For more advice on where to store your model railway, check out our online guide here. The next question you should be asking yourself is what gauge you want to model in? By far the most popular is 00 gauge, but each has its own constraints and advantages.
These are quite often free and simple to use, too. Almost all gauges are catered for and you can search a wide variety of pictures, highlighting what each trackplan could look like if built. No learning curve and easy to use. Lest you think these tools are somehow less effective than software, I used a template to create a very complex triple deck layout design. My time was spent tweaking the design rather than learning a new program. What he said. Hi, I've tried them all.
For a simple "4x8" type of plan most any of them will do the job. For a larger, complicated plan with easements, grades, perhaps multi-level there is only one program I would use. Two "downsides" if you will - there is a learning curve but good tutorials and it is NOT free.
However it has every feature you might ever need to design the most complicated of layouts. I have used the program for years. On my current layout I used it for every aspect including framing and scenery. Atlas makes a great free product, but found that it's more limiting than using pencils, rulers, and graph paper. I realize that this youtube presentation referenced here is not a 'track planning software'.
To underscore what Ulrich said early on Once an acceptable plan gets sketched out, then its time to go to the computer to finalize it or not.
Actually, I find my best "pre-CAD" layout design 'tool' is floatign around in my pool on a quiet afternoon visualizing things. Some of my best ideas, both in track plan and other things like electronics, have come to me this way. That does mean I need to get all my ideas in the summer so I can then transfer to CAD and finalize them once it gets too cold to use the pool.
Though I am sorely tempted to test the water this weekend - it's back in the 80's with sunshine here! I actually was in last weekend on my birthday - yes, northeast part of the country, end of September, and I was in swimming. And no, I do not have a heater. The water was actually up to 78 degrees, warmer than the ocean in the middle of summer. Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 's. Visit my web site at www. Over the summer the developer has let people know that he is moving it into a commercial venture.
That happened sometime in the last couple of months commensurate with the rollout of v1. The free version is still available, but is limited to tracks.
Of course this change come right in the middle of a layout redesign effort as a couple adjacent bedrooms have become available. Noodling on whether to pay for the licensed version of SCARM, or if I am going to have to pay, if it makes sense to get something with a little more power and sophistication like 3rdPlanIt. Best Track Planning Software views. Order Ascending Order Descending. Member since August 61 posts. Posted by gigasaurus on Monday, March 31, AM.
Member since April , posts. My personal hoice would be a freebie. Reply Edit. Member since January 2, posts. Posted by peahrens on Monday, March 31, PM. If you try it do go through the tutorial. Fouled Anchor. Member since March posts. Quite happy with Anyrail. Life is tough, but it's tougher if your'e stupid. Member since July From: Bradford, Ontario 13, posts. Posted by hon30critter on Monday, March 31, PM. Bottom line is that I have yet to find a glitch in the program.
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