Sunday, February 14, 2010

Switching to XTrackCAD

For years I've been using 3rd Plan It.  While it is handy, I've spend over $600 now trying to keep up with the latest version.  My friends and I are having a helluva time sending drawings to each other because we are all on different versions.  That and the software is always a bit buggy.

I'm working on a Cotton Gin in HO for my Dixie Central Railroad and I need to draw the structure.  3PI doesn't do plain old drawings very well, so I'm going to switch over the XTrackCAD to give it a try.  Lots of people use it.

Download XTrackCAD Software

XTrackCAD Wiki

I'm also going to try Google Sketchup since it is free as well and does 3D drawings.

3 comments:

  1. Scott, be sure to join the XTrkCAD Yahoo group. There is a lot of information there.

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  2. I have been using both XTrackCAD and Sketchup. You may be interested in my small Pump House. I created pdf files for several scales that allows you to print your Sketchup plans. Just did that to see if I could .. and it works great.

    http://www.etraxx.com/?page_id=1054

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  3. Just a follow up...I tried XTrkCad and hated it. Went back to 3rd Plan It.

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