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I HIGHLY reccomend Autodesk Quick CAD 8.0 You can buy it online via Amozon for $37 and it is a very full featured CAD program that should do all you need without going to a full blown AutoCAD package. I started (and finished REV 1) of the layout I am currently building using the Atlas right track software. That was good - but was hard to put in the "things" around the basement (furnace, wall studs, etc) that really helped in the benchwork phase. A CAD package allows you to use "layers" that you can turn "on" and "off" so you can see only the benchwork, or the trackwork, etc. that you want to at that time (GREAT for keeping benchwork away from future turnout motors). I was lucky in that my modeling buddy had already created the elements for #5 and #6 turnouts and gave them to me. We hand-lay our track, so these may not match commercial turnouts exactly. I have also created an element for the Walther's turntable and roundhouse. I'm happy to share - Contact me at rwichmann@voyager.net if needed - HO scale. Quick CAD 8 comes with a great "CAD for Dummies" type lesson book to get you going quickly if you have never used a CAD package before. Note that you can't get the "virtual view" of the layout like in the layout design packages, but that didn't interest me, personally. Also QC-8 is a 2D package, so you have to figure your elevation changes manually. -Bryan
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