A method and apparatus for producing predictive performance and capacity information employing a type of factory to reduce the ongoing cost of providing simulation models to answer questions raised by the various business entities is provided. The heat treatment includes sintering and post-annealing. The normalized intensity values of the illuminated pixels may be determined by computing an x-fraction and a y-fraction, representing the distance in the x-direction and y-direction between a sample origin point in a corner of the four-pixel grouping and the closest corner of a region covered by the mathematical origin or endpoint corrected for the thickness of the line segment. By electrically powering winch cable lengths, plus electrically powering the walkway wheels, the dock can be relocated horizontally and vertically and maintain a relative desired position in relation to a moving shoreline.