I haven't heard much activity on this list but I'll throw this question out with the hope that I'll get an answer. This may be a "basic" question but, I have...
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PRINTMORE1@...
Feb 19, 2000 4:46 pm
I use the 7.1 version of CR. This has the flip up/down feature. I would think that to flip down just enter the correct perimeters to bring the drawing from ...
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George B. Smith
wjsmitty@...
Feb 20, 2000 3:33 am
John, once you flip up a wall, it can't be returned to its flat state. Learned it the hard way. Here's my cure for future walls: 1. Create the wall flat. 2....
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John Hannington
johnhannington@...
Feb 20, 2000 4:17 am
Thanks for the good advice George. It does confirm what I learned this afternoon from doing the process. What I eventually did was lay the entire building out...
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George B. Smith
wjsmitty@...
Feb 20, 2000 5:12 am
... John, the email address to contact Sandia Software is: tracks@... The address may be found on Sandia's web site at the following link: ...
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Don Crano
donc@...
Mar 5, 2000 3:52 pm
Have finally found some time to get back to designing the new RR empire.<g> Using 7.11, the layout is approx 20ft by 33ft in a typical walk in E shape. Having...
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George B. Smith
wjsmitty@...
Mar 5, 2000 10:29 pm
... Don, here is a method to change ALL elevations on your initial (before benchwork) drawing in Cadrail: 1: Turn on and unlock ALL levels that you wish to...
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Rich Gosselin
gossel1@...
Mar 6, 2000 12:19 am
Good advice George, But don't forget to back up your original stuff before you start fooling around with it...I've had enough bad experience in that...
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George B. Smith
wjsmitty@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:03 am
... Yeah Rich, that's why I set autosave too while I'm working. With backing up B4 one makes changes (to another filename), and setting autosave, a typical...
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Richard Ismach
ismach@...
Mar 6, 2000 6:51 am
I just discovered (by mistake) that you can leave the 3D window open. I clicked on the main window, without closing 3D view. A while later, when I selected...
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Don Crano
donc@...
Mar 6, 2000 11:20 am
All, Thanks for the helpfull hints! George, never thought about using the fence, worked like a champ. This old PIII 500 handles it just fine, I do have to...
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Kim Wiese
mewzishn@...
Mar 6, 2000 7:20 pm
I personally don't like autosave, as I want to save when I want to save, not when the machine wants to save... File space is cheap and cr files are small. I...
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Richard Ismach
ismach@...
Mar 7, 2000 2:31 am
Don - As you design your new layout, don't forget that internet-based restaurants will soon make your kitchen obsolete - more space! Richard...
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Keith B. Thompson - Sun
thompson@...
Mar 31, 2000 3:08 pm
Hi, Has anyone had any problems generating .dxf files and then importing them into some other cad program. I sent a .dxf file to someone and all of the lines...
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Drew Dubler
drucifer@...
Apr 4, 2000 9:26 am
Virtual Railroading! What is it? My definition: The ability to operate a railroad on a virtual layout that is on a network (e.g. Internet) by group (online)...
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Todd 'Hari' Bergland
tbergland@...
Apr 5, 2000 3:02 am
I am a computer programmer and I feel everything to do this is in place. If it should ever happen I will be one of the first in line to use it. A multiplayer...
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Wildenm@...
Apr 6, 2000 1:17 am
After reading the previous messages about a virtual railroad, I asked my son Don his opinion. Don is both an avid model and full scale railroad fan and has...
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dramos_1701@...
Apr 6, 2000 6:50 pm
Hi I'm a CadRail 7.11 user and I'm currently running CR on a Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a and Windows 2000 dual boot PC. I have also run it on Windows 98 SE. I...
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Ernie Fisch
ernfisch@...
Apr 6, 2000 10:10 pm
In <8cimaa+v5la@eGroups.com>, on 04/06/00 ... In the words of Microsoft support this is not a bug, it is a feature. A long time ago I checked with Tom about...
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Bert Lattan
blattan@...
Apr 8, 2000 2:10 pm
What is the best way to transfer data from one Cadrail file to another? My latest layout plan includes four modules that I would like to transfer to another...
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John Hannington
johnhannington@...
Apr 8, 2000 3:33 pm
Bert, I'm not sure it's the "best" way but I have had one module open in the main screen and the opened the other as a figures file in the right hand window....
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John Hannington
johnhannington@...
Apr 8, 2000 4:01 pm
I neglected to say that I had to make my module one figure for this process to work. Otherwise, each figure on your module will be a separate item rather than...
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Tom Troughton, MMR
tomt491@...
Apr 9, 2000 3:59 am
... From: John Hannington <johnhannington@...> To: <cr-users@egroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [cr-users] Transfering...
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Ernie Fisch
ernfisch@...
Apr 9, 2000 3:17 pm
In <002701bfa1d8$34c1fec0$9faf85ce@tomtroughton>, on 04/08/00 ... What I do is create figures to move, copy or merge. Once they are in place I delete the...
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David Ramos
dramos_1701@...
Apr 10, 2000 7:36 pm
Good tip! I have been working on my railroad design and I created a parts file. Basicall when I have an LDE (Layout Design Element) that I want to create, I ...
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Nick Kulp
caseyj@...
Apr 11, 2000 11:09 am
I have been trying to draw my existing layout in Cadrail since I bought it. I didn't have CR available to me during the main planning stage but it is still...
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Stanley Seeds
atsfstan@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:04 am
I sent some Cadrail prepared files to a friend for help on a project. When I tried to verify the transmission on my copy of the E- Mail I couldn't open the...
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Tom Troughton, MMR
tomt491@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:15 am
... From: Stanley Seeds <atsfstan@...> To: <cr-users@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 9:04 PM Subject: [cr-users] Attaching Cadrail Files to...
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blattan@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:31 pm
... couldn't ... I've found that mail programs sometimes do strange things with attachments. Try zipping the file. Bert Lattan PS: Thanks to everyone who...
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Tom Troughton, MMR
tomt491@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:02 pm
... attachments. ... Stan. Another suggestion might be to create a web page and post the file on it. Then let others know that the file is there and they can...
