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====== Turnout ====== | ====== Turnout ====== | ||
- | A **Turnout** (or **Point** or **Switch**) is an advtrains | + | A **Turnout** (or **Set of Points** or **Switch**) is an Advtrains |
A screenshot of a junction using Turnouts is below: | A screenshot of a junction using Turnouts is below: | ||
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- | As you can see, there are many types of turnout. | + | As you can see, there are many types of turnout.The first type is the straight |
- | The second type is the straight | + | The second type is a Y-turnout, which splits one track into two, one +30° and another |
- | The third type, not photographed | + | The third type, not pictured, |
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+ | Advtrains track is available in rotations of 0°, 30°, 45° and 60° from the axis - approximately. The actual underlying system is that there is a track that travels 2 metres along one axis to every metre on the other axis, as well as 1:1 and only along the axis. Using trigonometry reveals the actual angles to be asin(1/2) ≈ 26° and atan(2) ≈ 63°. But the numbers 0, 30, 45 and 60 are always used to refer to those rotations. | ||
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+ | You will notice that since there is no constant difference of angle on the turnouts, that the rotations of the Y-turnouts that aren't axis-aligned are not symmetrical. See the below picture. | ||
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