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January 4, 2010

James has a question for someone experienced in CAD systems and asks readers:

“What different cad programs are out there that work effectively at designing trains?”

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Anonymous says:

January 6, 2010 at 8:01 pm

James,

I am just beginning to get involved in model railroading and decided to sketch my layout before jumping in to the deep end. Since I don’t have a CAD systems I use Excel for drawing layouts. Just set the column width to 2.57 for column A-CZ and row height to 15.75 for rows 1-100 and you have a large drawing board. I use each square as 1″, but you can go larger or smaller scale depending on your needs. With a little imagination you can make curves, circles, and other shapes quite easily.
I have used this to do detailed drawings for years. My first railroad layout is in progress and I would be happy to share.
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