The curvedf object creator grew out of a curved rail creator and as such it has certain assumptions, which are usually not true with other objects.
First, Your fans are probably because the basic short object from which you make the curve is much longer than 2.5 meters. The curve is created by adding up 10 short sections to get a 25 meter ( nominal) long object. Make sure the basic object you start with is about 2.5 meters long.
Second, The assumptions in the curve builder are that the object is fairly narrow and it has a center line length of 25 meters and that the center line is where you determine the radius. With the platfroms this is not true. If you use a base object that is +-4 meters from a 0 center line, your base object is an 8 meter by 2.5 meter rectangle. If the radius of your curve is 200 meters the radius of the platform will be 100 +4 (1/2 the platform) + 2 meters ( the off set from the track) or 106 meters. If you have a wide curve, this will give you a fairly smooth curved platform, but if the curve is narrow, shuch as here. The inside radius of the platform is 106-4 or 102 meters and the out side is 106 + 4 or 110 meters. The inside mist be shorter than 25 meters and the outside longer, each by about 4%. Make the sides of your base object longer and shorter so that you are putting togethere trapazoids rather than rectangles. If your object if futher out from the center of the curve, you will longer ( and shorter sides) remember that the length of the object is still only 25 meters, so you will need to lengthen the beginnign and end sections of the final object code to cover those gaps.
First, Your fans are probably because the basic short object from which you make the curve is much longer than 2.5 meters. The curve is created by adding up 10 short sections to get a 25 meter ( nominal) long object. Make sure the basic object you start with is about 2.5 meters long.
Second, The assumptions in the curve builder are that the object is fairly narrow and it has a center line length of 25 meters and that the center line is where you determine the radius. With the platfroms this is not true. If you use a base object that is +-4 meters from a 0 center line, your base object is an 8 meter by 2.5 meter rectangle. If the radius of your curve is 200 meters the radius of the platform will be 100 +4 (1/2 the platform) + 2 meters ( the off set from the track) or 106 meters. If you have a wide curve, this will give you a fairly smooth curved platform, but if the curve is narrow, shuch as here. The inside radius of the platform is 106-4 or 102 meters and the out side is 106 + 4 or 110 meters. The inside mist be shorter than 25 meters and the outside longer, each by about 4%. Make the sides of your base object longer and shorter so that you are putting togethere trapazoids rather than rectangles. If your object if futher out from the center of the curve, you will longer ( and shorter sides) remember that the length of the object is still only 25 meters, so you will need to lengthen the beginnign and end sections of the final object code to cover those gaps.
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