Scale

[funnnyfarm]

When creating a new route I do real scale. I have a question about grade. Am I wright in assuming that the feet are in 10th and that with length is the grade? Thanks funnnyfarm

 

[nicky9499]

The number in the gradient setting is in percent. 1 percent means that for every 100m you travel horizontally, you gain 1m vertically. Here's a handy conversion table. When you build a route in real scale everything is 1:1, there are no tenths anywhere.

Cheerio,
Nicholas

 

[norfolksouthern37]

since it is a gradient, it doesnt have to be in any specific unit. 1 in 100 meters is the same as 1 in 100 feet or miles etc.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Is the gradient in height meters, per 100 meters length ?

No wonder I was having problems ... I was using Imperial (non-metric)

 

[cascaderailroad]

So if Gradients in Trainz are metric (as are all other measurements in Trainz) if you want to lay a 2.6% grade (2.6 feet of rise, per 100 feet of track) what is the metric equivalent ?

 

[narrowgauge]

Cascade

2.6 metres per 100 metres of track. It is a ratio and applies in the same way to any measuring systems. Your figures would give you a 2.5% grade

Peter

 

[rweber95]

One last time, grade is a ratio. It doesn't matter what the units of measurement are as long as you use the same for each dimension. Grade is the ratio of rise divided by length.

Bob Weber

 

[cascaderailroad]

It really does work out the same.

I measured out 2 tracks ... one 100m long ... and one 30.48m long (100 feet)

Applied a 2.6% grade to each, and they were the same angled gradient.

(the Imperial ruler is flawed, use Metric)
Use a metric/imperial conversion chart: http://www.worldwidemetric.com/measurements.html

 

[narrowgauge]

Bob

You missed something off the end. Grade = (Rise/length) x 100. Sorry to be picky.

Cascade

Once you get used to the metric system you will find that it is easier to use than the Imperial system. Everything is 100 times greater or smaller than the the value next to it . Micrometre > Millimetre > Centimetre > Metre > Decimetre > Kilometre. Decimetre is not often used

For interest sake Kilometre is pronounced as kil-OH-metre not kil-OM-etre

I was involved in this when Australia changed from Imperial to Metric, that was fun!

Peter

 

[ray_whiley]

Peter - as the unit is the metre, and kilo means 1000, the (linguistically) correct pronunciation would be KILO-metre, like CENTI-metre, MILLI-metre and so on. Of course, other pronunciations are accepted as correct in different countries, and that is just proof that language is living and developing.

Yes, decimetre is not often used. But decilitre is alive and well in recipes written in French.
Ray

 

[narrowgauge]

Ray

My rather clumsy attempt of indicating the correct pronunciation agrees with yours. We use 'Kilogram' correctly why do people want to accentuate the O as in 'tOMato' in 'kilometre', I have no idea.

Peter

 

[rweber95]

And in the American armed services a kilometer is a 'click'. Go figure.

Bob Weber

 

[KingConrail76]

Common pronunciation = "ki-lom-it-er", but hey, I speak American. :hehe: