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posted: 18 Jun 2009 10:22 from: DANNY POSTHUMUS click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
sorry please bear with me i am still learning i have followed the tutorial on the scissors good but how do i join all the turnouts to make it 1 scissors regards danny |
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posted: 18 Jun 2009 11:41 from: richard_t
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Sorry but I don't think you can. All the templates stay as seperate templates. You can group them, using the group menu items and then shift them about but that's all. You can't, for example, snake the whole group. Richard. |
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posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:44 from: Martin Wynne
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richard_t wrote: You can't, for example, snake the whole group.Hi Danny, Richard, Well yes and no.  If you mean snake it along a transition curve, then sorry, no you can't. I could write a function to wrap an entire group of templates onto a new radius, but it would introduce massive distortions and be unprototypical. It may not even work -- for example if you curve double-track sharply you need to increase the track spacing to provide overhang clearance for vehicles. There is no alternative unfortunately -- if you want to change the curving radius through a group of templates you must do it individually on each one, and rework the alignments between them. But there are other things you can do with a group of templates. For example you can rotate the whole group around the radial centre of one of them -- which is equivalent to snaking the group along a fixed radius curve. Or shift them all into alignment with other templates. Or link the group to the control template while you adjust it. There is no means to lock a group together, they remain as individual templates. But you can save them as a group in their own file, and recreate them as a group when adding them back to your track plans. There is a bit of (silent) Jing video in this topic: topic 707 - message 3980 showing a group of templates (a tandem turnout) being added from a file and aligned into a track plan. regards, Martin. |
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posted: 19 Jun 2009 14:13 from: Martin Wynne
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I wrote: But there are other things you can do with a group of templates. For example you can rotate the whole group around the radial centre of one of them -- which is equivalent to snaking the group along a fixed radius curve.Here's a bit of Jing video showing that. I have a crossover and connection into a yard, and I'm wondering how far out along the main line to position it: Group rotation takes place around the notch, so one of the templates is temporarily copied to the control so that the notch can be moved to its radial centre mark. The whole group can then be rotated around it. That won't work for straight templates, there is no radial centre. Instead, you can link the group to the control template, and snake that along a straight line. I'll post another bit of video showing how to do that. regards, Martin. |
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