scale ?

[n9mfk9]

HI All,
is there a way to do a scale of 027
thanks?

 

[JCitron]

In Trainz the scale is 1:1 or 12-inches equals 1-foot by default. You could always set this to metres if you like.

Now don't be disappointed...

You probably noticed that when you create a new route, you can specify that it is a scale railroad. This does not do anything until you open up the Tools while in Surveyor. In there you can add a new ruler. There is no O27, but there is an O-scale ruler, which will be at your specified scale as you drag it along.

Hope this helps.

John

 

[nfitzsimmons]

O gauge and O 27 gauge are the same scale; the difference being the minimum radius allowed for curves.

 

[ray_whiley]

This kind of question crops up frequently and comes from thinking of Trainz in model railway/railroad terms whereas it is in fact a railway/railroad simulator. One can imagine a route as being to any scale one likes - even five barleycorns to the ell, to go back a few (hundred) years in the UK - but it makes no difference whatever to the size of the models. The best approach in my view is to enjoy Trainz for what it is and take full advantage of the enormous space offered compared with even the largest model railway/railroad.

If thinking in a non-standard modelling scale is really important, the answer would be to make a measuring spline in GMax or Blender. I've just made - because I needed them - two splines (visible only in Surveyor) which place a marker every five or ten metres, to help with accurate spacing of assets like street or platform lamps, tram poles, etc. I will upload these to the DLS when I've taken screenshots.

Speaking of screenshots (and way off topic, I know) I've also made what I call a Photostage for taking screenshots of individual models without needing to create a background or seeing grid lines etc. It's a simple platform 100 metres square, with a background dividing it into two halves, one plain for buildings etc., the other with a length of updating track for rolling stock.

Ray

 

[TimBurr]

If I understand correctly of how Trainz uses scales, the only thing that is affected is the measurement of the ruler. Right ? or not?

 

[ray_whiley]

Correct. It does not matter what scale you choose to apply to a route, everything remains the same size, it is only your perception that changes. So there is no point really in thinking of a route other than as a full-size railway/railroad.

There are model railway/railroad simulators available - certainly in the UK - which use a particular maker's ready-to-run models, track etc. and these of course can be thought of in scale terms - but they do not have the flexibility of Trainz in either size of layout or choice of models.

Ray