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Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:06:48 GMT
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Are there any web pages which have a study of how to line up Lego train
layouts with diagonal track?
That is, I want a little more freedom in my layout than forcing it to
always use ninety-degree curves and parallel/perpendicular tracks, but
I've found that if I try to be *too* freeform, nothing lines up and I
end up with two-inch gaps between the pieces I'm trying to connect.
If someone else has already done the math for how to make curves using
one, two, or three pieces of standard 22.5-degree curved track and then
get the track to line up properly and snap together firmly without
having to rely on any 'wiggle room,' that would be a great help to me!
Thanks!
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Message has 6 Replies:
 | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) It's pretty much impossible actually. I'd like to be able to just side-step a track in by one straight's length (16 studs) for a layout, but the only way to do it with correct geometry is to branch it in with a point and leave the straight-on (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) See the resources in the header of the newsgroup, in particular the .tdl layouts available at the train depot. Doodle your design in Track Designer to see if it works first and you'll reduce your frustration. Now to your particular question, (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) If you're trying to keep things squared up, the two magic numbers are 7 and 11. which is to say, a corner that keeps straights lined up with the normal Lego geometry can be one of 3 things: 4 curves 1 curve, 11 straights, 3 curves 2 curves, 7 (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) Here's some examples of non-standard connections I have played around with. All of these line up in Track Designer: (URL) if these links line-wrap. Folder is here when moderated, with TDL files: (URL) well. Tim Strutt (21 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| This has been an absolutely great thread, just packed with helpful ideas and findings (even some good track designs to get people thinking! Anyone want to volunteer to write up a summation and share it with Cary so it might get into the FAQ? Thanks (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) I now this is an old thread but I was doing a search on attaching curved track to base plates and had something to add to this thread. I have a Brickshelf folder that I have not updated with current studies and layouts recently. But I have (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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