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Re: Datsville Update
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 20:11:49 GMT
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John wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> > John wrote:
> > 
> > > 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
> > 
> > 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.

How about 32 studs, bank-to-bank?

> 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.

I had not seen that.  Sounds awesome.

Steve



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(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)

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