XTrackCAD is a CAD program for designing model railroad layouts

XTrackCAD is a CAD (computer-aided design) program for designing Model Railroad layouts.

XTrackCAD supports any scale, has libraries of popular brands of turnouts and sectional track (plus you add your own easily), can automatically use spiral transition curves when joining track and has extensive on-line help and demonstrations. XTrackCAD lets you manipulate track much like you would with actual flex-track to modify, extend and join tracks and turnouts. Additional features include tunnels, ‘post-it’ notes, on-screen ruler, parts list, 99 drawing layers, undo/redo commands, bench-work, ‘Print to Bitmap’, elevations, train simulation and car inventory.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Annotate with text and notes.
• Automatic easement calculation.
• Create Custom Designed Turnouts and Structures.
• Create parallel straight and curved tracks.
• Delete objects.
• Describe objects.
• Draw lines, arcs, polylines and polygons and filled polygons or circular shapes (for showing river edges etc).
• Draw table edges, Bench-work and dimension lines.
• Elevations, grades and profiles.
• Extend (or shrink) a segment by dragging its Endpoint.
• Extend a segment with a curve (or straight).
• Generate parts list for all or selected areas of the layout.
• Hand-laid Turnouts.
• Helix track.
• Hot Bar for Turnout and Structure selection.
• Join any two tracks.
• Move and rotate any group of objects.
• Ninety-nine drawing Layers.
• On-line demonstrations, extensive help, tips and error message explanations.
• On-screen ruler for measurements.
• Panning and zooming via a map window and also in Pan/Zoom Mode.
• Price lists can be entered to allow the layout to be priced.
• Printing in any scale (up to 1:1) at any position and angle.
• Straight and curved flex-track segments.
• Supports any scale.
• Track circles and tangent tracks.
• Train Simulation.
• Tunnels (hidden tracks).
• Turnouts, crossings (and sectional track such as Atlas Snap-track).
• Turntables (user defined diameter).
• Undo the last ten commands.
• Zoom in and zoom out of the drawing area.
• Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: sourceforge.net/projects/xtrkcad-fork
Support:
Developer: Sillub Technology
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

XTrackCAD is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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