AuzBridges

GarryG · PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:02 am

Wallyweb and I started making a bridge set.

The set will basically be common bridges that are in use in Australia and have been seen in other parts of the world.

It a steel girder bridge commonly seen in many countries. The railways never to my knowledge paint their bridges .. hence the rusty look.

The Road Traffic Authority painted their bridges with a grey rust proof paint .. hence the grey road bridges. The road bridges can be placed side by side as shown here so look good for busy highways.

I tested it with Total Bridge Renewal and Urban Transit System Bridge and placed it after both of these and it works fine. Did not work when I placed it before them.

This issue only has one bridge at the moment .. the steal girder bridge.

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I tested it with NuTracks and unfortunate there is a white dot top of ramp not noticed when making the set. Haven't tested at moment with other track sets see if same problem.

CREDITS:

"AuzBridges"
"GarryG's Australian Bridge Set"
"© 2016 GarryG"
"Coded by Walter Bamberger (wallyweb)"
"Code suggestion by OzTrans"
"Bridge tables by FooBar"

also had help from Quast65 for finding faults for us during construction.

Visit http://www.simuscape.net/simutalk/viewt ... &start=520 for more info.

Those who like to try:

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GarryG · PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:16 am

Other bridges in the pipeline:

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The bridge with the trestles .. The trestles will be objects that can be placed under the bridge to get that effect.

GarryG · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:27 am

Found a few problems with the steel girder rail bridge.

Problem with the pillars at each end of the bridge when it is more then 1 level higher.

And the catenary poles sticks out the bottom of the bridge .. which means the bridge isn't wide enough.

Default bridges and TBR sets are 20 pixels wide. Mine is only 14 wide. So need to buy some more steal to widen it.

EDIT:

I got my thinking cap on .. my steal girder bridge based on this design.

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What if I leave the tracks narrow like they are, but only widen the pillars and the steal girder sections. As can see by this pic the girders are wider then the rails.

Maybe could make pillars default width of 20 if like.

STD · PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:50 pm

Gorgeous set of bridges. I really like it. Looking forward to the next update. I wish you luck and success in development. Well done. :))

What types of bridges are you planning to add? How many bridges? These bridges will be replaced as standard with the same restrictions on speed?

GarryG · PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:02 am

STD wrote:

Gorgeous set of bridges. I really like it. Looking forward to the next update. I wish you luck and success in development. Well done. What types of bridges are you planning to add? How many bridges? These bridges will be replaced as standard with the same restrictions on speed?

Thanks pal .. only plan to make a few types that are in common use on most railway systems.

The steel girder working on now.
Wooden Bridge (2nd and 3rd from left shown above) .. and make the trestle objects (4th from left) so can have that effect if like under the wooden bridges.
1st on left above often seen where railway crosses roads .. brick pylons and abutments with iron spans between the pylons.
Concrete bridges .. haven't tried to design these yet .. These not be very long in length as mainly for crossing culverts, causeways and creeks .. hope these be similar to the culvert in the object sets.

Haven't sort of speed limits yet, but nearly all wooden bridges in my country have a 60 km/ph speed, and many steel girder have 80. So maybe do same. Concrete bridges will have maximum speeds what ever that is.

Hope can use them with the default bridges or TBR Sets .. these will replace the first 5 or 6 in those sets. Hope the Tied Arch, Truss Bridge, Viaduct and the Suspension bridges from TBR can still be used.

See if I can find some pics display her of bridges I like to try design.

piratescooby · PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:16 am

GarryG wrote:

Wallyweb and I started making a bridge set.

The set will basically be common bridges that are in use in Australia and have been seen in other parts of the world.

It a steel girder bridge commonly seen in many countries. The railways never to my knowledge paint their bridges .. hence the rusty look.

The Road Traffic Authority painted their bridges with a grey rust proof paint .. hence the grey road bridges. The road bridges can be placed side by side as shown here so look good for busy highways.

I tested it with Total Bridge Renewal and Urban Transit System Bridge and placed it after both of these and it works fine. Did not work when I placed it before them.

This issue only has one bridge at the moment .. the steal girder bridge.
AuzBridges_SteelGirders.png
I tested it with NuTracks and unfortunate there is a white dot top of ramp not noticed when making the set. Haven't tested at moment with other track sets see if same problem.

CREDITS:

"AuzBridges"
"GarryG's Australian Bridge Set"
"© 2016 GarryG"
"Coded by Walter Bamberger (wallyweb)"
"Code suggestion by OzTrans"
"Bridge tables by FooBar"

also had help from Quast65 for finding faults for us during construction.

Visit http://www.simuscape.net/simutalk/viewt ... &start=520 for more info.

Those who like to try:

AuzBridges.grf

On the subject of Painting bridges , not far from me is one of the most famous bridges in the world , Painting of the bridge is a never ending task until a new type of paint was applied , here is a newspaper article from 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... years.html.

GarryG · PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:05 am

GarryG wrote:

On the subject of Painting bridges , not far from me is one of the most famous bridges in the world , Painting of the bridge is a never ending task until a new type of paint was applied , here is a newspaper article from 2011

Nice story ..

STD · PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:23 pm

GarryG wrote:

STD wrote:

Gorgeous set of bridges. I really like it. Looking forward to the next update. I wish you luck and success in development. Well done. What types of bridges are you planning to add? How many bridges? These bridges will be replaced as standard with the same restrictions on speed?

...

See if I can find some pics display her of bridges I like to try design.

It will be interesting to see pictures of bridges. Waiting for these photos. I think that you will succeed in this project :))

Thanks for the detailed response to the questions. And you now are developing a set of bridges or other projects is also doing?

Are you planning to make a set of roads of Australia (AuzRoads) such as the American set of roads (ARRS)?

GarryG · PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:38 pm

STD wrote:

See if I can find some pics display her of bridges I like to try design.

Never got chance yet to find those bridge pics as had a lot of power brownouts and blackouts here today .. 5 in total lasting a few minutes to over an hour.

STD wrote:

Are you planning to make a set of roads of Australia (AuzRoads) such as the American set of roads (ARRS)?

Not really as the UK Roads are good enough for Australia as much the same.

Would like eventually try do some railway lines .. Basically Main Line, Branch Line and sidings. High speed be shinny on top and slower the speed make them not so shinny to a rusty look .. but that idea is months away .. most likely be in the new year.

Having a few minor problems with the steel girder bridges .. hope have them right soon.

They need to be a bit wider to cater for the catenary and a glitch with the pylons.

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