Filling The Gap

[mattm]

Hi all,

I was wondering if the surveyor gurus may offer me some assistance. I downloaded Bendorseys Fly-over bridge assets that appeared in my CM list today, as from the thumbnail image, F/O #3 appeared as if it would fit into a route i work on, on ad off, when the mood takes me. My hunch was pretty well spot on, as with only mior adjustment of the tracks in the immediate area, i was able to slot the bridge nearperfectly.

However, as the attached image shows, there is something of a gap that needs filling:
Edit: These two images show better the problem I have.




Was wondering if anybody could suggest possible assets that i could use fill the gap? Smooth spline on the track fills in much of the flyover, and the plateau/height tool is just as difficult to get results with.

Thanks in advance for any assistance,

Matt.

 

[captainkman]

Perhaps an embankment spline would do the job here?

Kieran.

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

There are bridge supports and abutments under the track-side object menu (the one with the signals and switches). When I have gaps between bridges and tracks like that, I use those to fill them in. Most bridges don't just start out of the ground in real life anyway, so having a structure in there is appropriate. Since they attach to the track, you can get them aligned easily. With a large gap, you may need to put two or more in a row to fill it.

 

[bendorsey]

I've always had a problem filling those gaps. Anything I use would have to be textured and would almost certainly not match the texture surrounding it so when I do put something there its usually just a solid block of concrete which would allow folks to contour the ground however they see fit without the texture mismatch.

If you can't find anything that will work give me a shout and I'll make a version with those concrete blocks, lol.


Ben

 

[cascaderailroad]

 

[mattm]

Thanks for the replies, all,

I could only find 1 suitable abuttment, by natvander, that I have used before. It needs 6-7 in a row, and this is the result:


There is still a slight mismatch of terrain that can not be resolved by using an abuttment, as they end up blocking the underpass, as seen here:


I am perhaps being a tad picky, as although the route is DEM based, and I am using GE imagery as guidance, the route is going to be far from ultra-protypical. That said, the asset in question replaced a girder bridge that (a) was more prototypical, and (b) allowed me to manipulate the terrain more precisely, without any of the issues currently being discussed. I simply happened across it in my daily trawl of the DLS and was taken by the fact that it was such a neat fit for the trackwork in place, and to my eye looked nicer than the plain bridge already in use.

Matt.

 

[bendorsey]

The problem using splines to fill the gap is they have square ends but the top track crosses at an angle (25 degrees if I remember right).

I'll go back and add suitable gap filling bulkheads on all 8 and upload them in a little while.

EDIT: This might be a bit trickier then I first thought;

mattm: please PM me your e-mail address so can send this to you after modification for testing.

Ben

 

[Approach_Medium]

I think that using the 5m grid would also help here. It makes filling in a lot more precise. When I have gaps like this, I usually bury a bridge abutment in the ground at each end. That way, the bridge itself fills the gap. Sometimes though, this completely hides the abutment, so it is not a perfect fix.

CP