Hi Max, Michael, Hamish an all

Max, your script is wonderfull!!

We need only a little bit finetuning to make it perfect.

Michael, thank you for substituting.

Hamish, thank you too.

Now to the script:

Z88 calculate 2D structures and 3D structures.
The different is only a "2" instead of a "3" in the line of the point coordinates
and the Type of the line (strut) is "9" for 2D- and "4" for 3D structures.

The input files in z88 have no dimensions.
We can take it for yards or feet or inch or mm
The load may be Newton or pound or tons.

With mm and Newton like I prefer, decimals for length or load are not necessary.
If the projekt is a big one (the Eiffel Tower for example) the result could be more
exact with one or two decimals in the length of the struts because the dimensions in the background are bigger.

Now we come to the mistakes of my explainings!

Max, you write

== endpoints ==
number of strut startpoint endpoint
1 1 2
2 3 2
...............................................

We need:

number of strut type of strut

startpoint endpoint

1 4
1 2
2 4
3 2
3 4
3 4
4 4
3 1
............

Can we have a little command window with the script?

like this:
------------
2D 3D

decimals 0;1;2;3

OK
-------------------
If we choose [2D] we will have a 2 in the line of point coordinates and a 9 as type of the struts
and with [3D] a 3 and a 4

After OK we can paste it like bevor.

With every new projekt we have to write a headline and a feetline and into a few seconds the z88i1.txt file
is ready.

At the 16. of April I have a meeting with the people of the Bayreuth University at the Hannover Fair.
I know that they look for a software that fit to her Z88. Some people asked for a good and not so expencive cad-programm.
Your script helps me to construct my little sportsplane, helps a lot of engeneers to build everything from bridges to framestructures
for satelites and I hope it helps Michael to give some more licenses into the world.

Happy Eastertime

Hans