Variable scale

[mikaiser]

I love to create other things than bridges. Often, the mechanism becomes to big and is not stable enough. If I could downsize the scale, the physics of smaller dimensions would be different and mechanical functions could be designed without worrying about - say - the weight of a beam. Also, hinges would help, but this was already mentioned at other topics.

My idea of variable scales is not worked out in any way. I guess, with a smaller scale, things happen much faster on the screen and therefore we all need supercomputers or we accept slow motion shows, so, it´s just an idea. Changing some physical parameters while changing the scale should not be too hard for CL.

(Edited by mikaiser at 3:37 pm on Dec. 15, 2001)

[Tenil]

I wouldn't mind seeing a similar idea, but with buildings instead of bridges, and include wind factors and such...

Also, I would like to see wind factoring into my bridge building, areodynamics can play a very large roll in bridge design.