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OpenRail Designer - Create Sleepers

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I have installed the new OpenRail Designer and have tried the new Create Sleepers command, which works nicely.

I would like to suggest the following additional functionality for this tool to accommodate our tie configurations:

  • Ability to create a gap in the middle of the ties (for a drainage trough)
  • Ability to extend every X-th tie on one side (for support of a third rail)
  • Ability to change tie profile (our concrete ties typically have a depression for most of the middle of the tie between the rails)
  • Ability to add plates on the ties under the rails.

Also, just a small thought, could we do an en-us localization of sleeper to tie and cant to superelevation?

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    We should create an en-us version because not sure it is a good idea to change sleeper for everybody. It has always been sleeper. Changing cant to superelevation is the same issue with an additional one. If doing this we will have the same word for road and rail. Sometime an issue when searching the command. To my point of view it is an advantage to have 2 different words. My experience in French where we are using the same word!

    Sleeper command is a first implementation and the main purpose for this first release is visualization. Note that if turnout last long sleeper distance is set the sleepers are automatically changed in turnouts. Not suitable for 3rd rail of course.



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    We should create an en-us version because not sure it is a good idea to change sleeper for everybody. It has always been sleeper. Changing cant to superelevation is the same issue with an additional one. If doing this we will have the same word for road and rail. Sometime an issue when searching the command. To my point of view it is an advantage to have 2 different words. My experience in French where we are using the same word!

    Sleeper command is a first implementation and the main purpose for this first release is visualization. Note that if turnout last long sleeper distance is set the sleepers are automatically changed in turnouts. Not suitable for 3rd rail of course.



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