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Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 04:34:30 GMT
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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

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:15:29 GMT
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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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