I’m sorry? I’m not following that train of thought. lol.
Jake “Still working on my plan!” S.
Two more Layouts–one from CSXFan and One from Dog.
Thanks guys.
Tell me again why we are mailing them to you rather than just posting them to this thread ?
Thanks!
I would love to see them and be inspired by the layouts if they where in this thread. Please post them here as well.
This is a great idea by the way.
Magnus
I think the idea is to design based on one’s own inspiration not someone elses. I don’t think the authors want to give away any cool ideas until after the unveiling, at which time they become public domain fodder.
ooooooooooooook thanks !
Another Layout–this one from Stein
Well personally I’m not going to enter so I wasn’t thinking about stealing any plans or posting plans based on that. I just assumed that this is a friendly little thing and not to serious and that the basic idea is to share ideas with other people.
Anyways, just my thoughts.
Magnus
My reason for not posting them was to keep the entries anonymous so that the voting did not take on any sort of popularity contest.
That was a very good reason I must admit. I realize that this is an issue.
Thanks for the explanation Spacemouse, I apreciate it.
Magnus
I need help. Not in planning a layout but in submitting it. I used to design layouts in RTS and copy and paste into Paintshop for scenery and conversion to JPEG. Before this contest I got XtrkCAD. I just tried what I would do with RTS plans but it doesn’t work. Anyone know how to get XtrkCAD plans into JPEG format? Thanks.
At least a couple of routes:
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Print as bitmap (BMP) from XtrakCad (File menu). Open BMP in some image processing program (e.g. Paintshop), save as JPG.
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Generic tip - alt+prtscr will copy active window to clipboard on Windows computer. Paste into image processing program, crop and/or resize, save as jpeg.
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Another generic tip - download some screen snapshot utility, and just do snapshots of your screen, save as jpg.
Probably a bunch of other ways to do it, too.
Stein
Chad
Just print to Bmp and send the file to me. It will be quite large, so if you want to crop it in your paint program It will make things easier.
Chip; This doesn’t seem like school here. I wouldn’t ever think of voting for the most popular person on the forums. I’m not even sure if there is such a person.
I took a screen shot and put it in the paint program. I needed to get it in it to do the scenery plan but now it’s in and I’m already done part of the scenery plan. Thanks for the help.
You think, huh?
I have a HO layout that Im working on that is going to be going into a 10X12 room that has a closet, when I get it and my bedroom remodeled. (starting demo this Friday after work). Only thing is Ive been designing it in AutoCad. Anyone on here have Autocad R14 up to MEP2008? I wouldnt mind getting some feedback. Im pretty good with Acad and dont want to nor do I have the time to learn any of the other programs. Im just trying to get the basic layout designed and if I run into problems when I start it I will deal with them when they arise.
I have auto cad 2000 LT and use that quite often to design equipment for work (or I should say to REdesign existing equipment for work), and honestly, I would recommend using RTS 7.0 from Atlas! Unless you take the time to design all the turnouts in A-CAD and take the time to figure out the arcs for any flex track positions RTS will be the quicker choice. RTS severly lacks the right click options menu but makes up for it in having a decent selection of track components.
It took me a total of about 2 hours to understand how RTS functioned compared to A-CAD but for me it was worth it. RTS is free and has a healthy HELP section for those “how do I do this” situations.[2c]
YOu can do it in ACAD if you like. If you want to save it as a bitmap (.jpg prefered) or a .pdf file. The .pdfs are hard to convert for me, but I’ve managed it.
mr mouse. How do I get to see these 10x12 layout submissions? I went to your website and looked but only saw the 4x8 contest?