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Back for more punishment--track plan comments please
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[quote user="cuyama"][quote user="Gazoo"] <p>1. I heard suggestions of doodling instead of using xtrakcad. [/quote]</p><p>You missed half of my suggestion, or I didn't make it clearly. I also said to take a step back, spend a little time learning about layout design, <em>then</em> come up with a plan (how ever you decide to draw it).</p><p>The current plan places nearly the widest part of the layout at the point you'll need to crawl under a million times during construction. </p><p>It's a little better than the Prairie Dog Village, but I'm afraid it will still be a real pain. (Literally)</p><p>It would seem to me that either of these two approaches would be a little better.</p><p>The first moves one of the loops into the open part of the room, easing access and improving viewing.</p><p>[img]http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/gazoo1.jpg[/img]</p><p>The second moves a loop into staging. You can still have a relatively deep scene, but it allows you to move around the layout comfortably. Believe me, you'll want that.</p><p>[img]http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/gazoo2.jpg[/img]</p><p>Again, I think your best bet is to stop designing for a while and study a bit, but that's just my opinion.</p><p>Byron<br /><a href="http://mrsvc.blogspot.com/">Model RR Blog</a></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Now THIS is an improvement.</p>
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