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 Oct 10 2009, 02:57 PM
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Train Master  Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 4-June 08 From: Canada (Ontario) Member No.: 164  |
I am really getting tired of halfway through an activity, drop a car off and can't hook back to train because coupler won't work. Happens a lot especially on Clinch Valley, Pocohantas and East River routes.
Activity master doesn't replace car or seems to create more problems. Anybody have a fix ?? Really enjoy all 3 of these routes - when they work Thanks Ted |
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Oct 11 2009, 07:17 AM
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Train Master Group: Members Posts: 287 Joined: 6-January 07 From: United States Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE(smokeytc @ Oct 10 2009, 03:57 PM)  I am really getting tired of halfway through an activity, drop a car off and can't hook back to train because coupler won't work. Happens a lot especially on Clinch Valley, Pocohantas and East River routes. Activity master doesn't replace car or seems to create more problems. Anybody have a fix ?? Really enjoy all 3 of these routes - when they work Thanks Ted You might want to view the cars thru Shape Viewer. It sounds as if the SD and wag file might need some adjustment to the car lengths and size. Most of the time, I have found the Bounding Box numbers, in the SD file, are not correct. In most cases they extend over the couplers. Those need to be adjusted back to only include the body of the car. It should never extend over the couplers. Jim |
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Oct 11 2009, 08:22 AM
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Train Master Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 4-June 08 From: Canada (Ontario) Member No.: 164 |
QUOTE(jrmeindl @ Oct 11 2009, 09:17 AM) You might want to view the cars thru Shape Viewer. It sounds as if the SD and wag file might need some adjustment to the car lengths and size. Most of the time, I have found the Bounding Box numbers, in the SD file, are not correct. In most cases they extend over the couplers. Those need to be adjusted back to only include the body of the car. It should never extend over the couplers. Jim Hi Jim - thanks, here is a sample of a bounding box # ESD_Bounding_Box ( -1.658771 0.054934 -6.04 1.658771 4.780471 6.20 ) what should I change to shorten it? I have never worked with "SD" files before Ted |
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smokeytc railcar couplers Oct 10 2009, 02:57 PM
jrmeindl QUOTE(smokeytc @ Oct 11 2009, 09:22 AM) H... Oct 11 2009, 03:01 PM dgionet Hi Ted,
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