I've had to re-install windows xp after some hard drive coruption and now when I try to run cadrail I get an error message that it cannot find the license...
... and ... I ... Hi Tom i am running CR ver 9, and I installed ver 8 from a CD, but the last downloadable up date was ver. "crud802.exe". Cadrail 9 license...
Hi i am having a problem with the 3-D view, some of the track lines continue off my drawing into "infinity". i can go back to the plan, delete and redraw the...
Hi all, I apologize, in advance, but I am embarrassed to tell you that I have spent almost four hours trying to draw a spiral easement into a circular curve. I...
Well thanks for the sympathies, with a little help from Tom at Sandia I've found my original installation Exe - in my case cr8.exe. Unfortunately when I try...
In a message dated 2/7/2008 1:50:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tebeeb@... writes: So I tried extracting the files manually to a directory on my machine...
Many thank yous to Joe Brann, who gave me just enough information for me to solve my issues. I was approaching the spiral between tangents with an arc...
Have had this problem for a long time. If you happen to push the "show all objects" button all you will see is a line and it seems you whole drawing has...
The extra lines in the 3d view (only) is caused by some spirals drawing wrong. It has been corrected in version 9.05. Monty, yes, you can have a giant object...
For anyone following this thread, after looking at the drawing, the problem is that some of Cadrails features are not available in DXF, or Autocad (ie spirals)...
John, ... 2. Offset, 1/2 inch 3. Circular curve radius, 22 inches<<<< You left out Delta, the angle between the tangents. See the picture in Cadrail Manual,...
... If you're getting to the point of building a spiral roadbed, you can take the center line of your spiral track that CadRail's drawn and offset it on each...
I want to express my thanks to all of you who helped me solve my spiral easement issues. Thanks to the generous input from members of this forum, Tom, and a...
In <47AC84E9.7060505@...>, on 02/08/2008 ... What I did was to use "Spiral between tangents with arc" in Cadrail to give me the arc center and TS and...
Thanks to Joe for comments. However, I still have a problem with this subject, and have never been able to figure out the general spiral easement problem in...
Go to the NMRA data pages; half inch offset is way too much. It should be more like one eighth ... From: jrc say 7/16 in. The desire is to draw a spiral from...
In a message dated 2/8/2008 1:05:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrchaff@... writes: I like to set some specific offset between the straight and the curve...
John, You are still leaving out DELTA ! You want an offset from the arc to the tanget to be a specific amount. Fine. No problem. Here is your problem: What is...
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... amount. Fine. ... of the ... offsets, but ... vars has ... variables does ... against the ... this ... somewhere ... 2) a ... offset ... 7/16 in. ... and...
Huh? Whoops, sorry bout that previous message, got away somehow. And I had done such an nice write up. Oh well now you get the condensed version. :) I uploaded...
I am grateful for the suggestions, but still mightily confused. Ernie, and others, suggest using the 'spiral between tangents with arc ... Somehow I am missing...
In a message dated 2/9/2008 2:04:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrchaff@... writes: Somehow one must construct another 'tangent' to use the 'spiral ...
The problem is that you are hung up on the curve. For example consider a 90 degree curve (an easy case). Draw the two intersecting tangents (no curve at this...
Help I am wondering how long it should take to load the 3-D view of a cadrail drawing. Mine takes about 4 minutes to load up. The drawing size is about 1.5...
Jim, Only two things really affect speed. The processor and RAM. More RAM will provide more speed. I recommend at least 1 Gb RAM. 64MB on a video card is low...
