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rv:build:cardboard [2020/01/23 18:57] frater_secessus [Cardboard Aided Design] |
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====== Cardboard Aided Design ====== | ====== Cardboard Aided Design ====== | ||
- | Cardboard Aided Design((a play on Computer Aided Design, or CAD)) is **a method to model van living space** | + | Cardboard Aided Design((a play on Computer Aided Design, or CAD)) is a method to **model a van' |
- | A similar idea is expressed by lennyflank when he, perhaps jokingly, advises mildly interested newcomers to "live in your bathroom for a month." | + | A similar |
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If the " | If the " | ||
- | Standing/ | + | Standing/ |
===== arranging objects ===== | ===== arranging objects ===== | ||
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Ideas: | Ideas: | ||
- | * **Everything that is going with you must fit in this bathroom-sized space**. Seriously. | + | * **Everything that is going with you must fit in this bathroom-sized space**. Seriously. Your van's steel walls will not let you cheat. |
* start moving your possessions into the space. | * start moving your possessions into the space. | ||
* make aggressive use of vertical space | * make aggressive use of vertical space | ||
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* put a Home Depot bucket in there -- it will either model the toilet or [[toilet: | * put a Home Depot bucket in there -- it will either model the toilet or [[toilet: | ||
* stack your actual rubbermaid bins (food, clothes, cooking gear, hygiene, etc)) or other storage in place. | * stack your actual rubbermaid bins (food, clothes, cooking gear, hygiene, etc)) or other storage in place. | ||
- | * use cardboard boxes((of the appropriate shape and size)) to represent any medium or large objects you don't have yet: [[food: | + | * use cardboard boxes((of the appropriate shape and size)) to represent any medium or large objects you don't have yet: [[food: |
* sawhorses can hold up galley surfaces, bed decks, | * sawhorses can hold up galley surfaces, bed decks, | ||
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+ | ===== power in the " | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | If you are going to run 120vac ([[electrical: | ||
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+ | For 12v loads, get your bank set up and charge it only in the daytime. | ||
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===== live in the " | ===== live in the " | ||
- | Spend as much time as possible in the mocked-up van. Sleep in the bed. Set up your laptop and do your surfing/ | + | Spend as much time as possible in the mocked-up van. Sleep in the bed. Set up your laptop and do your surfing/ |
If safety and ventilation allows, you may want to try cooking from the ingredients you have stored in your tape van's " | If safety and ventilation allows, you may want to try cooking from the ingredients you have stored in your tape van's " | ||
- | ===== carrying | + | ===== carry a tape measure ===== |
You will become more and more aware of spatial relationships. | You will become more and more aware of spatial relationships. | ||
- | Write down any particular dimensions you need to remember. | + | Write down any particular dimensions you need to remember: your bed height, your chair height, your bed height, space where containers have to fit. |