Round Hull

[Leosg]

Does anybody know if we are going to be able to make round hull pieces, it seen that only flat panel can be use right now.
Look at the front panel there is alot of gaps and misaligned.

I like to build some round hull (spherical)ships like this.

 

[roix]

I don't know about the rounded side.

If clearance allows, laser cut to have desired parts at the factory.

Otherwise, cutting out triangles solves the vacuum problem.

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J'ignore pour le côté arrondi.

Si le jeu le permet, découper au laser pour avoir les pièces désirer en usine.

Sinon, découper des triangles, cela résolve les problèmes du vide.

 

[[QS] Combustible]

It all scales with size, but there are no round pieces in the game. The Nebulon-B (pictured) was a very specific shape and therefore hard to plate.

 

[five]

There is no actual curved plating and as far as I know (which is little) there isnt going to be any

 

[Solonerus]

Currently, you cannot make round hull plating, however, you can do interesting things with 5-degree welding onto ship frames. Kap did some interesting things with these recently, here are some examples:

Side View:

Cockpit view:

 

[Gknees]

Does anybody know if we are going to be able to make round hull pieces, it seen that only flat panel can be use right now.
Look at the front panel there is alot of gaps and misaligned. View attachment 1335
I like to build some round hull (spherical)ships like this.
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there is my way how i design rounded things

 

[five]

Hey me again. If you want to learn how to do curvature ask CalenLoki

 

[CalenLoki]

I'll just leave it here...

You don't need rounded parts. Just enough determination.

What we do need is support for frames at 5 degree angles.
Makes framing so much smoother.

 

[five]

I'll just leave it here...
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You don't need rounded parts. Just enough determination.

What we do need is support for frames at 5 degree angles.
Makes framing so much smoother.[/QUOTE
The fascinating this is to look at I don't think there isnt any use for it other then the optics

 

[CalenLoki]

That's mostly true.

In theory ball has the best volume to surface ratio. But because all the components we have are boxes, it's quite hard tu utilize that.

Balls may be good shape for flying in really tight spots (i.e inside a station), as you'll never collide with anything by rotating. But there is hard any reason to go to such places.