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by glenjimen
Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails
Replies: 227
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Re: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails

Apologies for the double-post. I'm managed to confuse myself even more! How can the new new rails follow the rule of only being built on a 2x2 grid if the individual puzzle pieces are an odd numbers of tiles tall & wide? Even when building 45 degree rails, you have to first build to 26.5* then t...
by glenjimen
Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails
Replies: 227
Views: 69501

Re: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails

Bone headed mistake #1 identified! @ Yodo You're half right, the angles aren't 30, 45 & 60. But they also aren't 22.5, 45 & 67.5. Revisiting my high school trig (and double checking in AutoCAD) the actual angles are 26.57, 45 & 63.43. IntermediatAngles.png However, the geometry I present...
by glenjimen
Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails
Replies: 227
Views: 69501

Re: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails

So I was playing around with the new rail geometry in AutoCAD and things seemed to be lining up pretty well. track knot.PNG A couple of times I thought I had found issues, but I realized I had made illegal moves, usually straight track sections an odd number of tiles long. If I restricted myself to ...
by glenjimen
Wed Jun 05, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails
Replies: 227
Views: 69501

Re: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails

I think I may have answered my own question already, but I'll post anyway and see what you guys think. I'm looking over these new new rails and they are fantastic! At first I thought the 45 degree rails would be replaced by 30 & 60 degree, but upon closer inspection all angles will be available....

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