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Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 25 Nov 2004 04:16:23 GMT
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.trains, Ed Andrews wrote:
> > I realize that Track Designer has an elevation feature, but are there • other
> > sources of information on creating terrian for an L-Gauge train set?
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> Not really. TD is the best program to come up with a concept of how much • area
> you have to cover, and then I would fill in from there using baseplates, • bricks
> and BURPS as you posess to fill in how ever big a area you want (or can • afford).
> Green paint is cheaper than baseplates, but some of us have amassed large
> quantities of baseplates over time...
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I have to disagree with this. IMNSHO TrackDraw (www.trackdraw.com) is much
better than TrackDesigner. You can put together a layout much quicker with
TrackDraw than you can with TD PLUS you can actually zoom in and out on it.
If you are doing a layout of any size, Track Designer's inability to zoom
will drive you batty.
Mike
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http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
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| (...) I'm happy to announce that TrackDraw now has accurate models for 9V, 4.5V, 12V, monorail, most baseplates and road plates in any color. And just today, Thomas Woelk uploaded a crater baseplate that looks pretty darn good. You can try it out by (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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| (...) TrackDesigner has a (somewhat limited though) zoom function. And it's biggest plus : it will work under Linux (and probably MacOS X) using WINE, which is definately not the case for TrackDraw :( (20 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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| (...) Not really. TD is the best program to come up with a concept of how much area you have to cover, and then I would fill in from there using baseplates, bricks and BURPS as you posess to fill in how ever big a area you want (or can afford). (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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