Getting Started General Operation Warranty and Copying Features Performance Issues Glossary Registering File and Directories Bugs and Enhancements
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
Main Window Map Window
Straight, Curve, Circle, Helix, Turnout, Handlaid Turnout, Turntable or Parallel
Modify
Join,
Connect,
Split,
Elevation,
Profile or
Move Label
Move, Rotate,
Delete, Tunnel,
or Above/Below
Text, Draw Objects, Notes or Structures
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.
The Menu bar across the top of the Main window contains standard Windows menus. Some of these are particularly useful to the new user: