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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 20 Apr 1994.
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3D - Help?

3D - Help?

alt.ascii-art · 3 messages · 20 Apr 1994 - 20 Apr 1994
DR J <me9...@brunel.ac.uk> ASCII art 20 Apr 1994 01:33 · permalink · report
Time to ask for some help. 

This first picture is one I've already posted, however it was suggested
(thanks Liz!) that I ought to stop chickening out and add a train to my
train track. Well, I did, and this is how it came out....

                     __                  __                 __
   ___  .-~~'.      ___~~-_.-~~'.    ___~  ~~-.-~~'.  ___ -~  ~~-.-~~' ___ 
  | ''|`-...--' ~' | ''|  `-...--'  | ''|    `-...-- | ''|      `-... | ''|
  |' '| -'     ': _|' '| ..--'      |' '| _....--'   |' '| ___....--' |' '|
  | ''|_   _     | | ''| _   _     || ''|  _   _     | ''|   _   _    | ''|
  | ''| |_| |____| | ''|| |_| |____|| ''|_| |_| |____| ''||_| |_| |___| ''|
  |'' | | | |    | |'' || | | |    ||'' | | | | |    |'' || | | | |   |'' |
  | ''|____ |    | | ''|____  |    || ''|____ | |    | ''|____  | |   | ''|
  | ' |'' '|_______| ' |'' '|_______| ' |'' '|_______| ' |'' '|_______| ' |
  |' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|
  | ' | '''| ''  ''| ' | '''| ''  ''| ' | '''| ''  ''| ' | '''| ''  ''| ' |
  ____  ______________  ______________  ______________  ______________  ___
  [][]||[][][][][][][]||[][][][][][][]||[][][][][][][]||[][][][][][][]||[][
  #########################################################################
  | \\#//  |'' '''  \\#//   |'' ''' \\#//    |'' '' \\#//     |'' ' \\#// |
  |' |#| ''| ''''  | |#|  ''| ''''   |#|   ''| ''''  |#| |  ''| '''' |#| '|
  |''|#| ' |'''   '|'|#| '' |'''   ' |#| ''' |'''    |#|'|''' |'''   |#| '|
  |' |#|  '| '  '' |'|#| ' '| '  ''  |#|  ' '| '  '' |#|'| ' '| '  ' |#| '|
     |#|             |#|             |#|             |#|             |#|   

                                                        DR J


Not very train-like. So, can anybody help? The only limitation is that the
pattern of the train repeats itself in the same number of spaces as the 
above. If you can fit in any one-line graffiti, then award yourself a prize!


On the subject of failed drawings, I finally realised why the starfield
looked wrong, STARS ARE AT INFINITY SO STARFIELDS ALL LOOK FLAT, AAARRRGGHH!
Still, no reason why I can't stick something 3D over a flat starfield in 
the distance I s'pose. Seeing as I worked on it for a some time, would 
anyone like these stars? They are in 3D, although they look quite pretty
when viewed normally!

          .                .                .                .
      +               +               +               +               +
     .                 .                 .                 .           
           *                 *                 *                 *
   .                .                .                .                
       .                 .                 .                 .
              +                +                +                +
  *                  *                  *                  *
              .                 .                 .                 .
    .                .                .                .               
          .                 .                 .                 .
         +              +              +              +              +
               .                .                .                .
      .                 .                 .                 .
          *                 *                 *                 *
  .                .                .                .                .
           .                 .                 .                 .
         +              +              +              +              +
               .                .                .                .
           *                 *                 *                 *
       .                 .                 .                 .
  *                  *                  *                  *
          .                 .                 .                 .
    .                .                .                .               
             +               +               +               +
  
                                                     DR J



It's only a simple field, with each star on a separate line, I didn't
bother trying to overlap any layers, I didn't have the time! 

Somebody tell me to stop reading the Newsgroups.......


                                                     DR J

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Geert-Jan Thomas <tho...@tpd.tno.nl> ASCII art 20 Apr 1994 09:26 · permalink · report
How ya like this ??

                     __                  __                 __
   ___  .-~~'.      ___~~-_.-~~'.    ___~  ~~-.-~~'.  ___ -~  ~~-.-~~' ___ 
  | ''|`-...--' ~' | ''|  `-...--'  | ''|    `-...-- | ''|      `-... | ''|
  |' '| -'     ': _|' '| ..--'      |' '| _....--'   |' '| ___....--' |' '|
  | ''|_   _     | | ''| _   _     || ''|  _   _     | ''|   _   _    | ''|
  | ''| |_| |____| | ''|| |_| |____|| ''|_| |_| |____| ''||_| |_| |___| ''|
  |'' | | | |    | |'' || | | |    ||'' | | | | |    |'' || | | | |   |'' |
  | ''|____ |    | | ''|____  |    || ''|____ | |    | ''|____  | |   | ''|
  | ' |'' '|_______| ' |'' '|_______| ' |'' '|_______| ' |'' '|_______| ' |
  |' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|' ' |''''  '|' '|
  | ' | '''| ''  ''| ' | '''| ''  ''| ' | '''| ''  ''| ' | '''| ''  ''| ' |
  ____  ______________  ______________  ______________  ______________  ___
  =||=)(=||===||===||=)(=||===||===||=)(=||===||===||=)(=||===||===||=)(=||
  #########################################################################
  | \\#//  |'' '''  \\#//   |'' ''' \\#//    |'' '' \\#//     |'' ' \\#// |
  |' |#| ''| ''''  | |#|  ''| ''''   |#|   ''| ''''  |#| |  ''| '''' |#| '|
  |''|#| ' |'''   '|'|#| '' |'''   ' |#| ''' |'''    |#|'|''' |'''   |#| '|
  |' |#|  '| '  '' |'|#| ' '| '  ''  |#|  ' '| '  '' |#|'| ' '| '  ' |#| '|
     |#|             |#|             |#|             |#|             |#|   


Later dudes.

 /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\
 | "My dear fellow, life is infinitely stranger than anything                |
 |                    which the mind of man could invent" -Sherlock Holmes-  |
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 |  Geert-Jan Thomas               (o o)           Email: tho...@tpd.tno.nl  |
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In article <CoJ...@brunel.ac.uk> me9...@brunel.ac.uk (DR J) writes:

>On the subject of failed drawings, I finally realised why the starfield
>looked wrong, STARS ARE AT INFINITY SO STARFIELDS ALL LOOK FLAT, AAARRRGGHH!

No they aren't.  You've just got your eyes a few light-years apart, that's all.
We all feel like that after staring at these things too much.

-- 
Richard Kirk         Image Processing Group    Crosfield Electronics Ltd. U.K.
ra...@crosfield.co.uk  0442-230000 x3361/3591    Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 7RH

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