Fixing Broken Paths using TrackViewer - need some education, please.

[R. Steele]

Someone mentioned a protocol for repairing broken paths using the contributed Open Rails TrackViewer.
I cannot seem to find it here (or at Elvas -- in a little disarray there until dustup is settled) or who mentioned it.

I have tried to figure out how to do this, but I am not having much success. Would much appreciate a how-to posted.
I could use the MSTS AE but if there is a way to use the Trackviewer would much prefer that method.

Specifically having problem with getting the Cajon Pass4 Template to work. RouteRiter has found at least 5 broken paths (came that way from the factory --- no complaint just stating a fact.) and I suspect a couple of more. Hard to read long path names in the AE to see which paths are broken.

(??is there a way to read long path names in AE to see the "broken" at the end)

Thanks.

[eric]

When you open up the path, look for the red dots... right click and look for "auto-fix" and it should clean things up assuming that it wasn't a problem with the first or last node of the path. On a rebuild I just did, there were paths where I had to do this in multiple sections (broken nodes in two widely separated areas).

[R. Steele]

Thanks, I'll give it another try. Experiencing a steeper learning curve with TrackViewer than normal, just cannot get a handle on it!

[conductorchris]

I too experienced a steeper learning curve with track viewer. I found there was no substitute for reading the manual - there are some keyboard shortcuts in there which I didn't know and were stopping me from functioning. (Took me a little while to find the manual as well, but my new favorite search program ("Everything") made that easy once I tried it).
Christopher

[R. Steele]

Christopher -
I broke down and went to the OR site - Learn - found the manual link and downloaded it. (gumble, mumble... gotta laugh at myself though, I am usually faithful about reading the "readmes".)

[jeroenp]

For those not aware of it, someone made a youtube tutorial\



Jeroen

[R. Steele]

Just found your post...Thanks Jeroen, much appreciated.