40d:Mega construction

There comes a time in every dwarfs life when he says to himself- why not? Be it magma waterfalls, huge castles, skyscrapers, great cathedrals, you can build anything!

--Construction Techniques--

Building a large number of anything can be a real pain, to speed up the process it is recommended that you create a stockpile filled with only the correct stone/block type either inside or as close to as possible to your construction. This way the material will always be at the top of the list when your constructing.

It is also important to remember that you cannot build on top of a constructed floor.

---Towers---

It is easy to make costly mistakes when constructing towers- generally because they are built from the inside and dwarfs cannot build walls diagonally.

It is recommended that you complete two opposing walls first and then add in the other two- this avoids the problem of the corner walls becoming inaccessible.

Step 1- Central Staircase:

    X

Step 2- Surrounding floor:

  ...
  .X.
  ...

(repeat until the required width is attained)

Step 3- First two walls:

 #####
  ...
  .X.
  ...
 #####

Step 4- Second walls:

 #####
 #...#
 #.X.#
 #...#
 #####

---Scaffolding---

Building rows and rows of up/down stairs will allow you to build large walls without having to worry about getting the workers and materials up there.

Be careful when your dismantling them that each row is removed one at a time, starting from the top!

You may also wish to consider building the scaffolding inside the building you are construction, ensuring that the entire ground floor wall is constructed then you wont create any surprise back-doors into your fortress.

---Sloped Roofs---

Sloped roofs can be created by building a row of walls adjacent to the top of a wall, a row of ramps can then be built directly on top of the wall giving access to the top of the adjacent wall. Now just build a second wall adjacent to this one and repeat.