10-24-2010, 10:50 PM
Richard,
I'm still a pencil and paper kind of planner. I have tried XtrkCad a few times and can never seem to stick with it long enough to become proficient. Give me a compass, ruler, mechanical pencil and a sheet of graph paper and I'm happy. Look into John Armstrong's doodling 'by the squares' approach for rough sketching ideas. I also have a decent track planning template that I like and there are a couple out there for not too much cash.
I hope my rough sketch isn't too rough to understand. If it is please say so and I'll spend a few minutes making a cleaner version to scale.
Galen
I'm still a pencil and paper kind of planner. I have tried XtrkCad a few times and can never seem to stick with it long enough to become proficient. Give me a compass, ruler, mechanical pencil and a sheet of graph paper and I'm happy. Look into John Armstrong's doodling 'by the squares' approach for rough sketching ideas. I also have a decent track planning template that I like and there are a couple out there for not too much cash.
I hope my rough sketch isn't too rough to understand. If it is please say so and I'll spend a few minutes making a cleaner version to scale.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!