| | | | | "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> writes:
> 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 straights, 2 curves
>
> There are similar combinations for coming off of switches, but they
> have the same drawback as the corners: it takes lots of space.
This is very interesting... Is there a similar formula for a dog-leg?
1 curve, X straights, 1 curve the other way? What equations/formulae
would you use to compute this? It's been way too many years since I
studied trigonometry...
--Bill.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | William R Ward wrote:
> This is very interesting... Is there a similar formula for a dog-leg?
> 1 curve, X straights, 1 curve the other way? What equations/formulae
> would you use to compute this? It's been way too many years since I
> studied trigonometry...
I don't have an equation, but I think one curve, 12 straights, one curve
will do a dog-leg that is eight 32-stud baseplates long and 88 studs
wide (3 baseplates minus 4 studs each side).
-chris
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> writes:
> William R Ward wrote:
> > This is very interesting... Is there a similar formula for a dog-leg?
> > 1 curve, X straights, 1 curve the other way? What equations/formulae
> > would you use to compute this? It's been way too many years since I
> > studied trigonometry...
>
> I don't have an equation, but I think one curve, 12 straights, one
> curve will do a dog-leg that is eight 32-stud baseplates long and 88
> studs wide (3 baseplates minus 4 studs each side).
THANK YOU!!! This works perfectly! I just tested it in Track
Designer....
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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Consistency is not really a human trait.
--Maude (from the film "Harold & Maude")
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | William R Ward wrote:
> Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> writes:
> > I don't have an equation, but I think one curve, 12 straights, one
> > curve will do a dog-leg that is eight 32-stud baseplates long and 88
> > studs wide (3 baseplates minus 4 studs each side).
>
> THANK YOU!!! This works perfectly! I just tested it in Track
> Designer....
Does it work perfectly or does it go over in length by at least a half a
stud? I couldn't tell from Track Designer.
-chris
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> writes:
> William R Ward wrote:
> > Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> writes:
> > > I don't have an equation, but I think one curve, 12 straights, one
> > > curve will do a dog-leg that is eight 32-stud baseplates long and 88
> > > studs wide (3 baseplates minus 4 studs each side).
> > THANK YOU!!! This works perfectly! I just tested it in Track
> > Designer....
>
> Does it work perfectly or does it go over in length by at least a half
> a stud? I couldn't tell from Track Designer.
It's close enough that TD considers it to be connected, and that's
good enough for me. I used it for the yard design I just posted (q.v.)
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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Consistency is not really a human trait.
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