BVE: Curved objects

[smace]

As of the time of this post, I have uploaded a set of curved brige tracks and curved bridges and the Excel spread sheet to create them.
I also uploaded the generalized BVE curved object spread sheet to make curved objects.
They were uploaded to the Train-sim library and should be available later this weekend. They were all posted to my download page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/bvefl/download.html.
Thank you to the folks in an earlier post who helped publicaly and in PM's to make this work, especially Simon_G for the pitch equation.

[NathanWhitington]

RE: Curved objects

>As of the time of this post, I have uploaded a set of curved
>brige tracks and curved bridges and the Excel spread sheet
>to create them.
>I also uploaded the generalized BVE curved object spread
>sheet to make curved objects.
>They were uploaded to the Train-sim library and should be
>available later this weekend. They were all posted to my
>download page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/bvefl/download.html.
>Thank you to the folks in an earlier post who helped
>publicaly and in PM's to make this work, especially Simon_G
>for the pitch equation.

Great stuff! I find your site very helpful and informative you are a clever chap there Smace! Incidently, do you have anyhting like an excel chart for creating smooth curves? as I've made my own track using photographic objects and I would like to curve them?

[smace]

RE: Curved objects

> Incidently, do you have
>anyhting like an excel chart for creating smooth curves? as
>I've made my own track using photographic objects and I
>would like to curve them?

I use Luigi Cartello's Curve10 spread sheet. It is found at http://web.tiscali.it/lcartello/ under >downloads> utilities for bve.

All the curved object spread sheets I have released, monorails, bridge and bridgetrack, narrow gauge track and this are based on his work. ( Which was based on Jean-Louis Coste's work which was based on... This is a wonderful hobby ). It is a useful utility. Give it a gauge, height, some other data and a bit map and power pole bitmap if you need overhead, and you have curves.

There is also Switch and powerrail generator. This pair makes nice curves with either LU power rail or 3rd rall power rails. The power rail generator is found at http://www.zodiac-infosystems.co.uk/rail/bve/ and switch is found at http://home.t-online.de/home/r.hulsmann/ under downloads > Programme und Weiteres

[NathanWhitington]

RE: Curved objects

>> Incidently, do you have
>>anyhting like an excel chart for creating smooth curves? as
>>I've made my own track using photographic objects and I
>>would like to curve them?
>
>I use Luigi Cartello's Curve10 spread sheet. It is found at
>http://web.tiscali.it/lcartello/ under >downloads> utilities
>for bve.

I found another which was Don Clarkes one, curving track is extremely tricky! I can't use the curve editor as I have made this track myself from photographs.

[Stooopid_person]

RE: Curved objects

>I found another which was Don Clarkes one, curving track is
>extremely tricky! I can't use the curve editor as I have
>made this track myself from photographs.

Is it just the texture which is different? If so, then you can use SWITCH1.5/Curve10 to make it then replace/change the texture.

[smace]

RE: Curved objects

Send me a pm with and we can set up an email exchange. If you have a normal section of this this photo realistic track, I think we can get curved version with one of the utilites and this is my week end to bend things.

[NathanWhitington]

RE: Curved objects

>>I found another which was Don Clarkes one, curving track is
>>extremely tricky! I can't use the curve editor as I have
>>made this track myself from photographs.
>
>Is it just the texture which is different? If so, then you
>can use SWITCH1.5/Curve10 to make it then replace/change the
>texture.

The whole track object is different! Smace that would be lovely! Thank you for your offer!

[R36 9346]

RE: Curved objects

*returning from download*

COOL!!! Just the thing I needed for curved walls, etc. NYCT routes have many sharp curves (especially in the older BMT and IRT divisions). The 2 line alone has a few curves with radii under 100 meters., so I think this curved object builder will be EXTREMEly useful. Thanx again!

[R36 9346]

RE: Curved objects

I also like the workings of it.

Take a B3D file and paste it into the Spreadsheet, change the variables around a bit to fit your curve, and paste the result into a B3D file! Very clever!