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posted: 31 May 2007 17:18

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SimonH
 
Launceston Tasmania - Australia

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Hi

A little help please. I have in essence an 11mt length of single track that  I am going to incorporate into my layout. It wanders down one side of the layout and through 180 degrees and back up the other side. There are many twists and turns to fit the scenery that is already there and its this that is causing some consternation. I have tried using the slewing and transition curve options but with little result. I am basically trying to manipulate small sections of track around obstacles and then moving on to the next little section of track. I have got some of the way by creating many individual templates for all the curves and so on, but I am missing some thing basic re doing it all in one template. Can some one please advise what it is.

Cheers

Simon Handby

posted: 31 May 2007 21:03

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Hi Simon,

  > There are many twists and turns to fit the scenery
  > that is already there....
  > I have got some of the way by creating many individual
  > templates for all the curves and so on, but I am missing
  > something basic re doing it all in one template.

You can't do it all in one template. The most you can have in one template is a single transition zone and a single slew. The curve needs to be built up as several linked templates:

curvy_obstructions.pngcurvy_obstructions.png

The easiest way to weave a track between obstructions is to use the "tools > make mirror on peg" function repeatedly, to link a series of transition curve templates. It is quite quick to do, provided you remember to swap the peg to the next free end each time.

Here is a scruff video as an example:

 http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/curvy_obstructions.exe

Also keep an eye on whether the peg is now at the Ctrl-0 or Ctrl-1 end, so that you know whether to adjust the 1st or 2nd radius for each template (the 1st radius is at the Ctrl-0 end, the 2nd radius is at the Ctrl-1 end).

The video is 3.5MB. Open the file after downloading, you can safely ignore any warnings. Spacebar to start and stop, arrow keys or top slider to move frame by frame.

regards,

Martin.


posted: 31 May 2007 21:13

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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p.s. for those reading by email, the video link should have been:

 http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/curvy_obstructions.exe

(corrected on the original on the forum)

Sorry about that.

regards,

Martin.




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