Ship design & deckplans

Peter H. Brenton [email removed] writes:
> To that end, have any of our talented programmers written starship design
> or vehicle design programs? Probably some are still in the making...

Paul Dale (I think) wrote one LONG AGO for MegaTraveller, the CAT list
took a good look at it then.

> I am using Microsoft Excel and have (in about 6 hours of work) made a
> reasonably presentable small arms design template (conventional only) and
> will post at least the test design in the next few days.

DOn't just post, upload it to ftp.engrg.uwo.ca.  If you cannot, get
after me to do it for you.

> Has anyone tried to use one of these home floorplan design programs to do
> deckplans? I am considering laying out the $40-60 on such a product for
> just such a purpose and would like a reccomendation.

Mark Cook has used a drawing program and come up with some of the best
deck plans I've ever seen. Check out the Elissa, Alcyon, and other deck
plans on ftp.engrg.uwo.ca, under the pbem directory. Also there are a
few more in the vehicles directory.

> Is it possible that we could come to some internal (to the TML)
> informal standard which would allow al of us to exchange deck plans? I
> have several (all of the hand-drawn variety) which I am rather happy
> about, but have not been able to find a suitable medium for putting
> them in a computer.

The best image format, that the greatest number of people can view and
manipulate, remains GIF.  A far second is, perhaps, MS-Windows BMP.

Standing on the shoulders of other TMLers who did the work,

James

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