Diy tarptent input needed

how to make a pyramid tent https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/cant-access-jerrys-myog-pyramid-article/#post-3686660

that’s the same idea as a duomid or a solomid

My pocket tarp appears to be only one shape, two of them sewn together down the middle. The second shortest side, the edge closest to you in the picture, is 26″. The shortest side is 20″. The seam is along the top two edges furthest away from you in the picture, making the back tie-down the point on the right. This is the doorless pocket tarp. A lot of people try making a pattern with paper, a tiny version, which they then scale up.

Josh – A few years back, I worked out the dimensions for panels to create something akin to Zpack’s Hexamid Solo, absent the netting.  If that design could provide a start for you, let me know and I’ll go dig the papers out.

@mhr

Heck yeah!  That would be awesome!

Thanks Matt!

Learn to use the free version of SketchUp.

It’s simple 3D software that makes it far easier to visualise your tent design. There are tutorials all over YouTube. Pretty much all the MYOG tent makers are using it.

https://www.sketchup.com/

Once you’re comfortable with it, you can play with different designs pretty quickly. It also works out the dimensions and areas for you.

+1 – start with Sketchup.

When you get serious then you can move to RFEM. Then, it’s all over…!

I speak from experience. RFEM ruined my life, but it made me a huge fan of certain tent manufacturers…

@ryan

Which tent manufacturers use RFEM