Contents For XTrkCad

XTrkCad is a program for designing Model Railroad Layouts.

Introduction

	Getting Started
	General Operation
	Warranty and Copying
	Features
	Performance Issues
	Glossary
	Registering
	File and Directories
	Bugs and Enhancements

How To ...

	Move about the layout
	View the demos
	Load and Save layouts
	Use straight and curved flex-track
	Modify tracks
	Join tracks
	Use Easements (Spiral Transition Curve)
	Delete tracks
	Use Turnouts and Sectional Track
	Define New Turnouts
	Use Turntables
	Move tracks
	Draw Table Edges and Room Boundaries
	Draw Lines
	Print
	Use Tunnels and Split tracks
	Use the Ruler
	Set Layout Parameters
	Record and Playback
	Register Your Copy of XTrkCad
	Create a Parts List
	Use Layers to hide parts of your layout
	Set Elevations and view the Profile

Windows

	Main Window
	Map Window

Commands

The commands are accessible from the Toolbar, various menus and accelerator keys.

Zoom In, Zoom or Zoom Out

Undo or Redo

Easement

Straight, Curve, Circle, Helix, Turnout, Handlaid Turnout, Turntable or Parallel

Modify Join, Connect, Split, Elevation, Profile or Move Label

Describe or Select

Move, Rotate, Delete, Tunnel, or Above/Below

Text, Draw Objects, Notes or Structures

Ruler

Layers Getting Started Next Page


Getting Started

Linux Installation

Chdir to /usr/local/lib (or where ever you install local commands) do

	tar xvfz xtrkcad-linux-XXX.VVV.tar.gz

where XXX is the binary format (either aout or elf) and VVV is the version number.

This will create the xtrkcad directory. You can move xtrkcad/xtrkcad to /use/local/bin/.

If you install XTrkCad into another directory, set the XTRKCADLIB environment variable to point to that directory.

Quick Tour

When XTrkCad starts, it displays the Main and Map windows. The Map window is used to change the origin of the Main window when the entire layout cannot be displayed at one time.

The Menu bar across the top of the Main window contains standard Windows menus. Some of these are particularly useful to the new user:


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