Blueprint Grid to Baseplate Grid

[Noodle]

I don't know if this has been done before or if its any help to anybody, but I figured I'd post it anyway just in case it is helpful.

So I've done a little fiddling around in RA2 for the past half hour, and what I've been trying to do is make it so the translation from the blueprint grid to the baseplate grid easier.  Since I can't resize either of them, I came up with a different way of doing it.

What I did was overlay the baseplate grid onto the blueprint grid so that you can get an idea of what size the chassis will be in terms of baseplate grid units.  This is helpful if you want to build robots by putting all the parts in a full sized chassis, measuring up the grid-lines, and rebuilding the chassis to be airtight.

The translation from the grid on the blueprint to the real one isn't perfect, but it's very close.

For instance, here I wanted to make a chassis 4x4 baseplate units:


Here's what it turned out to be:


Those with a sharp eye could probably tell its off by about a pixel, but I still think it's a very useful resource.

Download for great justice!
I have grids made for 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1600x1200.

Edit: New version get!

It's pretty much the same thing, except I added handy-dandy little numbers for you to use.  Again, something simple that helps a of a lot.



Here's a link to the newest version:
http://noodle.q3k.org/files/grids2.rar

Also here is a database of all the different components sizes relative to the baseplate and chassis grids:
http://noodle.q3k.org/gridtable/index.html

Anyway, if anyone wants me to add more resolutions, just tell me.

[Little lost bot]

Now that would be use full for very picky bots builders.

[G.K.]

Brilliant idea.

[cephalopod]

This is the best idea I've seen in a while! :D

[Badnik96]

Download please :D

[Noodle]

Update - a download is now available at the bottom of the first post.

[Naryar]

It's cool.

It definitely should be pixel-precise though

[NFX]

Very useful feature. Nice work. =) *approves*

[Thyrus]

Will there be awards for everything at the end of the year, like: best tourney, best tourney host, best robot build and best innovation and stuff like that? cause this seems to be a pretty awesome one to me.

[JoeBlo]

damn why couldnt you have come here 1 year and a half sooner :P I had to learn to adapt to the transition between the 2

[Noodle]

Thanks alot guys!  I'm glad you like it. :D

It definitely should be pixel-precise though

I think the download versions are better than the one in the pictures as far as accuracy.  Still I'm not sure if there is any way for it to be 100% perfect.

[FOTEPX]

Very nice, Noodle! Can't wait to use it!

[Clickbeetle]

This could be even better than my other custom blueprint grid.  All it needs are more subdivisions in the boxes.  Fortunately, these are easily added.

[Sage]

Quick! Someone make a database of the measurements of each component!!

[Little lost bot]

With this and sages idea, If some one were to also put the measure meant into the component description then we might start get very space efficient bots.

[Pwnator]

With this and sages idea, If some one were to also put the measure meant into the component description then we might start get very space efficient bots.

I don't really think that's necessary, since you can still make bots space-efficient through trial and error. XD

[Little lost bot]

I mean I't won't take as long and take so much time to do that.

[Madiaba]

Nice thought, Noodle.
(I'll try it out when I'm able...)

[Noodle]

Well I've spent my entire day crunching numbers and typing up HTML code manually, and the result was this:
http://noodle.q3k.org/gridtable/

For those who don't want to click on the link, its a table that shows each chassis-mountable component's size in terms of chassis and baseplate grid units.

[Somebody]

That goes straight into my favorites. That will be very useful. Thanks Noodlez!