couldnt sleep so i designed a layout !!!

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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im workin midnights so i barley ever sleep during the night… i was bored last night so i messed around with the atlas layout soft ware …

i dont know how to post pics on here so i was wondering if any one who knows alot about the soft ware and layout design could email me so i can send them the file and then can check it over and hep me out with putting the wires and everything in to it… i dont know how to do that yet…

thanx in advance !!!

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There are several picture hosting site that you can join for free. I use Railimages myself. If you click on the link in my signature and then look at the top of the page you’ll see a link that will get you all fixed up with an account. It takes a couple of days for them to set it up, and then you can upload images from your computer onto your new homepage. You can then post those pictures on forums like this one. It’s really quite easy, and it makes you look like you actually know what you’re doing! I know that I don’t know what I’m doing, and look how professional I appear![;)]

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It’s easy to create a picture from your RTS software.

To create a pic using the atlas real track software:

1 Select all for every element on your layout. Make sure the whole thing is in view and copy it. This will save a series of vector points and drawing commands to the clipboard.

  1. Open up MS-Paint and paste it. It will draw it perfectly to the same size as it is on the Atlas software. (So if your zoom size is 1 expect a HUGE paint file)
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Hope ya get the pics up here soon I like to see layout designs [:)] .

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tyhatts:
You don’t need to copy and paste - RTS has a “save as .bmp” option. Here’s how to save your graphic and paste into this forum

  1. Use the line tool (tools > draw > line) and create a box outside (not on) the edge of your layout.
  2. Save the graphic as a .bmp. (File > Save as > file name ‘type file name’ > save as type ’ select bmp’ > save)
  3. To paste your graphic into this forum use the forum code, typed on a separate line (replace my <> with square brackets)
    file location c:\etc.\filename.bmp

Then… hope it works!

Good luck!

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ooppss - didn’t quite work! Forgot the step that pcarrell refers to!

Ouch. Rookie mistake.