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Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:28:02 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Cary Clark wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Chio Siong Soh wrote:
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> > Erm, are there samples of designs drawn with TrackDraw to help the needy?
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> That's a great idea. It would be fun to turn all of the old Idea Book layouts
> into TrackDraw files for instance. That would be a neat addition to the release.
> If anyone has other interesting layouts, I'm happy to include them.
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> > I have difficulty getting the curved part of a switch (points in UK) to join
> > up with existing track. It seems that only the straight part of a switch
> > will be accepted.
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> If you press the Tab key after adding the point, it will rotate through all
> three connections. Then the curved part of the point will match the adjoining
> track. You can also click on the point (or any other part) after it has been
> added to the layout and press Tab to rotate it through the connections.
Hi, thanks, Cary.
Tried it, works great! I'm sold on TrackDraw.
Besides samples of track plans, user-friendly documentation would be appreciated
in the release.
Another idea is to have symbols of straight and curved tracks where we have cut
the magic 5 cm gaps (for DCC). So that we don't have to go to another Paint
program to add them.
Also, a part symbol for the train connecting lead (part #5305) and maybe the
speed regulator (part #4548), too. You'll have to think of a way to manage the
wires - maybe get Kevin Clague's help. So that we can have a full picture of the
layout with all the electrical connections included.
The goal is that, we can then send a copy of the complete TrackDraw layout to
someone else in any other part of the world and he/she would be able to
duplicate exactly our layout. (Like we can now do in LDraw).
Look what you have got yourself into ;-)
C S Soh
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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| "Chio Siong Soh" <robodoc@fifth-r.com> wrote in message news:I7w86q.Mu6@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) have cut (...) Paint (...) You have a couple of options here: 1) There is limited drawing ability within TrackDraw so you can (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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| (...) ... (...) No question; the documentation needs a lot of work. For instance, the keyboard shortcuts merely says that "'Tab' alternates the last track added." Lame. That means nearly nothing, much less suggesting that 'Tab' will rotate the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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| In lugnet.trains, Chio Siong Soh wrote: ... (...) That's a great idea. It would be fun to turn all of the old Idea Book layouts into TrackDraw files for instance. That would be a neat addition to the release. If anyone has other interesting layouts, (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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