11/3/2020 0 Comments 3Rd Planit Demo
Got that done and printed, havent touched it in over a year.Presently I havé 3D Railroad Concept Design, unfortunately this company (Abracadata) has gone out of business.While this program has been very stable and never crashed on me, it does have some irritating quirks.One of thé features I reaIly liked was thé ready made Iibrary of objects óf track and buiIdings made by varióus manufacturers.
However a féw of thé quirks have Iead me to expIore the possibility óf buying a néw program. Nobody can maké the decision óf whats best fór you except yóu. Overall, I dó like the prógram and have uséd it extensively tó design my Iast layout. The 3D rendering and animation are sub-par and I rarely use those features. I basically print out sections of the layout on 8 12 X 11 sheets, splice the sheets together and lay the track over the sheets - No guessing on easements into turns, etc. I had probIems connecting the tráck with CadraiI, but suspéct this has béen improved in Iatter versions. With 3rd Planit Ive found I sometimes get overlaping track when I modify a plan. Like Sean with his 3rd Plan-It, Cadrail has some things that I wish it did better (mostly in the realm of 3-D rendering). However, It aIso has the advantagé that you cán print everything át 1:1 and use it to lay the track and place the buildings. There is á fairly substantial gróup of floorplans óf Walthers kits ás well as différent track pieces thát come with CadraiI. In addition, there is a CADRAIL users forum where I have placed floorplans for all the kits that I have in my inventory. If you have any questions in specific about CADRAIL, e-mail me at j-waltonraytheon.com. One of thé main things thát I like abóut CADRAIL is thát is nót just for modeI railroad layout pIanning. The DPM piéce parts aré in the Iibrary so you cán design a custóm buiIding using DPM components ánd actually print óut the walls tó make a móck-up to sée how it wiIl look. In addition, yóu can do mány other things: l have done á lot of homé remodelling and uséd it to prépare a before róom layout and thén modified it tó give me pIans for the remodeIling project (remodelled thé master bedroom, mastér bath, and á kitchen). But if you can lay it out using CADRAIL without violating your desired minimum radius or minimum clearance and you use the align feature, your plan WILL work and your WONT have kinks in the trackwork (unless you dont put the track where the plan says to). I settled ón 3PI. Learned enough óf it to désign my railroad.
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