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Subject: 
Re: 9V Curved Track
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Cary Clark writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Ludo Soete writes:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Just to let you know that the 9V Curved track DAT file can be found at :
> > http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/parts/?n=4615
> > 
> > I hope you enjoy it.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ludo
> 
> Thanks, Ludo! It looks great. I've been waiting to discover where the 'zero'
> point is for curve track; your choice is completely logical (but I didn't
> think of it).

The 'zero' point is normaly at the center of the part with the y=0 point at
the base of the studs. A regular plate has then a Y value of y=0 (stud
position) to Y=8 (bottom of the plate)

> Now I have to go and make my data match yours.

Whats the purpose for this data?
> 
> I'm looking forward to seeing the points soon!
> 
> Cary

Thanks Cary for the fast reply. But you need a lot of patience for the points.
Summer is comming and i do have a lot to do in the garden. The point wouln't
be an easy one to create too ! But i have to thank you too for figuring out
the point geometry! Also thanks to Tore Eriksson for his C source routine to
calculate curved polygons, witch i translated to VBA and use it in Excel
2000 (won't run with Excel 97 !). It runs good, but need some finetuning
(line type 5 is not implemented, need to create forms to have an easier way
for input, ...).

We (6-7 Flemisch AFOL's) like to startup a kind of club, show our collection
on events,...
As you can read, there's still a lot to do.

Regards and thanks a lot,
Ludo



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  Re: 9V Curved Track
 
(...) ... (...) It's the 'normal' part that trips me up! Consider these parts: (URL) a geometry point of view, these are pretty similar. But (according to MLCad) the center of the macaroni is the circle center; the center of the 2x2 'L' is the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Re: 9V Curved Track
 
(...) Thanks, Ludo! It looks great. I've been waiting to discover where the 'zero' point is for curve track; your choice is completely logical (but I didn't think of it). Now I have to go and make my data match yours. I'm looking forward to seeing (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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