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Re: modeling monorail ramps (TrackDraw)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:31:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Paul Janssen wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Cary Clark wrote:
Track Designer models a pair of monorail upper and lower ramp parts as a
single piece. Do you view this as a feature or a restriction?

...
one possible reason to have it seperate is that you could use the piece for
esthetic reasons.
...
Here's what I came up with:

The monorail parts file separately models the up and down ramps. So layouts
containing up/down ramps have two part references, one for each half.

The toolbar file contains a button that adds both halves to the layout, since
99% of the time, this is what you want to do. However, they're two parts, so the
part additions to the layout can then be edited separately. If desired, the user
can add additional buttons to place the ramp halves down one at a time.

Cary



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  Re: modeling monorail ramps (TrackDraw)
 
(...) Another reason could be that it is not possible to connect any other monorail part between them. All other MR track have a male connector to the left and at female to the right. But the upper side of the lower ramp part has two male (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: modeling monorail ramps (TrackDraw)
 
(...) one possible reason to have it seperate is that you could use the piece for esthetic reasons. You could simulate an entry down or up, and stop at that section. Having a stop-go right before makes this single ramp segment functional (so (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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