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A core skill of traditional stonemasons and builders: accurately transferring geometric shapes from design drawings onto a work surface at full scale, usually with the aid of templates, chalk lines, straightedges and compasses, and involving an intuitive understanding of spatial relationships.
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Setting out is one of the core skills of traditional stonemasons and building craftsmen, referring to accurately transferring the geometric shapes on design drawings to the work surface at actual size, usually done with templates, ink lines, straightedges, and compasses.
In Gothic stone carving, the curves of pointed arches, rib vaults and tracery cannot be described by simple formulas, and stonemasons need to rely on setting out (full-size layout) to approximate these complex geometries.
CNC generates toolpaths directly from digital models, bypassing the traditional setting-out step.
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Setting out is one of the core skills of traditional stonemasons and building craftsmen, referring to accurately transferring the geometric shapes on design drawings to the work surface at actual size, usually done with templates, ink lines, straightedges, and compasses.
50%UnverifiedIn Gothic stone carving, the curves of pointed arches, rib vaults and tracery cannot be described by simple formulas, and stonemasons need to rely on setting out (full-size layout) to approximate these complex geometries.
50%UnverifiedCNC generates toolpaths directly from digital models, bypassing the traditional setting-out step.
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