Re: [DSII] Building Scale in DS2

On 15 Jan 2002, at 12:58, Tony Francis wrote:
> 
> "Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
> >
> > Freeway overpass
> 
> Guessing at 30 to 40mm. Better ask a civil engineer (if you can find
> one, otherwise an uncivil one will have to do :-) )
> 

Both in Pennsylvania and here in North Carolina I have seen signs 
that warn the maximum height for vehicles going under the pass 
was 14.5 feet (IIRC). Of course these are the exceptions, and  I 
would expect that most overpasses that cross big highways would 
be closer to Tony's guess.

I'm working on modeling a small overpass and I've made the height 
about 20 mm since that was the thickness of two foam sheets that 
I was using to build up the road way.  It looks fine when compared 
to my 1/300 Valentine XI's.

> 
> 20-25 feet ? Most cars are 6 feet wide, and a gap of 2-3 feet either
> side looks about right for the road outside my office (although this
is
> hardly a main road).

Around 24 feet for rural roads in NC.

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