QUOTE: Originally posted by jxtrrx I highly recommend XtrkCad. You'll love the price: free. It's not quite as snazzy as the ones you pay for perhaps, but I just finished designing a large section of my layout with it, and found the plans to be flawless as I began laying track. I downloaded demos of all I could find, and actually found this one to be more intuitive to use. One tip if you try it: it uses the word "turnout" to describe all sectional track -- that confused me for weeks. http://www.sillub.com
QUOTE: Originally posted by modelrrern Hello All, I am either not searching the forum properly or there is little information on layout software. After ersasing my new hand drawn HO layout for the umteenth time I decided to join the 21st century and get a drawing package. CADRAL & RRTRACK seem to be heavily advertised and in my price range for a one time shot. I'm a retired mechanical designer and have used a gamot of CADD programs so learning new ones should not be a problem. My PC is running Windows XP with a Pentium 4. Any advice or experiences would be appreciated. Thanks, Ernie
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QUOTE: Originally posted by cjcrescent Ernie; To get a full blown functioning Xtrkcad, all you have to do is go to the registration page and follow the directions. Registration is free and opens the full version of the program. If not registered the program will stay in demo mode and the largest layout you can work with is 4X8.
QUOTE: Originally posted by cjcrescent Tom; Go back to sillub's home page. About halfway down under the first screen shot is a link that says "Please see registering XtrkCad" Click on that link and copy the name there and the key. Now open up the program, when it finishes opening, click on file. Next to the last entry in file is register. Click on that, insert the name and key and you have a full version availble for your use.
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