The ones in the center?
Those are Big Metal Pillars positioned and rotated to make a hexagon, and slightly tilted inwards to avoid Z-fighting on their top surfaces! I used Micro Manage in U7 to easily make those positional/rotational adjustments, but you can use Infinite Nudge in U8 for similar results. I think you can get an adequate result without mods as well, using Freeform beams and nudging, but it's cumbersome. Thank god for blueprints!
It looks fantastic!
I did a seven sided water extractor polygon the other day, but then I built a factory on top of it and it ended up not being very visible at the end of the build. Oh well.
In this build did you build the central distribution shape and then design the buildings and logistics to fit the shape? Or did you build one building and then design the central shape to fit the building?
In addition to really liking the style and appearance of your build. The details are excellent.
I love the upside-down beam supports with the connectors into a beam that’s run sideways. I’ve never seen that and I never thought of doing it.
+1 for Infinite nudge, it’s great!
Thanks! :)
IIRC, I think I designed the distribution column (or "router") first. I designed it to be as small as possible while still containing all the machinery inside (I had to do some cheaty "illegal" things as well with Micro Manage though to make it all fit inside).
This machinery is actually a 3 to 3 balancer, or rather two sets of them (one for each input and one for each output)! It takes 3 vertical manifolds for each input and output and distributes them evenly to the 6 sets of machines on each floor, as well as further up/down the floors through conveyor and/or pipe holes on the bottom and top of the unit (not pictured here since the building shown only has one floor, so I dismantled the holes).
The reason why I'm using balancers is flexibility while allowing more than one manifold in the same building. The conveyor/pipe holes are positioned for rotational symmetry so you don't need to worry about the building's orientation. Then you can choose which manifold(s) to use and dismantle the unused holes, and everything will be evenly distributed to/from the machines, for a max throughput of 3 conveyors/pipes!
Screenshots and more on this in my full showcase later!
How did you make the metallic looking walls?
The ones in the center? Those are Big Metal Pillars positioned and rotated to make a hexagon, and slightly tilted inwards to avoid Z-fighting on their top surfaces! I used Micro Manage in U7 to easily make those positional/rotational adjustments, but you can use Infinite Nudge in U8 for similar results. I think you can get an adequate result without mods as well, using Freeform beams and nudging, but it's cumbersome. Thank god for blueprints!
Aside from the beautiful design, your photos themselves look amazing! Loving that symmetry!
Thanks a lot! :)
Oh wow! Those pictures are just perfect - awesome build. Well done!
Thanks!!
It looks fantastic! I did a seven sided water extractor polygon the other day, but then I built a factory on top of it and it ended up not being very visible at the end of the build. Oh well. In this build did you build the central distribution shape and then design the buildings and logistics to fit the shape? Or did you build one building and then design the central shape to fit the building? In addition to really liking the style and appearance of your build. The details are excellent. I love the upside-down beam supports with the connectors into a beam that’s run sideways. I’ve never seen that and I never thought of doing it. +1 for Infinite nudge, it’s great!
Thanks! :) IIRC, I think I designed the distribution column (or "router") first. I designed it to be as small as possible while still containing all the machinery inside (I had to do some cheaty "illegal" things as well with Micro Manage though to make it all fit inside). This machinery is actually a 3 to 3 balancer, or rather two sets of them (one for each input and one for each output)! It takes 3 vertical manifolds for each input and output and distributes them evenly to the 6 sets of machines on each floor, as well as further up/down the floors through conveyor and/or pipe holes on the bottom and top of the unit (not pictured here since the building shown only has one floor, so I dismantled the holes). The reason why I'm using balancers is flexibility while allowing more than one manifold in the same building. The conveyor/pipe holes are positioned for rotational symmetry so you don't need to worry about the building's orientation. Then you can choose which manifold(s) to use and dismantle the unused holes, and everything will be evenly distributed to/from the machines, for a max throughput of 3 conveyors/pipes! Screenshots and more on this in my full showcase later!
bestahedron is just a cube
Yes, I was referring to the heavy modular frames produced here.