Comments on: XTrkCad model railroad track software is going open source https://dfarq.homeip.net/xtrkcad-model-railroad-track-software-is-going-open-source/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xtrkcad-model-railroad-track-software-is-going-open-source David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/xtrkcad-model-railroad-track-software-is-going-open-source/#comment-3912 Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:01:35 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1392#comment-3912 In reply to Anonymous.

Yes it does. Layers, elevations, grades… The only problem I had with it was the lack of included support for tubular O gauge track but for all I know I’m the first person to ever miss that. That’s fixable with the custom definitions. It’s a pretty serious package. Give it a whirl and I’m sure you’ll like what you see.

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By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/xtrkcad-model-railroad-track-software-is-going-open-source/#comment-3911 Sat, 01 Jan 2005 03:07:14 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1392#comment-3911 In reply to Anonymous.

Dave,
Does this software allow layers? I would love to put down the layout I had as a kid. My Dad built it.

It was a large "U" shaped layout, with the yards on the right and an elevated section + turning loop (lower level) on the right.

Dad built all the bench work himself in ~1960. Some of it survived until we sold the house.

Hope you are having fun with your trains!

John

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By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/xtrkcad-model-railroad-track-software-is-going-open-source/#comment-3910 Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:56:13 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1392#comment-3910 Here are some more precise numbers from the Yahoo Marx Train group, as measured by Dick Reichard, a mechanical engineer with better equipment and know-how than me:

O27 12.625 inches
O31 14.3125 inches
O34 15.875 inches
O42 20.375 inches
O54 26.375 inches
O72 36.25 inches

He also recommends a minimum distance of 4.5 inches, as measured center to center, between curved tracks and 3.5 inches between straights.

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