Bertil's Deckplans

I sent this to TML the 9th, and since I havn't seen it the 11th, I resend it
(And hope that it wont appear twice)

Alan Huscroft writes:
> If you have any more, I'd be pleased to see them.

  Sorry, none that are finished. But since I'm in dire need of a set of plans
for a Chrysantemum DE before the 17 of July I'll do my best to have a those
finished by then.

  (After 3 revisions the latest version of it has Jump4, 5G and Agility3, the
some small 20t vehicle, some cargospace for missiles and, amazingly enough,
acceptable endurance!)

- -bertil-
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> From: [email removed] on Wed, 11 Jul 90 11:09:41 MET DST
>
> Alan Huscroft writes:
> > If you have any more, I'd be pleased to see them.
>
>   Sorry, none that are finished. But since I'm in dire need of a set of plans
> for a Chrysantemum DE before the 17 of July I'll do my best to have a those
> finished by then.

The deckplan is impressive, it looks almost identical in style to the one
presented in the Vargr & Vilani supplement.

What I would like to know is what package are you using to create them, and
do you have clippable images for items such as low berths?

(BTW the plan is available via the FTP site in /pub/traveller/misc as
deckplan.VA13.Z.uu or TypeVA13.ps)

Now would also be a good time to mention the re-orginization of the
FTP site: I have gotten tired of having over 120 files in one directory, and
I have put many of the files in sub-directories, leaving only 1990 bundles,
the table of contents and README in the main directory. The following are the
sub-directories now used:

1987 or articles.1987           1987 articles (bun01-bun07)
1988 or articles.1988           1988 articles (bun08-bun17)
1989 or artilces.1989           1989 articles (bun18-bun72)
misc                            miscellaneous traveller (errata, plans, etc)
sectors                         Official traveller sector information
software                        Traveller Programs

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(I don't know If I sould publicly admit to this, but the only part of the
injoke that I don't get is the Traveller one..:-(. )

				-Dan

Dan Corrin, System Manager, Mechanical Engineering, UWO, London, Ontario
TML FTP site coordinator:  [email removed]    ...!watmath!julian!engrg!dan

Dan Corrin [email removed] writes:
> What I would like to know is what package are you using to create them, and
> do you have clippable images for items such as low berths?

  Claris CAD on a MacintoshSE with 4Megs. Most of the time it took to do the
VA13 plans was spent setting up a library of irisvalves, chairs, freshers,
beds etc, etc.

  The most useful feature I found in the CAD program was the ability to fill a
closed object with squares of a certain size. It is originally ment to
be used for drawing patterns that indicate the material if a certain part, but
it is perfect for doing the 1.5m squares :-)

  (I imagine that it's a standard function in CAD programs)

> > Newsgroup alt.vargr.duke.brzk.brzk.brzk not in .newsrc--add? [yn]
> > (Combined Traveller, rn, usenet & muppet injoke)
> (I don't know If I sould publicly admit to this, but the only part of the
> injoke that I don't get is the Traveller one..:-(. )

  There once were a bogus altnet newsgroup for fans of the Muppets that was
named alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork.

> 				-Dan
>
> Dan Corrin, System Manager, Mechanical Engineering, UWO, London, Ontario
> TML FTP site coordinator:  [email removed]    ...!watmath!julian!engrg!dan

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