X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,70ee4fd88ceedb8d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-17 11:21:12 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Harry Mason Subject: Re: Train depot References: Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) NNTP-Posting-Host: servalan.ecs.soton.ac.uk Date: 17 Jan 2003 19:17:15 GMT X-Trace: 17 Jan 2003 19:17:15 GMT, servalan.ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 54 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!server3.netnews.ja.net!south.jnrs.ja.net!server2.netnews.ja.net!news-spool.soton.ac.uk!news.ecs.soton.ac.uk!servalan.ecs.soton.ac.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21503 lgbeard wrote: > [Train depot] > > The structure look fine. The representation of the tracks are poor. > It resembles a earthen bank better than a set of rail road tracks. > Any ideas ? I think the perspective is broken. __________________ vanishing --. ,-'| | point | ,-' | | V | | | + | | | y | | | z | `-. | | \|___x `-.|________________| This is the perspective of the building. The X and Y axes are in the plane of the picture, and Z is towards the vanishing point. The track should be in the XZ plane. Assuming the track is intended to run parallel to the building, the sleepers should lie along the X axis, and the rails should converge towards the vanishing point: __________________ ,-'| | ,-' | | | | | + | | | y | | | z | |=\ '-. | | \|___x |==\ `-.|________________| Instead, the sleepers lie in the XY plane, and the rails don't converge. This makes it look like the track is on a slope. __________________ ,-'| | ,-' | | | | | + | | | y | | | z | `-.,'`-.'-. | | \|___x `-.,'`-.`-.|________________| On the other hand, if the track isn't intended to be parallel to the building, you still need to fix it a bit. Either the rails, the sleepers, or both should converge. I won't try and diddle your picture because our styles are quite different, but I hope this helps. -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)