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posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:36 from: GeoffB click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi All, Hope someone can help me on this one. I have finished a station plan, some time back, for my garden line, but have not got round to building the turnouts yet. The main through double track has been laid a while, but of recent the track has been slightly realigned with more of a transition from the main station to the curve over the viaduct and consequently the track plan is now out on this section. I have taken a series of accurate plan view photos and stitched them together to form the background template for building the track plan to. It is not to far from the original position. My question is, can I nudge the track over to match the photo - I know I can do it on plain track, but some of the turnouts - a crossover with one side of the crossover being a double slip - are on this section that needs to be moved. Can I realign the turnouts and the double slip or do I have to re-make the DS? And if I can - how? Regards, GeoffB |
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posted: 12 Jun 2009 13:01 from: Martin Wynne
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GeoffB wrote: My question is, can I nudge the track over to match the photo - I know I can do it on plain track, but some of the turnouts - a crossover with one side of the crossover being a double slip - are on this section that needs to be moved. Can I realign the turnouts and the double slip or do I have to re-make the DS?Hi Geoff, If you simply want to shift the position or change the direction of a fixed group of templates you can do that quite easily. With the group in the new position, you would then probably use the make transition function to link it back to the existing tracks. Rotation takes place around the notch, so you may want to position that first to make it easier to see what you are doing. Here is a bit of Jing video showing those functions (the single key alternative shortcuts are BACK-SLASH and FORWARD-SLASH). Wait a few moments for the video to load over the image: Music © Kevin MacLeod But if it means changing a radius or transition curve I'm afraid you can't do anything except work on each template individually to align them over a new centre-line. The video below shows the align function being used to convert an existing string of templates to a new centre-line. If they are standard templates it is usually easier just to align fresh ones as required. But if these templates have been customized for your design, they can be copied and re-aligned as shown without losing the customizing. In the video the diamond-crossing is aligned onto a transition curve. To ensure accuracy of the K-crossings it is better to re-create the second half-diamond as shown, rather than copy the first one. The video was made using 091c and shows some of the other changes in that version. Download link: align function video (6 minutes, 8MB) align_video1.png  align_video2.png  For more discussion of this, see these topics: topic 348 topic 349 regards, Martin. |
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posted: 15 Jun 2009 14:02 from: GeoffB click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hello Martin, Many thanks for the reply. I will have a look at the video - bit busy these last few days and this week - will have a look at the weekend. I'll get back to you if I need any other info if that's OK? Regards, GeoffB |
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