I uploaded a new version. I would be curious if it handles your roundhouse correctly, now.

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Russell, Thanks for the clarification...and for the tool. The fact it didn't do a great job with the track in the RH is small potatoes in my opinion. The idea that I can layout my structure outlines f

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Thanks Dwyane. That work made all the difference. Bill Lugg

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The DxfToXtp tool attempts to find the track segments that would form a single path. It was written to make the creation of a bridge easier. The picture shows a bridge made with the tool, with the tra

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Bill, I have rework you file (attached) to fix the errors you noted. You can compare to yours to see the differences.

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Thanks for the explanation Adam. I fixed it with Rob's reply yesterday. Cheers Tony

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A Compound is the root object. It can either be a Structure (no tracks) or a Turnout (has tracks and can also have draw elements). If a Turnout, it is expecting there to be Path elements that define h

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Colors work like this - Either the layer provides the color, or the object (but not both) for each object. There are two master settings in Options->Display that control which schemes are adopted. One

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So, I've spent a little time fiddling with this tool (very handy, by the way - too bad there's not a Linux version) and I ended up laying out a couple of structures from the Laramie engine facility, t

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Many thanks Rob, problem solved. Except that I have to change the option for every layout individually. Cheers Tony

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Colour by layer is an option. Go to "Options->Display": I suspect the top two are the settings that haven't carried over. Cheers, Rob

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I recently downloaded ver 5.2.1a onto a new laptop and then copied all the layouts over to it from my old computer (which ran the same version). However all the colours have gone on every layout and e

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Thanks for all the helpful info. I assume V5.2.2 is currently in beta? If so, how stable is it and how may I obtain a copy to use on a Linux Mint 20 machine? All I was able to find on the Wiki was a l

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Bill, Here a link to a dxf to xtp converter by Russell. https://xtrackcad.groups.io/g/main/files/DxfToXtp%20-%20R%20Shilling

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The Wiki has a very good tutorial, I followed it when I wanted to create strustures for my plan. http://xtrkcad-fork.sourceforge.net/Wikka/StructureTutorial

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Bill, You are correct than there is no DXF importer currently. One could be written if someone was inspired and generous enough to do it. Couple of observations. If the issue is precision, the V5.2.2

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I'm preparing to layout some semblance of an engine terminal similar to that in Laramie, WY in the early 1950s. As such, there are several buildings such as the roundhouse, water tank and water soften

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Glad to help.

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Thanks for the reminder about the Export option. I always forget that one and usually just take sceenshots. The exports creates a much better image.

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More adept folks than I will likely reply, but I'll go ahead and give you my approach to this. The "base" you start with <Options-Layout-Room> should more accurately be viewed (in most cases) as a dra

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