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Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 12 Nov 2002 01:47:03 GMT
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"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.
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> which is to say, a corner that keeps straights lined up with the
> normal Lego geometry can be one of 3 things:
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> 4 curves
> 1 curve, 11 straights, 3 curves
> 2 curves, 7 straights, 2 curves
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> There are similar combinations for coming off of switches, but they
> have the same drawback as the corners: it takes lots of space.
The 1-11-3 design isn't very close at all, according to Track
Designer. Here's what I did: straight, curve right, 11 straights (5
switches and a straight, but that is equivalent), 3 curves right,
cross-track. Then from the cross-track, a bunch of straights, 4 right
curves, some more straights, and another cross-track. But it doesn't
line up...
However, when I tried the 2-7-2 design I found it to be much closer,
but still not close enough for Track Designer to consider it
connected: 2 rights, 7 straights (3 switches and a straight), 2
rights, and a cross piece, connecting back up to the beginning in the
same manner as above.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) What does work is 1-13-3. It's close enough that Track Designer will consider it a closed loop. You can turn it into a triangle with a 5-13-7-12-4-5 pattern (starting with curves and alternating with straights). Then it's easy enough to see (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) John is correct; it's 1-13-3 that works. Blame my faulty memory, it's been a bit since I played in TD. (...) The 2-7-2 is close enough that it connects physically very soundly. The offset is roughly 1 stud. Easy enough to cover with slop, with (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 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)
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