On 2/11/2015 3:46 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> What is the diameter of the rotating body ? compare it to the
> triangulated support used to attach the agridomes and to the section of
> the six lines which are making a star around the central axis: if you
> were able to make such big lines inside, why is the outer support meshed
> of thinner diameter ?

The radius of the habitat is close to 300 meters. The metal rods are 2 
meters thick in both cases.



>>> In Babylon 5, the central axis is a support for a transportation system
>>> (kind of metro). Presently here, it does not seems to have a purpose and
>>> its length (as a single segment) is unrealistic. Or I get really wrong
>>> about the scale of the spinning colony.
>>
>> The central axis is actually the light source. It serves no structural
>> function.
>
> Make that central light modular (segments would have to be replaced as
> they get broken): small linear section as pavement on the cylinder. at
> least 6 sections (but more according to the diameter) to cover the round
> perimeter. A small variation of hue and saturation of the white "light"
> colour along the axis might be interesting.
>

Segmenting the light source would create strange shadows on the 
interior. Not sure what you mean about the pavement and 6 sections. I 
would like to make the light source more yellow, but haven't figured out 
how. Here's the LightSys code I use:

#local Lightsys_Scene_Scale	= Meters * 100;			// 1 = 1cm?
#local light_lumens		= 2;					// float
#local light_temp		= Daylight(6100);			// float
#local light_color		= Light_Color(light_temp, light_lumens);

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