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[Antioch]

Hey guys, I am trying to build a magma elevator in my latest fort using minecarts. But since it is going up 100+z levels designating gets tedious fast and its easy to make a mistake. I finally understand how to use macro tools such as DF designator for the ramps, but building the impuls ramps requires me to designate corners and removing the extra bit of track this creates, as the next bit of track needs to be a corner again. Is there any way I could automate this track laying proces?

[fricy]

IMHO the built-in macro system is the best for track designations, I had problems myself with quickfort macros when carving/building tracks. Just record building/carving a z-level and play it back as many times you need.
Also: if you want to build a point-to-point connection to bring up magma, check out this exploit for a frictionless up-ramp design, it needs more space then an impulse ramp spiral, but is -very easy- to build.