X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,70ee4fd88ceedb8d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-18 04:14:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!telocity-west!DIRECTV!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: lgbeard Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Train depot Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:13:45 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <4sfi2vsdes4siftjj93e9r2at1f4mirrvd@4ax.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 90 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21510 On 17 Jan 2003 19:17:15 GMT, Harry Mason wrote: >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. It was, but could not get what I was tring to do on the screen. This helped. Saved the perspective tutorial for a reminder and if you do not object, it can be pass along as future referance and tutorial to others with the same question. > __________________ >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. Looks much now. ___ ___..--' .`. ___...--' - .` `.`. ___...--' _ - _ .` - `.`. ___...--' - _ - .` `. - _ `.`. __..--'_______________ - _ .` _ `. - `.`. .` _ /\ - .` _ .`__________`. _ -`.`. .` - _ / \_ - .` _ .` |Train Depot|`. - `.`. .`- _ / /\ - .` _ .` |___________| `. _ `.`. .`________ /__ /_ \____.`____________.` ___ ___ - `._____`| | - __ -| | - | ____ | | | _ | | _ | | _ | | _ | | | - | | |.--.| |___| | |___| |___| | | |--| | | _ | |'--'| |---| | _|---| |---|_ | | - |__| _| - | | |.--.| | | | | |_ _ | | | ---``--._ | | |=|'--'|=|___|=|====|___|=====|___|====| -- . '' ``--._| _ | -|_|.--.|_______|_______________________| `--._ '--- |_ |:|'--'|:::::::|:::::::::::::::::::::::| _____`--._ '' . '---'``--._|:::::::|:::::::::::::::::::::::| ----------`--._ '' ``--.._|:::::::::::::::::::::::| `--._ _________`--._' -- . ''-----..............LGB' `--._----------`--._. _ -- . :'' - '' `--._ _________`--._ :' -- . :'' -- . '' -- . '' `--._ ---------`--._ -- . :'' :' `--._ _________`--._:' -- . '' -- . '' -- . '' -- . '' `--._----------`--._ -- . '' -- . '' `--._ _________`--._ -- . '' :' `--._ ---------`--._-- . '' -- . '' -- . '' -- . '' `--._ _________`--._ -- . '' :' -- . '' -- . '' `--._----------`--._