"Measuring hex bases?" Topic
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| Thundertotem | 26 Jul 2017 5:50 p.m. PST |
How do you determine the size of a hex base? Do you measure the sides or across flat end to flat end? |
| Chris Wimbrow | 26 Jul 2017 6:38 p.m. PST |
A flat to opposite flat would be the diameter of an inscribed circle. A vertex to opposite vertex would be the diameter of a circumscribed circle. A little context would be in order. |
| Vintage Wargaming | 26 Jul 2017 10:19 p.m. PST |
You need to be careful about this as both are used. If buying anything off eBay (e.g. MDF hexes or polystyrene cake blanks) you should check which method has been used |
GildasFacit  | 27 Jul 2017 3:26 a.m. PST |
Never seen anything but across the flats myself, why would one use any other as this is the engineering standard. |
 Extra Crispy | 27 Jul 2017 3:34 a.m. PST |
Because we're gamers who call "15mm" a "scale." And can't decide what 15 even means. |
| rustymusket | 27 Jul 2017 4:16 a.m. PST |
Aaaahhhh! Hexes. Ever since I got involved with Command and Colors, it has been hexes, hexes, hexes. I am thinking of dabbling in DBA just to get away from hexes for a while. |
| Dynaman8789 | 27 Jul 2017 7:35 a.m. PST |
There is an online headlamp maker that uses point to point, otherwise I have always seen flat to flat. Where there ok s one… |
robert piepenbrink  | 27 Jul 2017 12:46 p.m. PST |
How long before some manufacturer starts peddling "heroic" 4" hexes which are actually 4 1/2"? |
| TheBeast | 27 Jul 2017 9:10 p.m. PST |
I've seen a 'side' as the measure. Honest. Crisp, old bean, we've no problem with 15, just whether the mm's are Imperial or Standard… ;->= Doug |
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