Audacity class
- Thread starter Darkwing
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I have mspaint & paint.net. Is there a free software that runs DWG files? Or is it possible to convert them to .jpg/.png/.bmp?
I'd certainly be interested.
Darkwing if you want a Free Autocad clone Software
Draftsight is it by Dassault the makers of Solidworks it easily reads dwg files.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/
Good luck on your Chandley class
Draftsight is it by Dassault the makers of Solidworks it easily reads dwg files.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/
Good luck on your Chandley class
Your doing a great job take your time and enjoy it since you asked. One thing that I noticed is the location of the Matter/Antimatter bottles they should be one deck lower so the antimatter can be ejected out to space right now they look like they would eject into the aft torp bay if that is what it is. Other than that your off to a great start. Do you plan on doing deck plans also ?
Darkwing-
Sorry I havn't been on in the past couple of days, but I've been well and truly under the weather.
Going to PM you with my email so if you want you can get a hold of me that way. Email will make transfering files easier also.
Autodesk makes a viewer for .dwg files it's a freebie all you have to do is go to their web site and down load it.
Regards,
Chuck
Sorry I havn't been on in the past couple of days, but I've been well and truly under the weather.
Going to PM you with my email so if you want you can get a hold of me that way. Email will make transfering files easier also.
Autodesk makes a viewer for .dwg files it's a freebie all you have to do is go to their web site and down load it.
Regards,
Chuck
Thanks for the kind words.Your doing a great job take your time and enjoy it since you asked. One thing that I noticed is the location of the Matter/Antimatter bottles they should be one deck lower so the antimatter can be ejected out to space right now they look like they would eject into the aft torp bay if that is what it is. Other than that your off to a great start. Do you plan on doing deck plans also ?
As I understood it, the bottles were the U-shaped structure all the way at the bottom on the Enterprise, and the rectangle with the nozzle was the feed. so when I pasted it, I put a rectangle below to represent the bottles, flush with the bottom of the hull,and another to the side to represent how much more space I thought I'd need to carve out , but was blocked by the current position of the docking port.
I want to fit the rec room, botanical garden, gym, and pool in the underslung section, along with the bottles and the torpedo spaces.
I assume two shuttle bays, Miranda standard, with a transverse bay connecting them, and open to the ship's company cargo bay, and two cargo bays opening from the shuttlebays into the wings for the Marines - one for Marine cargo, one as a vehicle bay. Based on other's take on the Chandley, I'm considering adding a drop-bay to the two hangars, or just to the transverse bay. I've seen versions with up to 5 hangars, and read descriptions claiming up to 7.
I also want to work in a lot of details from Mr. scott's Guide - for example, I used that cutaway to fit in the single large central computer core and the main staircase (properly ladderwell on a ship), and the Aux Bridge wrapping around the computer at deck 7.
The wings need to hold the cargo & vehicle bays, Marine berthing, armory, briefing areas, Command & Control areas, training areas (including the reconfigurable space for acting like a "Danger Room" but with holography limited to 23rd century level - realistic appearance, but physicality only provided by fabricators/synthesizers providing an actual object to be disguised, no forcefields, no "treadmill" effect, etc.).
If I manage the cross-section, I may consider deck plans - I have looong wanted to kitbash the Starfleet Dynamics, Scott's Guide, and Kimble drawings into my own view of the best internal arrangement for a refit Connie, and then to blow that up to a refit Fed DN deck plan. But that's even more ambitious. I do need to fit in a real life somewhere, one of these days.
Also, if I do start deck plans, will I find that even this expansion isn't enough without swapping modern naval open berthing for Trek's opulent staterooms for everybody? That'd mean redoing the cross-section after finishing the deck plans.
This whole redesign came about because i just couldn't see 250 marines plus a whole starship crew on the original FASA design, plus all their equipment, even if using TOS-era reactor-in-nacelle designs, as FASA assumed even for linear-refit ships. Same problem I have with the Karekh, another design I've always liked.
Thanks, Publiusr. I realized that most versions of the wings wrap completely under the saucer, so my short underslung hull based on the Adamant had to go all the way back, and pass through that segment. I figure the wraparound covers the reactor compartment. Any advice on things to change or include?
