Cardboard or coroplas shelter plans, our gift for Black Rock City dwellers
Cheap Shelter!
To make this emergency shelter dome, you are going to make two patterns, then reproduce them 5  times. They are....
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                        The geodesic patch                                and the geodesic strip.
Geodesic structures are comprised  of  Geodesic Patch and Strip surfaces.

 Cardboard is  free, but I have not found a way to waterproof it sufficiently  (BUT, IT BURNS!). These shelter domes were conceived to help the homeless and refugees. I have tried a variety of methods for waterproofing and fire retardation, without great  success. The upside is, you can decorate them any way you want!
 

  First you need to know  how to draw a proper triangle, of course, if you have had drafting 101- you can skip this part.
       Start with a point(a), with a compass, scribe an arch of a
given radius. At any place on this arch make  a point(b) , put your compass, set to
the radius of the arch on that point, draw a short, intersecting arch, this is
point(c).       Connect these three points.
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 This is an
equilateral
triangle
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The isosceles triangle is a little different. The pentagons consist of
isosceles triangles. Draw a line point(a) to point(b) a given length(A),
set the compass a given shorter length(B). At one end of the line, place the set
compass, draw a short arch making sure it passes over the center point of the line.
Now go to the other end of the line, place the compass and draw the intersecting
arch. That intersection is point(c), Connect (a),(b) and (c).
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     This is an isosceles triangle.


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TIP: If you need a real big compass, use a 1" x 3" board. Run a drywall screw through it about an inch from one end then mark your strut lengths and drill holes (centered on the board)
that a pen will fit in (snugly).
You can use one board for both strut lengths.
Now you can draw really big archs for larger triangles.

Let's move on ...