up an L shaped corner block that is 2.5m square but has a 1.25m width for each edge. The grid size is 0.5m, and there is a half block that is 0.5m x 0.5x by 0.25m, but there is no block that is 0.5m x 0.25m x 0.25m. There is a half-sloped that might do the trick, but you can't stack a half-slope with a half-slope to make this shape. The two won't overlap, even though shape-wise they don't cover each other.
I'm running into similar issues trying to make a 2.5m x 1.25m x 1.25m quarter-size block.
I can see how to make a faux-shape by letting the triangle shape cover part of the gap - but that leaves a hole in the structure that could also be a point of weakness in the physics engine..
This is why I'm saying a quarter shape or a square L shape would be useful. With a 2.5m x 2.5m x 1.25m half-block, there is no way to fill in a 2.5m x 1.25m x 1.25m block to fill in the corner. And attempting to build up the shape from the smaller blocks is not possible without leaving internal holes.
A similar block is needed for the 0.5m size as well.
I did not see the other post, so thanks for pointing that out, Rabiator. I have already added my thumbs up to it. I agree that there should probably be a small block size that can be used to build up the others from minimal shapes.
I'm also hoping that these shapes are already in the planning and just might not have been added yet.
This screenshot contains the issue that I am running into with having to build up an L shaped corner block that is 2.5m square but has a 1.25m width for each edge. The grid size is 0.5m, and there is a half block that is 0.5m x 0.5x by 0.25m, but there is no block that is 0.5m x 0.25m x 0.25m. There is a half-sloped that might do the trick, but you can't stack a half-slope with a half-slope to make this shape. The two won't overlap, even though shape-wise they don't cover each other.
I'm running into similar issues trying to make a 2.5m x 1.25m x 1.25m quarter-size block.
I can see how to make a faux-shape by letting the triangle shape cover part of the gap - but that leaves a hole in the structure that could also be a point of weakness in the physics engine..
This is why I'm saying a quarter shape or a square L shape would be useful. With a 2.5m x 2.5m x 1.25m half-block, there is no way to fill in a 2.5m x 1.25m x 1.25m block to fill in the corner. And attempting to build up the shape from the smaller blocks is not possible without leaving internal holes.
A similar block is needed for the 0.5m size as well.
I did not see the other post, so thanks for pointing that out, Rabiator. I have already added my thumbs up to it. I agree that there should probably be a small block size that can be used to build up the others from minimal shapes.
I'm also hoping that these shapes are already in the planning and just might not have been added yet.
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