A Strange Idea

A thread of 2 messages, 25 October 1991 to 25 October 1991, in the order they were sent.

#3038 A Strange Idea

Richard Johnson · 25 October 1991

If I (or someone) physically draws deckplans of a ship (or ships),
does someone have a scanner they are willing to use "for the cause" to
make them electronically available?  Note that you'd also have to
provide a mailing address to the public.  This might be a privacy risk
you don't like.

If I (or someone) uses a CAD program to draw deckplans, what kinds of
formats and/or conversions can we use to make them readily available?
AutoCAD uses DXF (I think), there are undoubtedly many more.  My
thinking right now is that HPGL might be the best way for this -- it's
strict ASCII, and a lot of different programs and plotters can use it.
I don't know about conversions though.

Finally, is anyone an artiste' capable of visualizing from deck plans
and producing an axonometric from them?
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that there are more Souix down there than all his soldiers have
bullets."             White-Man-Runs-Him -- Custer's chief Crow scout.

#3039 Re: A Strange Idea

Mark F. Cook · 25 October 1991 · reply to #3038

> If I (or someone) physically draws deckplans of a ship (or ships),
> does someone have a scanner they are willing to use "for the cause" to
> make them electronically available?  Note that you'd also have to
> provide a mailing address to the public.  This might be a privacy risk
> you don't like.

Richard, I've got a scanner, for B&W or greyscale, so long as the original
doesn't exceed 8 1/2" x 11" in size.  As for a public mailing address, you
can hand-deliver the originals to me, and I can put the resultant files
in TML Anon. FTP site on Sunbane.  I assume the final files should be in
GIF format, since the TML survey last year indicated that was the most
commonly usable format by the readership.

> Finally, is anyone an artiste' capable of visualizing from deck plans
> and producing an axonometric from them?

You give me detailed specs. and I'll try to draw them.  God knows, I've
got enough horsepower at my disposal.

Later,
	- Mark C.