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Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:37:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brian Kendig writes:
> Are there any web pages which have a study of how to line up Lego train
> layouts with diagonal track?
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> That is, I want a little more freedom in my layout than forcing it to
> always use ninety-degree curves and parallel/perpendicular tracks, but
> I've found that if I try to be *too* freeform, nothing lines up and I
> end up with two-inch gaps between the pieces I'm trying to connect.
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> If someone else has already done the math for how to make curves using
> one, two, or three pieces of standard 22.5-degree curved track and then
> get the track to line up properly and snap together firmly without
> having to rely on any 'wiggle room,' that would be a great help to me!
> Thanks!
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.
thanks,
James
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| (...) 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. (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Are there any web pages which have a study of how to line up Lego train layouts with diagonal track? That is, I want a little more freedom in my layout than forcing it to always use ninety-degree curves and parallel/perpendicular tracks, but I've (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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