How to create 1:sqrt(3)/2 ratio paper

Dryer Lint · Post by **Dryer Lint** » May 17th, 2009, 10:49 am

Hi,

I need lots of 1:sqrt(3)/2 (equilateral triangle heigth/width) sheets for a module I am working on and was wondering how to create lots of them efficiently from a larger sheet of paper, without having triangle-creases on all the resulting sheets.

Any help would be much appreciated!

plastgeek · Post by **plastgeek** » May 17th, 2009, 2:40 pm

I know this is probably not the best idea, but you can use a pencil compass, and connect the intersection points. But then you/d have pencil marks everywhere.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » May 17th, 2009, 5:03 pm

Make yourself a template as accurate as possible, made out of cardboard and then use an Xacto knife to cut pieces from the large sheet

!tyza!! · Post by **!tyza!!** » May 18th, 2009, 1:37 am

here try this. I reproduced it after finding it somwhere, but i don't know where. David brill does it a different way, but from a rectangle

sorry, i did it in Microsoft paint because it was easier (8 mins)

Dryer Lint · Post by **Dryer Lint** » May 18th, 2009, 3:48 pm

Thank you for the replies! I decided that it would be easiest if I just cut off a small strip from an A4/A3 sheet and then get multiple smaller sheets by subdividing by 4 or 16.

Tyza, I'm keeping that diagram you made, though. Thanks for the effort!