I'm posting to ask if xtrkcad ver 4.x will run under Windows 7 home edition or if I need the professional version with the xp emulator?
Hi from Belgium,.
sorry, it's a question in your post, did you have a link for xtrkcad or a web address.
When I look after this xtrkcad address I find a whole list of avaible program; which one is the good one?
Thanks.
Marc
Marc_Magnuslink for xtrkcad
http://www.xtrkcad.org/Wikka/HomePage
Is this the link you are looking for?
As for the OP's question, I can't help, I dont run windows.
-Cahrn
I'll try and say this tactfully.
XtrkCad is an Open Source Software project that is developed on a totally volunteer basis. You paid nothing for the software, and neither did anybody else. There is not a paid staff to be assigned to check XtrkCad for compatibility with Windows 7. Most of the XtrkCad volunteers seem to run a version of Linux on their machines rather than Windows.
Despite all this, the odds of at least one of the group wanting to try XtrkCad on Windows 7 (which they have to buy personally) are probably pretty good. I would expect a report out in a month or so. In the meantime, if you would be willing to test XtrkCad on Windows 7 (since you apparently already have Windows 7) and report back, the community would be very grateful.
Since the latest versions of XtrkCad seem to run on Vista pretty well, and Windows 7 is supposed to be very similar to Vista in most key respects, I would expect XtrkCad to function pretty much the same as it does on Vista. Why don't you give it a whirl?
The XtrkCad users group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XTrkCad/
from an XP and Linux user
Fred W
The question is for a computer build that I've held up pending the release of Win 7. Per Newegg earlier today, Win 7 home oem was $109, win 7 professional was $149. Xtrk is the only legacy program for which I have concerns. $40 is a nice passenger car.
SInce I already have Windows 7, I used the simple expedient of downloading the latest XtrkCad and installing it. It loads up and I was able to draw some track pieces, so I assume it is working fine.
I'm even using the 64 bit version of Win7, so if it works on my system, it should work with 32 bit.
--Randy
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Exactly what I wanted to hear!
Thanks Randy.
Windows 7 was not even officially released until October 22nd, so it's possible that no one even has a copy yet to test with xtracad.
I have a pre-release Home Premium version of Windows 7 but not xtracad, and I haven't ran into any problems with the software that I do use. The final release will no doubt be quite different than the evaluation copy.
rrinker SInce I already have Windows 7, I used the simple expedient of downloading the latest XtrkCad and installing it. It loads up and I was able to draw some track pieces, so I assume it is working fine. I'm even using the 64 bit version of Win7, so if it works on my system, it should work with 32 bit. --Randy
Randy
That's very good to hear. Historically, the hardest parts of XtrkCad to get to run properly on a new OS (Vista, Mac) have been printing, accessing libraries, and occasionally displays and fonts - based on messages in the Yahoo users group I referenced. Since W7 uses the same driver scheme as Vista, drivers should not be an issue. And places where files are stored seems to be the same from Vista to W7, which also bodes well.
The volunteer support model seems to have worked well for the past few years. Since being given permission to fork the 3.04 source code under OSS auspices, the software has advanced. Track and structure libraries are constantly being updated and added to by members of the users group. And successfully porting XtrkCad to the Mac has also occurred because of some dedicated volunteers.
thanks for your help
fwrightHistorically, the hardest parts of XtrkCad to get to run properly on a new OS (Vista, Mac) have been printing, accessing libraries, and occasionally displays and fonts - based on messages in the Yahoo users group I referenced. The volunteer support model seems to have worked well for the past few years. Since being given permission to fork the 3.04 source code under OSS auspices, the software has advanced. Track and structure libraries are constantly being updated and added to by members of the users group. And successfully porting XtrkCad to the Mac has also occurred because of some dedicated volunteers.
Historically, the hardest parts of XtrkCad to get to run properly on a new OS (Vista, Mac) have been printing, accessing libraries, and occasionally displays and fonts - based on messages in the Yahoo users group I referenced.
I have a simple MacBook with OS10.5 (updated for free recently by my local Apple store) and 2GB, and have been watching the progress of the XtrkCad "team" in getting it onto the Mac, but reading the current messages in the yahoo group leads me to believe that it's still not there. They talk about X11, what's that, anyway?
Fred Wright wrote me in a PM that "I got the impression from the Yahoo group that XtrkCad installs and runs on the Mac only under X11. I think (again I don't know for sure) that X11 is some kind of programming environment only available on the last release or two of Mac OS - I gather those are the "leopard" versions. Anything before X11 required quite a bit of futzing to get the full install and the software to operate correctly."
Well, I hadn't checked it for a while, so I went to the XtrkCad website, and they showed 3 versions of Mac installs, for (iirc) pre-Intel machines, OS 10.2, and OS 10.5. So I blithely clicked on the 10.5 icon, and it downloaded just like any other program! It does show up as running under the X11 application, but it all just happened automatically, I didn't have to do anything special.
I have started to work through some of the tutorials, so I cannot yet tell whether all of the libraries, printing etc will work, but I will keep exploring and will post an update to the forum when I am satisfied that I understand where this is at. I am certainly encouraged at what I see so far.
Any other Mac users want to chime in and / or try it on their own?
- Gerhard
gerhard_kThey talk about X11, what's that, anyway?
Window management system that originally come from the Unix world, was written to give different varieries of Unix a way to interact with a GUI (Graphical User Interface) in a reasonably consistent way.
Quick description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System
Smile,Stein
I run Win7 64bit and have had no trouble with XTRKCAD. You might want to set the compatibility to XP by right clicking the XTRK.exe file ant open troubleshoot compatibility and set to XP, but, I did not find it necessary. I had a hard time learning XTRK but I am now proficient. When you think it wont do something, it's just because you don't know how. I have a few questions of it yet but it is a better program than some of the expensive programs. I'm in the construction phase of a 3 level 16'X16' shelf with peninsula I designed with XTRCK. Good Luck.
graybear
Try this, I have used it a couple of years now. It was the original site XTRK directed you to for downloads. I've used it for every new version with no trouble.
sourceforge.net/projects/xtrkcad-fork