... wrote: Thanks George, It worked a treat! Dennis ... Landscape and then click on the Misc tab and find ... drawing and click to position the first piece of ...
Hi, Fairly new to TRAX and after tinkering about for a while managed to get to grips with the track OK.Quite impressed by the result. However, I can't seem to...
Jeff Geary has sent me some thoughts on the use of TRAX with Vista. It's not by any means "plain-sailing" I'm afraid - I attach a summary of what he has...
Hi, I'm a new member of this group and I'd appreciate a bit of advice. I've owned, and quite happily used, the Trax2 programme for a few years now but I find...
... years now but I find it has a couple of shortcomings. For instance I'd like to draw a symbol for a turntable and I can't find a way of doing this. Anyone...
Hi Trevor, ... You can represent a turntable of sorts by creating a short (say 10") double-ended sector plate with a single track and several exits. regards, ...
Guys, Thanks. I'll give that a try and let you know how I go. Trevor Hodges Warren, NSW Australia Why settle for half when you can have the whole O? ... From:...
Hi Trevor, Can't help with the technical side, I'm afraid, although it looks as though you've received some good advice on the turntable query. At around the...
Hi, I am trying to design a narrow gauge layout (0N16.5) with a small section of standard gauge on it. IS there a way to draw both on the same plan with Trax2....
Howard, Thanks for that. I found it interesting that I'd purchased my copy of the book at the Sept 2003 Guildex show. I must have good timing; the book had...
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Guys, Having done a bit of experimentation with drawing circles in Trax2 I've found that the suggested method of using a double ended sector plate has its...
... I've found that the suggested method of using a double ended sector plate has its limitations. I wish to represent a 60' tt in 7mm. The turntable model I...
Dave, I don't want anything with two tracks, I want a turntable and not a sector plate. A sector plate with one track, as drawn in the programme, only allows...
... sector plate. A sector plate with one track, as drawn in the programme, only allows you draw it at 500mm+. As I said I work in 1:43.5, a 60' turntable has...
Dave, Ok I'll try it however from the fiddling I've done today it doesn't achieve what I want because a single line sector plate is represented on screen by a...
... achieve what I want because a single line sector plate is represented on screen by a single length of track. I want to see a circle on screen. Will what...
... ======================================== Hi Derek I've looked at this and can find no easy solution. I thought about creating two layouts of the same size...
I have just bought the book Track Construction with TRAX 2 at the Festival of Railway Modelling at Harrogate over the weekend. I am looking forward to trying...
Hi Paul, ... If you want better-looking track without the hassle of modifying rolling stock wheels, you might want to have a look at 00-SF ("EM minus 2"). It...
... I feels it will be too time consuming to re-building all RTR chaises ... the path of building my own track ... Hi Paul, I have both TRAX and TEMPLOT. In...
... <snip> Thanks Brian - I was hoping someone neutral would answer this one, and I think you've pretty well hit the nail on the head. In a real sense, you...
... Hi Martin Thanks for the info, not come across OO-SF before. Having had a lookmthat phots on the links, it does look a very interesting option. I have...
Hi Paul, ... Yes. ... Assuming they are recent models (say less than 5 years old), they won't need changing at all for 00-SF -- unlike for EM or P4. regards, ...
Cheers guys for the welcome, advice and information. I have had now had a bit of a play with Trax and also read the book from cover to cover and I have to say...
Martin, I know this might be a dumb question but I have had a bit of a seach, but cannot find the simple answer... what does the SF stand for in OO-SF? Paul ...
Hi Paul, ... It stands for "Special Fine". I invented the 00-SF designation as a shorthand for "EM minus 2" when I created the pre-set gauges list for Templot....
Paul, SF = Special Fine BF = BRMSB Fine These are designations coined by Martin Wynne in "Templot" program. Regards, Rodney Hills ... From: Paul Durrant...
Hi all, and particularly Howard For those of you that don't know, there is a new internet TV channel in the process of launching, www.modelrailway.tv from...
Hi Elliott and everyone, ... First of all - congratulations with that. I look forward to seeing it, although I daresay it will be on a satellite channel that...
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