On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 23:00:09 +0000, Bill Hails wrote:

> Tyler Eaves wrote:
> 
>> One suggestion: The frets on a guitar get furthur apart as you go up the
>> neck.
> 
> but sleepers stay the same distance apart :-), the result
> is a compromise/average:
> 
>         #local C = StringLength / 96;
>         #local N = NumFrets;
> 
>         #declare NextFret = function(n, l) {
>             (n * (l - C) + (N - n) * (l * (23/24))) / N
>         }
> 
> and in the loop:
> 
>         #local I = 0;
>         #local Pos = StringLength;
>         #while (I < NumFrets)
>             #local Pos = NextFret(I, Pos);
>             ...

Hrrm, most be the perspective de-emphasizing it. My current project is
actually related. It's a model of an 1890's Baldwin locomotive. I happened
to stumple across some plans, and while I may not model it prefectly (Two
reasons: One, the plans are are a rather low-res JPEG, and 2: They're
missing lots of the smaller details), I am shooting to get all the major
proportions and measurements within an inch or 4.

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