LAYOUT PLANNING TOOLS

[NW Modeling List]

I still work in the stone age.
I lay out the boundries in blue pro masking tape RIGHT ON THE FLOOR , and
then use cheap masking tape to lay out the mainline and sidings.

Mark Lindsey




> For my own layout, I used XTrkCad by Sillub Technologies. It's not as fancy

> as CADRail, but got the job done. It's now free BTW at www.sillub.com

> 

> Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows

> Life is short; update your anti-virus software

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> From: "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

> To: "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:24 PM

> Subject: Re: LAYOUT PLANNING TOOLS

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> 

>> >

>> > I have been using CADRail since DOS, it works very well.  The new version

>> > is easy to use once you read the instructions.  I also design railroads,

>> > contact me at nmrammr at verizon.net.

>> >

>> > Kurt S. Kramke

>> >

>>> >>From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>>> >>Date: 2008/01/23 Wed PM 04:34:20 CST

>>> >>To: NW Modeling <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>>> >>Subject: LAYOUT PLANNING TOOLS

>> >

>>> >>Hello Everybody

>>> >>Â

>>> >>As the room is just about finished I have been searching all the usual

>>> >>places for layout design in my small 20x12 space (HO). The more I read

>>> >>the more I realize it might be better to have folks who do this

>>> >>professionally provide a workable design. The old adage "if in doubt hire

>>> >>it out" comes to mind.

>>> >>Â

>>> >>In the pages of MR and Scale Rails are ads for software and companies that

>>> >>design (and build - but that's taking a lot of the fun out of it) layouts.

>>> >>Â

>>> >>Anybody care to recommend software or a commercial company that has done a

>>> >>good job for them?

>>> >>Â

>>> >>Thanks!

>>> >>Â

>>> >>Ed Svitil

>>> >>

>>> >>

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