Re: Photogrammetric ... is that a word? [TANKS]

[Rick v100 <rickv100-at-yahoo.com>]

Looks similar to either a stretched Cadillac Gage
V-300 or an MOWAG Pirana. Turret looks to be the same.


Rick 


--- William and Melissa Johns <bill-at-gizmology.net>
wrote:

> 
> If you're interested, I've been working on
> developing 3-view drawings of 
> the Saudi "Al Fahd" armored personnel carrier.  I've
> attached three images 
> - the source image, the tracing of the image and the
> extraction of the 
> dimensions, and a comparison of the results with a
> side view.  (The images 
> are 55k.)
> 
> I had to get a bit creative with the extraction - I
> should have used 
> 3-point perspective, but lacking any parallel
> vertical lines (except those 
> of the drivers periscope, which were too short and
> close together to help) 
> I had to cheat and use 2-point.  It still came out
> pretty close, 
> though.  If anyone were to see a 1/6th scale model
> of an Al Fahd based on 
> these drawings, I'm sure no one would notice the
> errors.
> 
> This was done in IntelliCAD 2000, the freeware
> version of IntelliCAD which 
> is no longer offered by the company.  It's still out
> there, though, if you 
> search on the filename "intellicad_2000.exe".  I can
> recommend IntelliCAD 
> 2000 as a replacement for AutoCAD.
> 
> I've been thinking of writing up a tutorial on the
> process for my website.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> --
> 
> "I think computer viruses should count as life. I
> think it says something 
> about human nature that the only form of life we
> have created so far is 
> purely destructive. We've created life in our own
> image." -- Stephen Hawking
> 
> 
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