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XTrKCad issue
Posted by conrail92 on Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:19 PM
im new too the program just got it recentyl and i cant figure out how to lay sectional track i go to the scrooll bar of all the track i click the piece i want then place it where i want but i can only place one piece of it and if i click something else it dissapears, i kno how to lay the flex pieces but not sectional so if you own this program and kno how please help
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Posted by SOU Fan on Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:33 PM
Once you have it off the bar up top, and into your laytout space hit enter.
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Posted by jxtrrx on Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:38 PM
I find pressing the spacebar is slightly easier than enter. The idea is that your mouse cursor holds the piece of sectional track so that you can move it around, then press space (or enter) to "anchor" the piece. At that point your mouse still holds the piece of track, so you can place another one if you want. Press Esc or click on another tool to remove the piece form your mouse pointer.

If you haven't yet, it's really worth the time and effort to go through the tutorial that comes with the program.
-Jack My shareware model railroad inventory software: http://www.yardofficesoftware.com My layout photos: http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a33/jxtrrx/JacksLayout/
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Posted by conrail92 on Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:39 PM
thnx, it seems so simple i feel stupid
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:48 PM
I'll second doing the tutorial. There is a lot that is not really intuitive, but once you do the tutorial, you can do about anything.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:31 PM
This might help with some of your questions
http://layoutparty.disisus.com/index.php?board=17.0

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