Track Plan

[Mr Beef]

Hi

 

Is it possible to flip or turn the track plan or will I have to remake it?

I ave moved where i control layout from and want to turn it upside down so it is the same way as my mimic panel.

 

Thanks

Steve

[Chrissaf]

Start from scratch.....me thinks.

[AncientMariner]

Yup, no way to rotate or flip it AFAIKS.

 

AM

 

 

 

[RDS]

I had to make changes recently and I thought I needed to start again.  However, by thinking about it, I was able to re-use quite a bit of my original.  I found a lot of time could be saved by just moving pieces to the edges and then dragging them to new positions and that was far quicker than having to reload.  Of course this may not work for you.

[Mr Beef]

Thanks guys, just as I thought.

At least its only a small plan.

 

Steve

[geochoice]

Look at it via a mirror :-) sorry couldn't resist, ok where is the naughty step.

 

[Fishmanoz]

Nice one geo.

 

Just thinking about it too, if you want to flip or turn the plan, I think you will only be able to reuse your straights.  All the points and curves will need to go the other way so will have to be re-entered from the library. 

[geochoice]

I had to redraw Geominster and delete every unwanted piece of track from the now cancelled fiddle yard. Took my fingers all night to recover. BUT it is all nice and neat now, shows in one screen and nearly all works. Just a couple of tweaks needed, one set of points as a crossover defaults back each time changed and an issue with grey direction indicator but otherwise nearly there. Hooray,

[RDS]

You can get an issue with the direction indicator if by mistake you finish up with a point button icon on top of another one.  Just try moving one of each set to one side to check that this has not happened.  Always slide the icons to the centre of the point and let them find there own position.

[geochoice]

Thanks rds, could well be two icons, they are all clicked into position, I will check that they are not duplicated but sounds very likely.

[geochoice]

Finally sorted the problem crossover points, not sure why but even when I selected reverse ploarity on one of the two point motors to get it to sync the same way as the other it then tried to change both points but returned itself. I resolved this by physically reversing the polarity on one of the point motors. Now I do not recall needing to do this before 1:62 so is there an issue, doesn't matter to me but maybe for others.

[mallone]

Don't forget, if you want to delete multiple track pieces in track planner, if you hold the " control " key on your keyboard and click on the pieces of track that you want to remove, you can delete multiple pieces in one go. I usually delete about 20 pieces in one go but you can do more.

[TonyO]

If I can add to Mall's post, it's not only track pieces but any combination of objects can be selected; they can then be moved or deleted.

[Fishmanoz]

Geo, there's something wrong on your crossover alright.  Crossovers consist of either 2 right hand or 2 left hand points and both are either straight ahead or turned to cross from one track to the other at the same time.  There should be no difference to polarity required between them, they should be the same.  Unless of course you have wired them into the decoder port with opposite polarity?