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Hi all, I'm a small time software developer, and I'm trying to write a little program to make modelling my train tracks easy. My problem is: I'm basically taking straight pieces of track, and bending them, to make curves. I've tried measuring my o-gauge track with a piece of string to get the "real" length of a piece of curved track, and then bend it when I model it in the computer. When I do this, and make what should be perfectly matched up pieces, they don't fit correctly for building track layouts. (I've also tried the shareware program RTS 7.0, but their tracks seem to have the exact same overlaps and overshootings that mine do. Does anyone know where I might find the information on how long a curve piece of track is in an "unbent" state? I've been googling for a couple days, haven't turned up anything worthwhile.
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