Thanks Mixy! I'll go ahead and get a copy of your program. I figure my anti-virus program is flagging this and it could well be because of the name. I was just wondering if others had experienced the same thing. I'll tell the anti-virus program that the site is okay.
I decided to download SCARM yesterday and play around with it. After only an hour I had already made a simple 3D version of my planned switching layout .
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The 3D view definately gives a whole new impression of how the layout will look like. I look forward to see how the program will develop in the future!
In the USA there's usually no sub roadbed on spurs like in your image. Is that just a SCARM thing?
Hello Andy,
If you mean that all tracks in SCARM are drawn with ballast roadbed in 3D - yes, this is just how SCARM draws all them for now. I plan to add an options about the roadbed, because sometimes it is not needed or is different colored, but these will appear in some of the next versions of SCARM.
Mixy
The new
SCARM v. 0.9.23 is ready – download it from
http://www.scarm.info
It comes with several new features, many updated libraries, some bugfixes and improved functionality. The most important new features are
Background image, the
Ballast roadbed in 2D and
Track Heights numeric input.
See about the new features and more about this update in the SCARM Blog post
SCARM v. 0.9.23 Released.
I hope that you will like the new version of SCARM and also hope that next one will come soon
Mixy
I've been playing with your software, very easy and friendly so far....I have converted my drawings into a SCARM trackplan. However I have tried to upload a copy here to get input on my plan but have been unable to send as attachment...is there a way to send SCARM files as attachments?
Hello Richard,
You can try to upload your plan as a ZIP archive - hope this will work. Or you can export it as a picture and then post the image here.
Mixy
Thanks, I eventually figured out how to export the file as jpeg. Posted the plan last night...
The next version of SCARM is almost completed and will come soon
And here is the list with blog posts for December:
www.scarm.info/blog/2013/12.
Mixy
Here is a nice collection of articles in the blog with
Information and advices about baseboards in SCARM.
The list includes posts about how to create baseboard with holes and openings, how to represent the support structures and frames, how to split the workbench in several modules, how to create baseboard shapes with rounded corners and more.
I hope that the info will be useful
Mixy
This is the list with articles in the blog for January 2014:
www.scarm.info/blog/2014/01.
Not so much, but this month there will be more
Mixy