Author Topic: Freeware Train Layout Editor with 3D Preview (Read 30417 times)

Iain · « **Reply #30 on:** November 30, 2014, 04:42:11 PM »

Would you be interested in open sourcing this? I'd like to see what all is needed to get it working on Linux. From there, as a packager for Fedora, I may be able to include it in Fedora.

Imagine, if you're running Fedora Linux, you can yum install a layout editing program!

Mixy · « **Reply #31 on:** December 06, 2014, 06:15:21 AM »

Quote from: Iain on November 30, 2014, 04:42:11 PM

Would you be interested in open sourcing this?

No, I have no plans to make SCARM open source project.
It can run on Linux even now (at least 2D Editor and by some tweaking 3D Viewer too) with the help of Wine.

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #32 on:** December 11, 2014, 10:30:54 AM »

IMPORTANT!

Several bugs were discovered in SCARM 0.9.26 related to the renaming of the layers and then save and restore of the already changed layer names. The patched version of the program was released today.
Please upgrade to SCARM 0.9.27, which can be downloaded from www.scarm.info to fix these problems.

See more about this bugfix update in the following blog post: SCARM v. 0.9.27 Released.

I am sorry if these bugs caused any problems and inconvenience in your work with SCARM. If you see another problems, please report them here or in SCARM Blog and I will try to fix them ASAP.

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #33 on:** December 18, 2014, 05:26:12 AM »

Here I want to present the first very detailed virtual locomotive models in SCARM, created by Ian Donohoe and shown in the SCARM blog here:

Detailed 3D Models of US Diesel Locomotives in SCARM

Below are two of them:

These are created with the object's interface of SCARM and are auto-scalable to the scale and gauge of the used tracks in the layout plan.

Download the loco library from the blog's post and use these nice models in your virtual SCARM layouts

Mixy

thbguy · « **Reply #34 on:** December 20, 2014, 06:28:47 PM »

SCARM is fantastic. I have nothing but good things to say about it.

I downloaded it in the late June and in a week I had created a module that I had been agonizing over for about 25 years. Very intuitive. I designed the module with all of the track in about two days and went back and added the bench work the following weekend in the AM and bought wood for it in the PM. I started the bench work on 5 July 2014.
Spadina yards in Toronto 1985:

My drawing of the yards:

My SCARM image with all track placed, radii and length of track sections known, and having a printable build of materials:

With benchwork added (shown on the layout so I could see it!):

Now if I only had more time to build it!
Michael Livingston

Mixy · « **Reply #35 on:** December 23, 2014, 10:56:15 AM »

Thank you, Michael,

Looking forward to see pictures from the building process of that layout

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #36 on:** January 08, 2015, 03:42:30 AM »

Hi all and Happy New Year

Here are listed the SCARM railway blog posts for December with most of the content especially for N scale.

The next version of SCARM is almost ready and will be published soon

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 23, 2015, 05:07:18 AM »

The new SCARM v. 0.9.28 is ready and published. Read more details about it here:

SCARM Model Railway Layout Designer 0.9.28 Released

Hope you will like it

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #38 on:** February 06, 2015, 05:08:48 AM »

Here are listed the SCARM railway blog posts for January 2015.

Check How To Make Control Panels and Diagrams for SCARM Track Plans article if you want to know more about how to draw a stylized diagrams of your layouts like the simple one shown below.

The next version of SCARM will be published soon

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #39 on:** February 14, 2015, 03:48:23 AM »

Nice SCARM design with KATO viaducts, posted two days ago in the blog:

KATO N-scale Layout Design with Viaducts

Check the article to see the track plan and the pics from the layout, assembled with real tracks

Mixy

Viperjim1 · « **Reply #40 on:** February 14, 2015, 04:03:38 AM »

Any idea on a Mac based program as I don't Microsoft

Mark5 · « **Reply #41 on:** February 15, 2015, 10:11:10 AM »

Quote from: Mixy on December 18, 2014, 05:26:12 AM

Here I want to present the first very detailed virtual locomotive models in SCARM, created by Ian Donohoe and shown in the SCARM blog here:

Looks pretty cool.

Needs another fan on the long hood side of the dynamic brake blister though.

Mixy · « **Reply #42 on:** February 27, 2015, 03:10:49 AM »

Hi all,

The new SCARM v. 0.9.29 is ready and published. Read more about it here:

SCARM Railway Layout Planner 0.9.29 Released

Hope you will like it

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #43 on:** March 07, 2015, 06:12:44 AM »

Here are listed the SCARM railway blog posts for February.

Check also the first Advanced Video Tutorial about working with baseboard feature in SCARM.

Mixy

Mixy · « **Reply #44 on:** April 18, 2015, 10:27:51 AM »

See also the SCARM railroad blog posts for March.

And watch the second Advanced Video Tutorial about buildings in SCARM.

Mixy