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Thanks again Adam I tried to install under win 10 on my dual boot desktop machine but when I went to Source forge I could not find 5.2 Beta to download. I went back and tried to do my helix like you s

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No, Dave, had no idea about that aspect. I don't think that I have ever used that. I always just follow the steps as demonstrated in the video. Is that how Dwyane took my Scalescenes XTI files and mad

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“Calculated” means “display the value”. All end points are calculated internally, but the intent was that this was to state this point was not “Fixed” by the user. Hints/Notes - Any track joint can di

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Sounds great, can't wait to see the release! By the way, one thing to note in linux... some systems count dual monitors as a single unit when queried (the 'desktop' size is this much, even if it's spr

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I added a Clone command that does a cut/paste in one and adds the new element offset by about 1/3” at the current window scale on each dimension. Because the new element is always selected after a pas

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My current project is a narrow shelf layout, so a single printed page spans far enough across the board to cover all the track work I have planned. I am using a layer of plywood, then a 1" layer of pi

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Hi jwmeyer4002, <- (Hint, we like folks to give us a name when posting, please, its friendlier), Zoom to extents -> Go to the Pan/Zoom Command (cross-arrows) and then you can use the letter "e" for ex

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This has been the biggest help in using XtrkCad on my Mac! I could not figure out how to change the font size since I regularly keep my resolution at scale to 1920x1200 on my MacBook Pro. Thanks so mu

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Many thanks, Adam. So dropping the Cornu should resolve that problem. Good to know. That is a good suggestion to build the joiners where they are needed then shape the track to fit. Otherwise, the ang

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Joost, I have upload into my folder the updated parameter file with turntable corrections per your info.

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Thank you, Adam! I didn't notice it until I had installed on my new machine. I've been thinking I did something wrong. And thanks for the work-around. I can deal with that. So far, I've been copying o

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Vince, In OSX the entire display surface of both displays counts as one large "monitor" for X11 apps. This means that if you use the entire surface and then shrink it, by removing a monitor the progra

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Mike, Until you have installed XQuartz properly (its not part of OSX) the the program won't run. The background is that XTrackCAD is a X11 program and Apple stopped supporting X11 and open-sourced it

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Thanks Adam & Ian, I knew there had to be a logical explanation but I couldn’t figure it out. That makes a lot of sense. Appreciate it. Rob

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Thanks again, Adam, I will take a shot at that fix, not sure how that happened though I had been trying to 'straighten' the trackwork by editing the text file. Probably some injudicious transposing. N

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Dear Adem, thanks for the great explanation and help. Did not know why I did not recognize that feature in the last year I use xtrkcad ... Oh I am so exited to see the next release v5.2 Thakns for all

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Thanks for the suggestion. I tried Inkscape. It gets an error trying to load the XTrackCAD DXF, complaining that a newer version of a Python library is required to handle something used by the XTrackC

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As Dwayne says, until V5.2 it is lines, curves and bezier lines. If you have a closed space then also polygons which can be filled or not. Polygons are not curved edged but by having enough nodes you

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Thanks guys,finally got to move stuff to other layers..Great help. Best regards Bob

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