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Re: Railroad Dilemma
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:14:16 GMT
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Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Thanks, Ben. I am using Matt D. Bates excellent Track designer program
> (I did it on AutoCad for a long time, without much success!), and I am
> trying to see if I can get just a simple switch between the two lines so
> that the current doesn't short anything out. Thanks for your
> suggestions, believe, me, I will have lots of fun! :)
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> Scott Sanburn
Track Designer will not detect shorts created by attaching more than one
controller. It only detects shorts caused by reversing loops.
However, that is a feature that I would eventually like to add to version 3,
so that you can tell TD where the controllers are attached, and which way the
points are switched and then it will show you in the electrical view, which
bits of track are controlled by which controller and whether or not a short
exists.
Matt
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 | | Re: Railroad Dilemma
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| That sounds great Matt, in regards to TD3! I guess my biggest concern involving the train situation is I would like to have one switch rail between two lines or different tracks, each having its own controller. I have a few questions regarding this (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Railroad Dilemma
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| On this topic, has anyone ever tried cutting a bit out of the metal in one of the rails (just on one side) to stop a reversing loop from causing a short? I've been wondering about doing that, and wondering how difficult it is. Simon (URL)Track (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Railroad Dilemma
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| Thanks, Ben. I am using Matt D. Bates excellent Track designer program (I did it on AutoCad for a long time, without much success!), and I am trying to see if I can get just a simple switch between the two lines so that the current doesn't short (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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