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.rarAlso here is a database of all the different components sizes relative to the baseplate and chassis grids:
http://noodle.q3k.org/gridtable/index.htmlAnyway, if anyone wants me to add more resolutions, just tell me.
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