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Calving Barn N4K

54′-0″ × 50′-0″ overall Peak 19′-0″ Roof 4/12 From 3 hand-drawn sheets, scale 1″ = 10′
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From the drawings

Every size in the model comes from these numbers on Dad's sheets.

Footprint
54′-0″ wide × 50′-0″ long. A 30′ center barn with a 12′ lean-to down each side.
North row
Office 10′ × 15′ with a 9′-0″ ceiling and a door from the alley that swings into the office, then three pens 10′ × 10′ with gates onto the alley and between them, a mirror of the south row.
Center alley
10′ wide, with 5′ + 5′ sliding doors (a 10′ opening, full height to the 14′ eave) on both ends and double gates into a 5′ cross alley at the east end. The cross alley has a 5′ sliding door at each end, into the lean-tos.
South row
Doctor pen 10′ × 15′ with a chute and headgate, set 2′ off the south wall, and a 6′ gate that swings out into the alley. The chute runs straight along the west wall; only its east side squeezes in to the headgate. A 5′ sliding door in the south wall, in front of the headgate, opens to the lean-to. Then three pens 10′ × 10′.
Walls & roof
14′-0″ sidewalls, 4/12 roof to a 19′-0″ peak. A 2′-6″ band of daylight panels runs above each lean-to roof. Option (Extended north roof button): carry the main 4/12 roof straight out over the north lean-to. The outer wall is then 10′-0″ instead of 9′-0″, and the north daylight band goes away.
Lean-tos
Roof runs from 11′-6″ at the barn down to 9′-0″ at the outside. 10′ pipe gates, 5′ tall, between the posts on the outside, and a solid barn wall on the inside.

The numbers add up across all three sheets: 12 + 30 + 12 = 54′ wide, 15 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 50′ long, and a 4/12 roof over a 15′ half-span rises 5′, so 14′ + 5′ gives the 19′ peak.

Questions for Dad

Places where the drawings left a choice open, and how each was settled.

  1. Which way does the barn face?Answered The end with the sliding doors and the man door faces west. The model already had it that way, and each side is now marked on the ground.
  2. The barn walls under the two lean-tos: gates or solid?Answered Both sides get a solid wall. The model now has siding behind the pens too.
  3. How do you get into the three 10′ × 10′ rooms on the north side?Answered Gates along the alley, like the pens on the south side. The model now shows them that way.
  4. How tall are the office walls, and does the office get a ceiling?Answered A ceiling at 9′-0″. The model shows it; use the Office ceiling button to see inside.
  5. How wide is the east end door?Answered Both end doors are 5′ + 5′, a 10′ opening. The model already had it that way.
  6. The gates at the lean-to ends are drawn swinging out at angles. Are they funnels, or just shown open?Answered One 12′ gate per end, all swinging out. Three hinge at the outer corner; the northeast one hinges by the barn. Use the Gates open button to watch them swing.
  7. The doctor pen gate swings out across the alley. Is that to turn cattle into the chute?Answered Yes. A 6′ gate opens into the 10′ alley, the cow comes up the alley into a 6′-wide gated section, and she's caught in the headgate. The headgate sits 2′ back from the south wall. Gates open swings it.
  8. Pen dividers in both rows: pipe panels or solid walls?Answered The north pens mirror the south side, so gates between them too. The model now shows 5′ pipe panels in both rows.
  9. Siding and roof colors?Answered Beige, natural siding with a brown roof.