Originally Posted by Moonman:
Originally Posted by Pingman:
Originally Posted by William 1:
Just build the thing. I've built layouts using Ross. I know it works. Get two 072 half straights and a cutting wheel. Ridiculous all this computer crap. You buy your switches. You buy the curves with a couple extra. You buy the long straights with a couple extra, You lay out the track, cut it to fit and make it work.
The pebble in my shoe re computerized layout design is that most users and designers habitually use simple 90 degree corners. IMO, it's much more attractive to use larger radii at the beginnings and ends of curves, instead of the typical sharp curve resulting from putting identical curved radii sections end to end.
Creating easements is not really a beginner's technique. Cut the guy a little slack.
From one Carl to another Carl, I had deleted the last sentence of William1's post to "cut the guy some slack." Not being a user of computerized layout design, I'm ignorant of the difficulties of creating easements. If I rubbed anyone the wrong way by my "pebble in the shoe" remark, I regret the phrasing of the point I was trying to make.
