I took the PDF document I found on this forum and put it in Excel and added a heat map. Red is bad, white is good, in relation to the number of pieces needed for a distance, thus cost. See attached Excel Doc.
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That's a good one. I haven't seen one with the 'Heat Map' or the many different combinations listed for different lengths. Thanks for creating this and posting it for all to use!!
Banjoflyer,
Here 's a raw print - no editing done.
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J Martin,
Interesting thought to create this.
Then, I was considering it a little more. If I were building a layout with existing track inventory, some of the dark reds may be a "cool" because those were the only pieces that I had left.
I have just adapted to using the pdf. It's ranked in "heat range" order and I use a top to bottom scanning technique.
I'll try the color code and see if it's faster for me.
Glad you all can use this. I find it very useful. Your correct Carl, sometimes dark red is not bad. For example, using all the half and no road bed 1 3/8 pieces left from O60 and O72 fastrack switches in a tunnel. This forum has helped me so much. Felt I should give back!
Cheers,
John Martin(jmartin)
