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Interlinking Routes
The path of a route, i.e. the tracks and switches recorded according to page 63, must be
located completely in one switchboard. Nevertheless, it is sometimes useful to create
routes across switchboard boundaries. In these situations it is possible to interlink several
routes.
Here are different methods to interlink routes:
• Using routes in routes: Assign the route symbols that are to be interlinked as operations
to a single route symbol. The single route symbol is exclusively created for
this purpose (here called “main route”). If the releasing of the sub routes is additionally
assigned to the “off” state of this main route, then you are able to activate and
lock, or to release all sub routes, by simple operation of the main route. The sub
routes can be locked with the main route, if desired. In this case the sub routes cannot
be released while the main route is active.
• Routes as part of schedules: The recommended way for interlinking and operation
of routes for automatically running trains is to include the particular routes into a
schedule. For more details about schedules refer to section 5.10, “Schedules”.
2.7 Text Labels
You can place text labels in your control panels. For this purpose, text elements are
provided and can be used to label switches, signals or tracks.
2.8 Images
It is possible to insert images from bitmap files into your switchboard. The following
possibilities are provided:
Images can be arranged in the background, i.e. behind the track diagram, or in the foreground
of the switchboard. Images in the background can be covered by track elements
or by images laying in the foreground. Such images can be used to display landscape
structures like meadows or rivers. Images in the foreground can cover track elements
and can be used to display buildings, bridges or tunnels.
It is additionally possible to fade out portions of an image, i.e. to draw portions “transparently”.
This is useful if images with irregular shapes are drawn. This is done by