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diff --git a/app/doc/appendix.but b/app/doc/appendix.but index 7c45c4a..ef4d583 100644 --- a/app/doc/appendix.but +++ b/app/doc/appendix.but @@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ Menu and sub-menu items are indicated by \e{File>Open}, which means select the \ \f{Edit Box} - an area where you can enter a String, Integer or Floating Point value. -\f{FlexTrack} - an automatic object on the ToolBar that creates a Cornu Track element - \f{Highlighted} - an area on the Canvas which is in inverse-video. \f{Left-Click} - same as \e{Click}, used in contexts where \e{Right-Click} is also used. @@ -166,7 +164,21 @@ curves were variously called easements, Talbot or Euler spirals. \f{Error Message} - an error message displayed in the Status Bar (\K{mainW}) accompanied by a beep. -\f{Flex-track} - Prefabricated flexible sections of track used on a layout. It usually comes in straight, three-foot-long sections which can be bent or shaped as needed. This term is also used for hand-laid track. +\#{TODO} + +\I{Fixed-track}\f{Fixed-track} - +These include Turnouts, Sectional tracks and Grouped objects. +They are defined in Parameter Files (\K{cmdPrmfile}), or created using the \f{Turnout Designer} (\K{cmdTurnoutNew}) or the \f{Group} (\K{cmdGroup}) command. +They are selected for placement on the layout using the \f{Hot Bar} (\K{cmdHotBar}) or the \f{Fixed-Track} (\K{cmdNewFixedTrack}) dialog. +They can not be directly altered, but can be decomposed with the \f{Ungroup} (\K{cmdUngroup}) command and some cases trimed (\K{splitDivide}). + +\I{Flex-track}\f{Flex-track} - +Flexible sections of track used on a layout. +It usually comes in straight, three-foot-long sections which can be bent or shaped as needed. +These include Straight, Curved, Easements, Cornu and Bezier tracks. +This term is also used for hand-laid track. +They are created by invoking the corresponding command and dragging on the layout. +\f{Easements} (\K{cmdEasement}) are created automatically when joining tracks. \f{Frog} - the place on a turnout track where one rail crosses the other. @@ -182,11 +194,10 @@ curves were variously called easements, Talbot or Euler spirals. \f{Points} - the part of the Turnout that moves to select a path. -\f{Reverse Curve} - a piece of track which curves in one direction then changes direction without any appreciable length of straight track between the two curves. - -\f{S-Curve} - a curve which bends in one direction and then the other, forming an S-like shape. +\f{S-Curve} - (aka \f{Reverse Curve}) a curve which bends in one direction and then the other, forming an S-like shape, without any appreciable length of straight track between the two curves \f{Sectional Track} - prefabricated track which cannot be bent, split or changed. +A type of \f{Fixed-Track}. \f{Selected Endpoint} - when selecting track for various reasons the selected endpoint is the one closest to the selection point. @@ -196,6 +207,8 @@ curves were variously called easements, Talbot or Euler spirals. \f{Turnout} - A piece of track that allows a train to go from one track to another. Called a switch on a real railroad. Referred to by number. For example, a no. 6 turnout spreads one unit for each six units of travel measured from the frog (the point at which two rails join to form a V). +Turnouts are a type of 'Fixed-track' which includes Sectional Tracks and Grouped Objects. + \b In \e{XTrackCAD}, \e{Turnouts} also include sectional Tracks, crossings and forms of prefabricated (non-flex) track. \f{Turnout Frog} - the place on the turnout track where one rail crosses the other. @@ -247,7 +260,7 @@ or virtual track circuit in a Tower-LCC or similar device. \rule -\A{} Messages and Explanations +\A{messages} Messages and Explanations \H{messageType} \i{Message Types} @@ -265,7 +278,7 @@ or virtual track circuit in a Tower-LCC or similar device. \u000 -\dd \e{Notices} and \e{Error messages} that might be encounter are listed here with a explanation. The \f{Recent Messages} menu item on the \f{Help} (\K{helpM}) menu contains a list of the most recent messages. Selecting one of the entries presents information on the particular message. +\dd \e{Notices} and \e{Error messages} that might be encountered are listed here with a explanation. The \f{Recent Messages} menu item on the \f{Help} (\K{helpM}) menu contains a list of the most recent messages. Selecting one of the entries presents information on the particular message. \u000 |