[WIP] Officer's Quarters Interior Project

Captain America · 09-09-09, 10:07 PM

Thanks AVGWarhawk & Nuc for your input.

Well it seems that my scaling nightmare is finally over. Thanks to that pic from Nuc.

Here's what I did for those interested:

I knew that the compartment length of officer's country is 30 ft. long. With photoshop I was able to scale the image Nuc posted. From that image I was able to figure out that the approximate dimensions of the bed/berth is 6.5 ft. X 2.5 ft.

Next, I used the game's model of a crewman for reference and assumed his height to be 6 ft. (this average height is commonly used when modeling). Based on the scale of the crewman, I rescaled the bed to its proper dimensions mentioned above.

Now with the properly scaled bed in place...I imported Nuc's image into the 3d modeling program and evenly scaled the entire image to match the new bed. Poof! Perfectly scaled interior.

The pic below shows you exactly how off the scale was. The red boxed-off area is the amount I had to cut off from the old compartment dimensions. The red dashed lines also show the old wall locations, notice it was too wide before.

Everything checks out now. The proprotions when compared to the command room (20 ft) also help validate the dimensions.

I have to re-adjust everything but its definately worth it in the end. This just made my job much easier and will significantly speed up the project.

09-09-09, 10:07 PM	#11
Captain America Planesman Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Good Ole Red White & Blue Posts: 193 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	Thanks AVGWarhawk & Nuc for your input. Well it seems that my scaling nightmare is finally over. Thanks to that pic from Nuc. Here's what I did for those interested: I knew that the compartment length of officer's country is 30 ft. long. With photoshop I was able to scale the image Nuc posted. From that image I was able to figure out that the approximate dimensions of the bed/berth is 6.5 ft. X 2.5 ft. Next, I used the game's model of a crewman for reference and assumed his height to be 6 ft. (this average height is commonly used when modeling). Based on the scale of the crewman, I rescaled the bed to its proper dimensions mentioned above. Now with the properly scaled bed in place...I imported Nuc's image into the 3d modeling program and evenly scaled the entire image to match the new bed. Poof! Perfectly scaled interior. The pic below shows you exactly how off the scale was. The red boxed-off area is the amount I had to cut off from the old compartment dimensions. The red dashed lines also show the old wall locations, notice it was too wide before. Everything checks out now. The proprotions when compared to the command room (20 ft) also help validate the dimensions. I have to re-adjust everything but its definately worth it in the end. This just made my job much easier and will significantly speed up the project.