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In lugnet.events.brickfest, William R. Ward wrote:
> Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes:
> > At NW BrickCon we had monorail track at +0, +10, and +20 (and even a
> > small amount at +30 I think). +20 was necessary to clear most modules
> > since it turns out it's easiest to just run the track whereever.
> > However, if a station is actually built into a module, there also needs
> > to be an X-Y standard. I think the simple standard is to start with a
> > basis of a piece of straight monorail has it's centerline along the
> > boundary between two modules, and starts at one end of the module (so
> > three straights would exactly cover the boundary between 4 modules).
> > Then from this, any offset of 8 studs can be accomodated. If several
> > modules with built in track are intended to be placed close together,
> > more care must be taken because you won't have the space to put in 8
> > stud track segments to adjust track positions.
>
> David Wegmuller worked out a standard last summer that I think should
> be adopted. See <http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=16346> and the
> ensuing thread.
We used that standard at NWBrickCon and it worked great. The example picture he
gaved essentially used a 8-stud grid that has track lying along borders between
bases. But that particular example aimed to keep most straight lines on the
16-stud grid, which makes it a little easier to line up arbitrary straights (an
8-stud lateral shift on a straightaway is impossible without using a couple of
90 degree turns).
Note that the track ends do NOT coincide with baseplate edges. The tracks end 4
studs from baseplate edges. This does not match Frank's description above. The
radius of the curve pieces forces this.
There were only 3 modules that planned to connect to the monorail. Jon Palmer's
Reacharound module had a hole through the middle at 20 bricks high and worked
fine. My module had 2 hardpoints to connect at 20 bricks high at positions 12
studs in from the edge and 8 studs to each side of the centerline. These match
David Wegmuller's standard. The other module (a station by Terri Landers) had
the track off the grid in a way that couldn't be modified to get onto the grid.
But it worked out okay because there is a little give in the track and we just
made sure that that station wasn't too close to the others. If there had been
more modules that required the monorail to be on the grid, we might not have
gotten that module connected.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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