<div dir="auto">I'm not to keen on Asian rule for pleasing aspect ratios. But there are the golden ratio formulas. If you google "golden ratio calculator" you'll find calculators for many different geometric shapes. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But to be honest as long as I've been woodworking (15 years now), I've maybe found the golden ratio to have been exactly what I was looking for maybe once or twice.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm not saying it's not a good place to start though. Try it out first and see how you like it. Then you can easily change your length width or height by whatever you want to dial in your design.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I also find it helps to come up with a constraint depending on where the item is going to be, and how it'll scale with the items its going to be near along with astetics.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Even if you don't have a ton of experience with design it's good to trust your instincts here. Also sometimes less can be more, and very subtle curves and edge finishings and reveals can really take a bland design to the next level.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Well good luck with your project and hopefully something I said will help.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 3:01 PM Mike Hales via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Maybe the Golden Ratio?</p>
<p><a href="https://emptyeasel.com/2009/01/20/a-guide-to-the-golden-ratio-aka-golden-section-or-golden-mean-for-artists/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://emptyeasel.com/2009/01/20/a-guide-to-the-golden-ratio-aka-golden-section-or-golden-mean-for-artists/</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">OK,
guys, refresh my memory.. Ive starting to design some
projects...I remember from the 'old days' there was a
mathematical rule for making a design pleasing to the eye....I
want to say that it had something to do with a Chinese
formula....rule of 3...or something like that ...something
involving calculating the Width, height, length for eye
pleasing design...Cant find a thing on the idnet...Does anyone
know what I thinking about..?? If you do, please give me a
shout...Thanks.</div>
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