David1226
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What's The Point?
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Rhinochugger
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Are they too large?Dragging this thread back on track (yes a pun).
Well I have worked on the track diag, but I've found SCARM files won't upload on here.
G-force1
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No, not visible in the folder, so most likely something to do with file type I guess.
Rhinochugger
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Can you dump them into a different format, like .pdf?
If not, start a conversation with Paul Spann (a.k.a. Yoda
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ntpntpntp
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The SCARM file format is probably proprietary, and certainly isn't an image format so wouldn't expect it to be acceptable for upload. You need to export the layout design as an image in JPG format, assuming this is one of the options in SCARM? A quick google says there should be a File > Export menu?... I've found SCARM files won't upload on here.
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Here's how to do it...
http://www.scarm.info/blog/basic-stuff/how-to-show-a-track-plan-to-others/
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Easy; typical engineers afterthoughtI keep looking at that track layout and wondering why
Greg Elmassian
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JPG files have compression in them, and that picture is perfect for compression... instead of doing blue or green pixels a whole bunch in a row, the compression says "do a blue pixel 1000 times", instead of 1,000 "do a blue pixel" commands.
Greg
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David1226
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Ian_S
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Then zoom in and do a "screen grab" - If you have Win7 or upwards there is a little utility called "Snipping Tool"
Take a look - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/use-snipping-tool-capture-screen-shots#1TC=windows-7
Alternatively - press "PrtSc" on your keyboard - PrtSC = Print Screen
Then paste what has been captured into "Paint" or whatever imaging program you have
Rhinochugger
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It seems that you have a reverse loop there - have you got a plan for dealing with polarity?
G-force1
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Of course.
Steam only comes with one polarity . . . . HOT!
And the dirty, smelly, long-chain hydrocarbon shunter is battery powered.
The Devonian
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I wanted two lines, running off my main, to use as storage. The idea was to have two trains ready to run with just the addition of a loco.
I built a tunnel with a stone entrance portal , it is 8ft. long and contains two tracks. It is a dead end tunnel but can be extended (if necessary) at a later date. This tunnel is beneath two larges bushes and is not really visible, except the portal. It would not be a suitable area for open track as leaves and access are not easy. The tunnel, built from roofing joists as sides and laid upon 20" square slabs supported by concrete blocks, has a removable roof - just in case.
This has worked well and has given me a storage good feature which was not possible in other areas of the garden. I have since made another storage tunnel in the opposite part of the garden and a storage line leading to another dead end tunnel.
I built a tunnel with a stone entrance portal , it is 8ft. long and contains two tracks. It is a dead end tunnel but can be extended (if necessary) at a later date. This tunnel is beneath two larges bushes and is not really visible, except the portal. It would not be a suitable area for open track as leaves and access are not easy. The tunnel, built from roofing joists as sides and laid upon 20" square slabs supported by concrete blocks, has a removable roof - just in case.
This has worked well and has given me a storage good feature which was not possible in other areas of the garden. I have since made another storage tunnel in the opposite part of the garden and a storage line leading to another dead end tunnel.
G-force1
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Yeah, I like it. Though my thoughts are tunnels need to run UNDER something. To keep my storage tracks level it will be around three feet off the ground at the buffer end (about 8" above the main-line), and just ground level as it hits the main line. The ground slope there is 1:6.
It'll work somehow. I'll make it!
It'll work somehow. I'll make it!
Rhinochugger
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Of course.
Steam only comes with one polarity . . . . HOT!
And the dirty, smelly, long-chain hydrocarbon shunter is battery powered.
I love it when a plan comes together
G-force1
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Largely down to my poor description. The centre is fixed, though you can spin the object around, so when you zoom for detail round the edges of your 'baseboard', it disappears off the edge of the screen, so whatever you capture has to be low zoom.
That is probably down to the prog. having been written with smaller gauges in mind. Ours are just enormous in comparison to 'N' gauge.
G-force1
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Next 'pointed' question!
I wish to trip a point automatically with a passing train on an adjacent track, as present it is done by a linkage that requires too much maintenance and is a touch unreliable. I have a point motor but am not sure how to fire it. A micro-switch treadle of some sort would probably do it, but has anyone a good design, or better solution? It only has to drive the point one way, i.e. return it to it's previous setting.
question!I wish to trip a point automatically with a passing train on an adjacent track, as present it is done by a linkage that requires too much maintenance and is a touch unreliable. I have a point motor but am not sure how to fire it. A micro-switch treadle of some sort would probably do it, but has anyone a good design, or better solution? It only has to drive the point one way, i.e. return it to it's previous setting.