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Step-by-step instructions for making a pyramiddle tent from a tarp purchased at Campmor.
Pyramiddle Tent
Calculator
The online pyramiddle calculator for designing a pyramiddle tent for any size of tarp no longer works. See below to do the calculations by hand or write your own calculator program.
Retired: http://www.hufsoft.com/pyramiddle/
99 Cent Tent
One of the stories in Out With the Boy is about how I made and used a 99 cent version of a pyramiddle tent.
In the code at the right:
TW is the tarp width, and TD is the tarp depth.
H, D and W are the height, depth and width of the finished tent.
A, B and C allow you to position the grommets for the corners.
‘BASIC code snippet
H = TW / 2
D = Sqr((TD ^ 2) - (H ^ 2))
W = TD + H - Sqr((TD + (3 * H)) * (TD - H))
A = W / 2
B = TD - A
C = (TW - W) / 2
Calculating a Pyramiddle Tent for Any Size Tarp