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Kerbal anatomical proportions / measurements - for IVA design


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My understanding, from the few forums posts regarding Kerbal anatomy, is that Kerbals are roughly 1.0 metres tall in-game (a figure that apparently also includes their helmets).

What I would also like to know, however, are the width and depth measurements - this is so that when I attempt to do IVAs in the future I can properly scale things like passageways, bunks, toilets, showers etc to allow Kerbals to fit inside them.

Measurements for both standing and sitting postures would be greatly appreciated.

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There are no sitting postures yet. All we have is what they are like in IVAs and EVAs. A sitting position is being added with the addition of EVA seats in .20

Strange. 0.19.1's IVA views clearly show Kerbals in seated inside the capsules.

Even if I disregard the seated positions, I still would like to see some width and depth measurements for the default standing posture.

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So I've decided to have a crack at it myself, by getting Jeb to stand next to some 0.5m panels:

kerbal_anatomical_proportions_study_by_sumghai-d66c2p3.png

It appears that with their helmets on, Kerbals occupy a bounding box of around 0.9 x 0.625 x 0.625 m (0.85 x 0.5 x 0.5 m sans helmet).

Whilst not exact figures, I reckon these approximations should be sufficient info for those interested in making IVAs and passageways that can be used by Kerbals.

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