03-17-2011, 05:07 AM
Hi Jonte
Thanks for the kind words.
Xtkcad is quite a useful bit of kit for the price
It can get a little fiddly with colours covering the track but you'll soon work out how to get around that.
To be honest in response to shortliners post above I only ever use the printscreen button on your keyboard and paste into 'Irfanview' (google it) image processing software you can use paint but its a little too basic in terms of resizing and decreasing the file output size. There are many other image software programs you may have one installed on your machine like photoshop elements, paint shop pro, or camera software if you have a digitial camera. Paste in, crop the image and then resize, save to computer and post.
If your pretty handy with a computer then you could try this (its the next step up from my xtrkcad layout image) http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=169 plus it was a great layout thread have a good read if you havent already!
I have had the same issue as you've got now though, I have buildings in front of the track that will block the view, although I've managed to move things around and come up with my own version of downtown Miami that wont entirely block the view, plus I've got a partial road in front so the track is even further back. Its tough to get the right compromise but I'm sure you'll be able to sort something out, Shortliners tip sounds interesting though.
I'm going on a bit now.
rgds
Dave
Thanks for the kind words.
Xtkcad is quite a useful bit of kit for the price
It can get a little fiddly with colours covering the track but you'll soon work out how to get around that.To be honest in response to shortliners post above I only ever use the printscreen button on your keyboard and paste into 'Irfanview' (google it) image processing software you can use paint but its a little too basic in terms of resizing and decreasing the file output size. There are many other image software programs you may have one installed on your machine like photoshop elements, paint shop pro, or camera software if you have a digitial camera. Paste in, crop the image and then resize, save to computer and post.
If your pretty handy with a computer then you could try this (its the next step up from my xtrkcad layout image) http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=169 plus it was a great layout thread have a good read if you havent already!
I have had the same issue as you've got now though, I have buildings in front of the track that will block the view, although I've managed to move things around and come up with my own version of downtown Miami that wont entirely block the view, plus I've got a partial road in front so the track is even further back. Its tough to get the right compromise but I'm sure you'll be able to sort something out, Shortliners tip sounds interesting though.
I'm going on a bit now.
rgds
Dave
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