I use AutoCAD in a professional setting w/ an Autodesk add-on package (ADT) and as a matter of course used it to draw my layout and its myriad of turnouts and crossings. I didn't have to learn any new commands either. I know that with ADT it is an expensive program and suspect that core AutoCAD isn't cheap either.
If one of the other CAD or hobby train CAD programs allows you to do all the things you need to do including custom turnouts, has templates for stock numbered turnouts, outputs hard copy to scale, is intuitive to use, and etc., I wouldn't bother with AutoCAD unless you already know it and can use it without dumping a boxcar load of dough. I am writing this having never used any other program other than AutoCAD and based on some of the comments posted previously. Ben Trousdale Minneapolis --- In [email protected], Michael Eldridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having used five different CAD programs, I would say that there is AutoCAD > and there is everything else. Like Dick K, I found CadRail better for > buildings, cars, etc. than for track. > > If you haven't used CAD before, I suggest getting a free 30 day trial copy > from www.autocad.com. Give yourself 30 days to draw a #6 turnout. Print it > out full scale and measure it with your NASG standards gauge. If you can > draw the turnout, you'll be able to draw your layout.... The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
