Platform Clipping
"Platform Clipping" is a parameter in the scenery file that allows a platform to be placed close to adjacent track links, and have the platform clipped so that it does not overlap the adjacent track.
Platform without clipping: overlaps adjacent line:
![](/UpImages/docs/versions/clip2.png)
Same platform with clipping parameter: note how platform clipped to avoid track overlap.
![](/UpImages/docs/versions/clipped.png)
To enable, platform clipping, modify the scenery file by adding the "TrackClip" parameter as below:
Name Linear Platform L (10 Metres)
LINEAR
Track2
Skin "platforms.bmp"
TrackClip 60
## Platform Face
Fill -52/-3/35 -330/-3/35 @0.495,0.375
Fill -46/-3/35 -52/-3/35 @0.87,0.9
fill -46/-3/26 -46/-3/35 @0.495,0.375
fill -55/-3/-10 -55/-3/26 @0.125,0.25
The TRACKCLIP parameter specifies the distance from the adjacent line's centre-line that the platform clips at.
Note
- "Clipped" platforms take significantly longer to generate than non-clipped platforms.
- You may prefer to have "Clipping" and "Non-Clipping" versions of the same scenery model in order to avoid the extra generation time, except where it is needed.
- TrackClip can be applied to other linear scenery items besides platforms.
- The clipping mode is relatively simple - to avoid really long generation time - so will not cope with extreme conditions. You still need to use appropriate node positions and choose appropriate platform width sizes.
TrackClip Parameter
![](/UpImages/docs/versions/clip line2.png)
The platform is clipped by the dashed red line.
The red arrows indicate the offset of the dashed line from the centre line of the adjacent track - this is the clipping parameter.
Version 110
MRG 12/12/2015 14:09:23