I originally tried using power towers for supports and building around them, but it just did not look great. A lot of fooling around with beams and frames, I got something that actually worked for me. I might still somehow integrate power towers at different intervals on blueprinted platforms that match the design but it just will be redundant and another way to get around with zip lines. I just imagined an all in one transport network infrastructure plan, but just sticking with platforms for roads and trains was enough of a foundation to work off of, and really the best core to function while while extras can be worked out later.
I love that you have "belt channels" between factory buildings. Looks super good! I wish I spent more time on interiors. My HMF factory looked great until I tried to conform a design inside the factory shell, and I just... Gave up. It's producing and I don't want to stop it! But once I had it rolling and started decorating, then I decided to care about what it looked like. Sure, the belts and pipework look good, but the integration of walk ability and nice lighting? I really should have considered that before I slapped some walls up, hmmm...
The bends were easy. I did both left and right directions a single deck, one tighter turn, one wider turn. Then stacked those prints for the second deck. The hard part was getting everything EXCEPT the foundations to line up and be coherent. I'll add homebrew light posts from blueprints to slopes and turns after placement.
It will be more of a struggle when I start figuring junctions and merges/splits into the design, having to make one item, like a t-junction, between two different prints. Even the 6x6 blueprinter may not be enough. All of my current prints were done in the 5x5.
4 foundations wide. There is an 8m ceiling height from the lower deck. After a bit of testing, I maybe should have gone 9 meters, but it's fine!
I found more pictures accessible from discord, but I'm having problems getting them to post. I'll work it out when I get home this afternoon.
Double Decker system, lower deck for road vehicles, upper deck for trains. Still a ton of work to do, but I really enjoy the result so far. I only have the one screenshot now, and some progress pics while I worked on the blueprints (not the finalized design), but I'm on mobile, maybe I'll share some more later.
Edit: Adding linked screenshots! These are all on my test configuration while working in the blueprinter.
Although it's been sporadic for him as he is no professional, my dad has always sculpted as his creative outlet. His best work being from the time period after we lost my mom. His chosen medium are various woods, but when I had an interest myself, he would show me carving techniques in soap bars and create initial sculpture(s) in clay before attempting to remove material on the final workpiece. I only made a couple things in wood, but I got more into charcoal drawing and music and didn't explore the third dimension much more (until I got into modeling on the computer for practical/machining purposes). I imagine CAD design and 3d modeling programs likely had an impact on the interest in physical sculpture in general.
Vulcanize, haha. All good, though!
Oh man, I love Way Out West!
Yeah, young folks are moving away because they've been indoctrinated in liberal college institutions and lured by a gay communist urban agenda to destroy rural America and bring about the decline of Christian conservative values! Nothing at all to do with capital consolidation and market monopolization resulting in reductions of diversified local markets and diminished job prospects! Increased cultural exposure due to accessing instantaneous global communications and social media? No way that has any influence in the decisions people make about what cultural environment they'd prefer to raise their children in. SmallTown USA is the best place to escape all the scary ideas that exist in the world, like equality among gender and race, and socializing the excesses of the private. Who would want to live in that kind of world?!
Now you have to make a giant guitar for him too.
Wow, thank you very much!
I appreciate it!
I'm still very much in the placing pieces as I go phase, and haven't had to deal with many inclines. However, I am aware that vehicles can handle the 2m slopes and not the 4m slopes. As long as I approach any height difference with that in mind, my slope blueprints will clear. I'm also giving myself plenty of ground clearance and will place my supports under the road to appropriately blend. Then it doesn't much matter if I'm a little higher up off the ground, but would generally like to keep it at around power tower height unless needed for the incline's sake.
I also have bottom and top slope transition blueprints as well as slopes. I can use beams from there to gauge my distances to start or properly position the slopes direction.