Grade Calculation question and feedback
Posted: 21 Feb 2017, 19:19
Hi,
I've been using RailModeller Pro for a week or so and have created about 9 layouts. Overall I'm very happy with it and have some questions and some feedback:
How is grade calculated? I have one 9-inch track section with a .96 inch rise and it's telling me I have a 54% grade. Similarly, a 100" multi-track section has an 8" rise and each section of track is reporting a grade of 49-54%. I would expect something less than 10% (rise / run).
When adding a curved section of track, sometimes the curve is oriented incorrectly. If I hit <command>-L a couple of times I can fix the orientation, but I still have to drag it into the existing section of track for it to be connected. It would be nice if you rotate a piece of track from a connected position it would reconnect it automatically after a 180 degree rotation.
When adding a piece of Flex track I can hit <ctrl>-F and then select a couple of points to connect. That works great, but after the two points are selected I then have to click a third time to hit "Apply". This seems to be an unnecessary extra step to confirm adding a piece of track. If you forget to click that button and do something else it cancels the operation. This has happened many more times than I'd like. If I didn't really want to add the section of track (once in a blue moon) it's easy to just delete it, so the confirmation requirement adds more work than it saves.
I have been playing around with the Baseboard feature and have a question. If I add multiple rectangular shapes to the baseboard layer, how do I delete one? I have found that by double clicking on a shape I can add or move corners, but can't figure out how to delete a corner or the shape as a whole. Hitting the delete key doesn't work and there are no menu options active for deletion when in that mode.
I will echo another persons comment that sometimes it is very difficult to use the auto-add feature to add an additional section of track. By hovering over a piece of track a new track shadow appears, but sometimes I have to click ten times before a piece is added. This happens more frequently the more zoomed out I am, so if I zoom in to 38% or more it works okay. When it works this is a great time saving feature, so cleaning this up in a future update would be much appreciated.
One last kudo - I tried out about 5 other track layout software packages for the Mac and this one was the only one that was quick and easy to use with the features I was looking for. Overall you've done a really good job and I'm looking forward to your future updates.
Thanks,
Alan
I've been using RailModeller Pro for a week or so and have created about 9 layouts. Overall I'm very happy with it and have some questions and some feedback:
How is grade calculated? I have one 9-inch track section with a .96 inch rise and it's telling me I have a 54% grade. Similarly, a 100" multi-track section has an 8" rise and each section of track is reporting a grade of 49-54%. I would expect something less than 10% (rise / run).
When adding a curved section of track, sometimes the curve is oriented incorrectly. If I hit <command>-L a couple of times I can fix the orientation, but I still have to drag it into the existing section of track for it to be connected. It would be nice if you rotate a piece of track from a connected position it would reconnect it automatically after a 180 degree rotation.
When adding a piece of Flex track I can hit <ctrl>-F and then select a couple of points to connect. That works great, but after the two points are selected I then have to click a third time to hit "Apply". This seems to be an unnecessary extra step to confirm adding a piece of track. If you forget to click that button and do something else it cancels the operation. This has happened many more times than I'd like. If I didn't really want to add the section of track (once in a blue moon) it's easy to just delete it, so the confirmation requirement adds more work than it saves.
I have been playing around with the Baseboard feature and have a question. If I add multiple rectangular shapes to the baseboard layer, how do I delete one? I have found that by double clicking on a shape I can add or move corners, but can't figure out how to delete a corner or the shape as a whole. Hitting the delete key doesn't work and there are no menu options active for deletion when in that mode.
I will echo another persons comment that sometimes it is very difficult to use the auto-add feature to add an additional section of track. By hovering over a piece of track a new track shadow appears, but sometimes I have to click ten times before a piece is added. This happens more frequently the more zoomed out I am, so if I zoom in to 38% or more it works okay. When it works this is a great time saving feature, so cleaning this up in a future update would be much appreciated.
One last kudo - I tried out about 5 other track layout software packages for the Mac and this one was the only one that was quick and easy to use with the features I was looking for. Overall you've done a really good job and I'm looking forward to your future updates.
Thanks,
Alan