Keeping new track pieces out of database

[landnrailroader]

Random type error

Okay, I am laying a 4 degree curve, using mtracks, on a gradient of .54%. The pieces seen in the image are 5 degree pieces, i.e. 4 degree curve, 5 degree angle. There are 2 to the right which joined perfectly, but now this 3rd one wants to join a little off laterally and vertically. I can correct this with the translation process, using very small increments and I know that once I do that, most likely a passing train will go smoothly, but is there some trick to this, to make the pieces snap together correctly. I noticed a comment in the forum about this issue with road pieces, and yes, another piece, different type, seems to do okay, but it seems kind of random to have two pieces line up correctly and then a third does not?

J. H. Sullivan

[eric]

Be warned that the qdirection translation/rotation process wasn't really intended for track. I've had zigs and zags occur in the TDB using that to adjust for tiny differences.

I suspect (but can't prove) there's a small precision difference in TSRE that's off by a thousandth or less which results in those left-right discrepancies.

[landnrailroader]

I figured it was something like that but it makes me feel better to know that someone with more experience has seen it too. I got a call from the docent coordinator a few hours ago. He was just confirming that I intended to be out there by Friday afternoon but he also confirmed that I have a Chama-Osier-Antonito run on July 5 as I requested. Another docent also requested the same trip (family members coming to ride) so there will be two docents on that trip. Not a bad thing, both of us will never see 80 again. I'll be inoculating my 3rd great-grandson as I think I mentioned earlier.

Jerry

[landnrailroader]

Error (i guess) in track viewer

Checking for issues in the route I was adding, I started a path a few miles east of Great Falls and when I selected
the correct direction for it to take, it quickly threaded through the rat's maze of track in the town and started out
the branch line to the west and got several miles. Then it came to this wye. Passed the first turnouit okay but will
not go beyond this point. I have checked and there is no visible break in the database path at this point so??

In doing this I did notice a few stray pieces of track nowhere near any track that was being laid and I remember
some comments about that. No hurry, I am out of here to New Mexico at daybreak tomorrow and won't be back
on this until July 12.

Jerry Sullivan