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Re: Datsville Update
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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 18:24:24 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 16:13:02 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:
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> > From Bram's pov file:
> > #declare r_w=2800; // width of river heightfield
> > #declare r_b=80; // height of river bank
> > #declare r_d=240; // depth of river
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> Yeouch! Are those LDU's? The river's over 4 baseplates wide! Must be the
> Mississippi. Maybe I'll have to rethink this as a suspension bridge.
Hmm. I may have to mess with that a bit. I want to go with something more
like 30 studs across.
Have you seen the new bridge they're building in London? It was in a recent
edition of Popular Science. The deck of the bridge curves out over the water,
and the support structure has the same curve, but vertically. When the bridge
opens, the whole thing rotates so that both deck and support are 45 degrees
compared to the water.
> Good thing it's not downtown, or there wouldn't *be* a downtown.
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> > I'm not sure if 2800 is the width of the water or of the river+banks, but I
> > imagine Bram could clue us in.
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> What about r_d? Is 240 the height from the bottom of the river to the
> water level, or all the way to the top of the bank?
I think it's the former.
-John Van
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| (...) Do you have the name of the bridge and some ather things so I can do a search on the web? PopSci.com mentions the article, but doesn't have it online. The article summary said it opened like an eye. Ciao! (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) the (...) more (...) I would do at least 60 studs across(I mean that's only two town blocks). And, John, would you seriously consider naming it the River Kwai, please. (...) recent (...) water, (...) bridge (...) degrees (...) I seem to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Yeouch! Are those LDU's? The river's over 4 baseplates wide! Must be the Mississippi. Maybe I'll have to rethink this as a suspension bridge. Good thing it's not downtown, or there wouldn't *be* a downtown. (...) What about r_d? Is 240 the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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