You could also simply add numbers to each pertinent location on the layout, and provide a legend identifying each number...
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
SpaceMouse wrote:I sure would make things easier. But I think getting people around here to follow the plan would be like trying to herd cats.
Something like this would have been a big help when I posted a track plan for critique. I did receive advice like move that track there over to this other track over on the right...after reading the advice a few times I was fairly
I agree it will be nearly impossible to get everyone to follow suit and each new member will likely make the same mistakes that I made. Sticky's have been proven not to work very well and MRR seems to be fundamentally against using sticky's on a regular basis. perhaps because they know too that most people simply don't bother to read them. Like Chip says...like herding cats...
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
A lot of posts on this forum involve layout designs and requests for review. The responses often get bogged down with dialogs such as:
"Why not move the industry to the other track?""Which industry are you talking about?"
I might suggest that all layout drawings submitted for review include a grid legend to identify the locations on the layout. Such as:
Now the suggestion becomes:
"Why not move the industry at F-4 to the other track?"
And a lot of confusion is eliminated.
Even if a person's drawing program cannot actually label the grid, the grid labeling shown above could be assumed. It is labeled just like a spreadsheet (rows are numerical and columns are alphabetical starting from the top left corner).
This would make layout reviews much more accurate and beneficial to all.
Thoughts?-John