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19 Aug 2024 06:21:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Katy serves the Southwest (101k)  
From: David Fontaine
Date: 6 Jan 2001 17:21:39
Message: <3A579956.53F4A33F@faricy.net>
Christoph Hormann wrote:

> - building the path is quite problematic too since it would involve
> changing the shape of the terrain either with csg operations or direct
> manipulation

Other problem is placing the cars on the track. Lots of mathematics, finding
where a circle with radius of the distance between the two sets of wheels
intersects the track. That's the easy part, then there's aligning the
wheels; if the wheels are perfectly aligned with the track, the couplers
won't necessarily line up, but making each coupled set of wheels rigid
wouldn't look right either...

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