ABerms installation & usage on routes.

[Southern_SD40-2]

Hello!

I've been doing some touch-up on a route I have installed and figured to try and scour the library for potential aids in my endeavor. I came across (after finally resolving an issue with A/MTracks) the ABerms set uploaded in March.

I intend to use these to help supplement some of the terrain edits I've made to smoothen out certain 'problem areas'. I am, however, stumped at the current moment in regards to how to use them. There isn't instructions as to how to add these other than in what program to use them in. I have TSRE Route Editor, but I need to know how to install these to the route for use. Is it simple as just dragging and dropping into the appropriate folders in the route?

[eric]

They're not automatic. With TSRE, it's going to be tedious. With Catmaster or WorldFileHacker, you'll need a cross reference file.

This is the file for WorldFileHacker, and it can probably be modified to be used in Catmaster

WFH Bermplace File --> aberm-bermplace.zip

If you don't have a copy of WFH, it's something I've sold on and off. Not currently in the store, but I can probably add it.

[Southern_SD40-2]

Would there be anything specifically I'd have to change to get it to function with CatMaster? I'm not exactly able to buy much as of now.

Or can it read what the WFH File you sent has on it and translate it to its own program?

[eric]

It's been well over 15 years since I looked at Catmaster, so I really can't help much there.

I do know that you'd have to build the CSF file and populate the TrackName and WireShapeName columns with the details from the first two columns of the Bermplace file. Unlike the way CatMaster worked, there's no division or math needed to figure out how to break the curves up since the berm shape is a 1:1 match to the trackshape.

It's an older VB based program, so you might need some runtime DLL's to run it.


What might be easier but still more tedious would be to run one of my versions of TSRE, and put all the shapes into your SHAPES folder. They'll be available for selection without a ref file by looking for "berm" in the search box. Place a berm, and then copy/paste the position & rotation of the track section.

And yes, I did add WFH to the store. It's $10, which will never recoup the hundreds of hours I've put into the app since 2011, but what little I've made off that has gone back into this community or as donations to preservation groups like the IRM.