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[Danjen]

I tend to build my sleeping quarters like so:

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          Central Hallway
                 ^
                 |
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
                 |
                 V
             More Room
            (as needed)


My workshops and stockpiles are built similarly:

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          Central Hallway
                 ^
                 |
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
                +++               
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
                +++
                 |
                 V
                Etc


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 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
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 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======

                 |
                 V
                Etc


The problem with this is that it's all meticulous and boring, and terribly efficient. So, not Fun. I've always wanted to design a fortress with channels of water or magma flowing under grates. Hmm...

[Rastaan]

I've currently got UNDERGROUND ISLANDS for each my food/wet goods workshops, industry/dry goods workshops, office block, bedrooms, farms...

Luckily DF2010 regards channels as downward slopes, rather than straight pits like 40d, so anyone who falls in can get out pretty easily.

[tastypaste]

Wow, Danjen. That was like deja vu opening your spoilers. That's almost exactly how I do my fort. Even the 3 wide main halls and 2x3 bedrooms. Only modification I have is that I use up/down stairs for all the main halls so dwarfs can travel straight up and down at any point in the fort. I love efficiency.

[Ilmoran]

I give my dwarves single 3x3 rooms, and my nobles get 4 rooms, 3x3 each.  And I lay out a single huge area for the king. (4-5 rooms of like... 7x10).  All smoothed.

And no frickin' economy.

[UberNube]

I tend to build my sleeping quarters like so:

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          Central Hallway
                 ^
                 |
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
   +       +    +++    +       +   
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
++|+|++ ++|+|++ +++ ++|+|++ ++|+|++
++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ + ++
                 |
                 V
             More Room
            (as needed)


My workshops and stockpiles are built similarly:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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          Central Hallway
                 ^
                 |
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
                +++               
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
+++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++
                +++
                 |
                 V
                Etc


Code: [Select]

======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++
 +   +   +   +  +++  +   +   +   +
======= ======= +++ ======= =======
======= ======= +++ ======= =======

                 |
                 V
                Etc


The problem with this is that it's all meticulous and boring, and terribly efficient. So, not Fun. I've always wanted to design a fortress with channels of water or magma flowing under grates. Hmm...

Yeah, my design is very similar:

Rooms:

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+ Corridor ++++++++++++
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 +++ ++ +++ +++ ++ +++
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Workshops (and sometimes stockpiles)

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Each 7x7 room contains either 4 3x3 workshops in the corners, or a single 5x5 workshop in the centre.

[Ghavrel]

I use one of the fractal bedroom layouts I found on the wiki. Then I let my newbie dorfs smooth/engrave it so they can gain mad stone-scratchy skills. It ends up being surprisingly high quality for 1x3 rooms.

Spoiler: This is the layout I use (click to show/hide)

[gtmattz]

I make all my non-special dwarves sleep in a super awesome dormitory and bad thoughts be damned.  Any dwarf that requires a room gets one, otherwise they are hot-racking it.  The royal dining room and 1 tile meeting area pretty much completely eliminate any effect of the sleeping quarters bad thoughts.

[Shoku]

I've been doing 2x2 except one of those is a door. I'm going to have to fiddle with it some so I can scale things up to some more expensive rooms nicely- though I guess with the way I have been doing forts so far I can just stick different room clusters in totally different areas.