Hi all Check the recently published post in the blog about Various Tanks & Water Towers in HO Scale and use these in your own layouts. And the SCARM Model Railroad Blog post for February is about possible Discrepancy Between Elements on the Layout and the Parts List - check it to see what are the most common causes for that. Mixy
The new version SCARM 0.9.32 is ready and published, coming with new Flip and Rotate features and many new and updated track libraries. Read more details here: SCARM Model Railroad Layout Software 0.9.32 Released This version also fixes several annoying bugs that may appear in the older releases, so update is recommended Mixy
Here are the SCARM Railroad Blog posts for March and April. The next version of the program is on the the way, so check the SCARM website regularly Mixy
For those of you who want to play with SCARM track planning software on a mobile device, this may be of help: Using SCARM on iPad and Android Tablets Mixy
And the new SCARM v. 0.9.33 is ready, coming with several new features and updated track libraries. Read more details here: SCARM Model Train Layout Design Software 0.9.33 Released Hope you will like it Mixy
Here is explained How to Recover a Project File After Crash or Power Failure and to restore your SCARM track plan to the last autosave state. I hope you do not have to use that feature, but... just in case And here are the SCARM model railroading blog posts for June. Mixy
Here are listed the SCARM Railroad Hobby Blog posts for July. Don't miss the last QuickTip about how to perform Fast Selection of Sequential Tracks in 2D editing mode. Mixy
Are you ready for the new version of SCARM? Here is it SCARM v. 0.9.34 is ready and published, coming with new and updated track libraries and also with the first extension module - the brand new Model Trains Simulator. Read more details here: SCARM Model Railroad Layout Designer 0.9.34 Released The Starter Edition of the simulator is intended for simple 2D and 3D simulations of various operations on the track plans, designed in SCARM. It will show you how the model rolling stock can be operated on a real layout, before buying even a single track. In this way, you can check the concept of your plan and to discover potential design issues before start the construction of a real layout. And like SCARM, this edition of the simulator is completely free Please note: the simulator is not directly bundled into SCARM installer. If you want to test it, you must install the latest version of SCARM first and then to use "Extensions" > "Browse for Extensions" menu command in the program in order to download and install the required files. The simulator opens a whole new world in SCARM universe and if some of you are interested in that field, we can discuss various operating possibilities, the realism options, performing of the simulation sessions, etc, probably in a new, dedicated for that topic. Hope you will like it Mixy
Here is the only one SCARM railroad modeling blog post for August. And something important - if someone is faced with the "Out of memory" error message in SCARM when editing very large and/or complex layout, here is how to cope with that: Cause and Solution for Out of Memory Error Message. Mixy
And here are the SCARM model trains blog posts for September. See also the recently published gallery in the blog from one of the largest modular layout meetings in Europe: 35 Years Anniversary FREMO Meeting in Riesa, Germany Overall meeting hall view: The track plan, situated on more than 6000 m2 (64500 square feet): That is designed probably in AutoCAD or other similar general purpose CAD software, not in SCARM. However, I am considering adding of features for creating of modular layouts also in SCARM for some of the next versions of the program Mixy
For those, who want to use the Model Train Simulator with narrow gauge track layouts: the current library with virtual rolling stock in the bundle is representing standard gauge prototypes and cannot be directly scaled to the narrow gauge model tracks. If you try that, you will get the "Gauge mismatch" stop message and nothing will happen. However, with a little trick, the tracks in the SCARM layout can be re-scaled without changing of the dimensions and geometry, so the virtual trains to be able to be placed and moved on a narrow gauge route. See how below: Playing with Narrow Gauge Track Layouts in Model Trains Simulator Re-scaling of the track route in the layout as shown in the blog post helps to test the track plan with the current Demo Start Set rolling stock library in MTS. Mixy
Here are the SCARM model railroad blog posts for October. For those of you, who plan in O scale, check the post and solution about the Potential Problems With Lionel O FasTrack O31 switches (SOLVED). Mixy
And here are the SCARM train layout blog posts for November. Note the QuickTip about Fixing SCARM with Missing Window on Startup in case that you observed such issue: Mixy
Here is the only SCARM modeling blog post for December. It is about two nice virtual structures in N scale that you can download and use in your SCARM track plans. And the most recent post from the last week in the blog is showing one nice short video about the FREMO idea and the organization of modular layout meetings: FREMO Organization And Modular Meetings Introductory Video Hope you will like it Mixy
Here are the SCARM model railroad blog posts for January. Check also the recently published tutorial about the way for Creating Parallel Line with Flex Tracks in SCARM Mixy
Thanks for the Tutorial. It's a nice feature I never used, but will start using. After trying out the parallel tutorial and feature, IMHO, it would be nice if it was possible to no have to close the Parallel start point window after each segment? This way I can just click on the next point and place it.
Unfortunately, that is not possible as the flex-track shaping will interfere with the window. But I will consider how to make the whole approach for the parallel tracks more simple. Mixy
I slightly feel stupid because after my post, I realized I can right click on the joint and select Parallel track joint.
The new SCARM v. 0.9.35 is ready and published! It comes with many new and updated track libraries, many bugfixes and more powerful Model Trains Simulator extension. See more about the new version here: SCARM Track Planning Software 0.9.35 Released Together with the new release, a new part of the website is also launched - it is a database with Virtual Rolling Stock for use in the MTS PE extension. Hope you will like all new stuff about SCARM Mixy