On to the next ramp…
This next ramp has an image at the bottom portion. For this we’ll import an image to use and make a ramp section for just the portion that has the image. We’ll then add more ramp sections to complete the ramp at various heights to make sure that it clears all objects below.
Import the Ramp_Yellow.bmp image below into your table:
Add a ramp section just above where the ramp flap is and make the end go to just where the plastic and metal guide below are:
Set the top height to 60 (since we want to clear our plastic and metal images which are at a height of 50). Set the bottom width to 85 and top width to 70. Set the image to the ramp_yellow that we imported and use ImageModeWrap for the mode.
Now we need to build the next section of the ramp. Add another ramp section starting where the previous one ended (you can click on the control point of the end of the previous to get the X & Y coordinates and manually set the beginning control point of the next section to those values). This section is going to be short because we need a certain height at a certain point to clear where a bumper will be added later. Refer to the image below:
Set the bottom height of this section to 60 and the top height to 80 (this will allow us to clear the plastic at the bottom of this section and clear the bumper at the top). Set the width for both bottom and top to 70. Set this section to be transparent as you did for the previous ramp that you built.
Now for the next section, we will end where there is a gate so if the ball doesn’t travel far enough it will fall through a hole at the top of the bumper area:
Set the bottom height to 80 and the top height to 118. This will give us plenty of height to clear the bumpers at the bottom and will not be too high at the top since we have a ramp that will eventually be above this one. Set both widths to 70 and make it transparent.
Now for the ramp and hole portion. Add a ramp object with bottom and top height set to 118. Set both widths to 70. Make it transparent. Since we want the ball to be able to roll to the left to fall into the hole we’ll build, set the Visible Wall Left Wall to 0. Now add a wall object and shape it as in the image below:
Set the top height of the wall to 118 and the bottom to 117. Set the top color to our transparent image.
Lastly, we’ll add a ramp object formed around the outer part of this wall object to keep the ball from falling off. Refer to the image below and duplicate the spape:
Make the width of this ramp object for both top and bottom to 8. Set the top and bottom height to 143 (143 is 25 units about the floor height of 118 which is half the height of the ball object which is 50 units). Make the image transparent by setting it’s image to our transparent image.
Now for the last section before the wire portion begins. Add another ramp section starting at the end of the previous section and shape it like the image below and have it end at the wire portion:
Set both top and bottom height to 118. Set both widths to 70. Make it transparent.
Your table should now look like this:
This concludes part 1 of the exercise for this ramp. Part 2 will go through making the wire ramps. I will hopefully post the next part in a few days…
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