Re-calculating heights

[Andrew]

HI David,
I don't think anyone one has raised it. When you have set the height and gradient at 2% and find that your starting point is out and try this from the next track connection, nothing happens.
I usually undo or either zero the height and restart, this also occurs when you want to change the gradient ie from 2% to 2.5%.
Yours,
Andrew

[David]

What happens if you set the height, is that the current height differences with adjacent connections is checked against the percentage that you've set. Connected track is moved up or down with the given percentage, but only if necessary. If the gradient between two points is less than the given percentage, nothing happens.

So, it's like you say: if you've set the height from point A with a gradient of 2%, all connected track is adjusted.
If you do the same on an adjacent point immediately afterwards, everything is considered OK and nothing happens.
If you set the gradient at 2.5%, it's even more within that given maximum percentage, so nothing happens.

So your way of working is OK, simply 'Undo' and try again.

We're looking at a way to create a smooth gradient between two points that are at a fixed height. That should probably make it a bit easier to work with height differences.

David.

[Andrew]

What I do is, after I have the 2 points for the slope and the gradient between 2 - 2.4%, I round the individual track connections to the nearest mm ensuring that the gradient is maintained.

Perhaps having the slope in whole mm rather than .00mm could help for the design. The slope on my layout will be 0 to 130mm and obviously every mm in between.
Andrew