Just Discovered Scarm For Design Of Micro Layout

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I have heard of SCARM several times in my travels, but never tried it. It is great, easy to use, free and includes all the G-scale track pieces I have ever heard of. I think the best feature is the 3D viewer, especially when you have multiple layers and want to hide fiddle yards with buildings. Here's an example of what I am planning:
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You can get SCARM here:http://www.scarm.info/index.php
Now if you could just press and button and get it to build it for you... :-)
 
I've never had a track plan in my life. When I started the CFR it was all trial and error, dig out a bit here, lay some track there see how it goes. Great fun and an adventure.
 
casey jones snr said:
I've never had a track plan in my life. When I started the CFR it was all trial and error, dig out a bit here, lay some track there see how it goes. Great fun and an adventure.
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Ah, you'd never get away with that now Casey....

Cost benefit analysis. Method statements. Hazard assessments and the like..
:p;);):giggle:
 
Hmmm, it appears that SCARM is only available for Windoze machines..... I don't suppose there is a version anywhere for those of us who use Macs? :mad:

Jon.
 
Zerogee said:
Yes, that would work I guess..... would be nice to have had a native version though! ;)
Jon.
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The Scarm site has an FAQ related to running on a Mac
http://www.scarm.info/index.php?page=help&topic=27
And a linked blog:
http://www.scarm.info/blog/general/running-scarm-on-apple-mac/
Looks like your best bet is to run it on Windows under Mac using Parallels.
Other people have used Wine (no jokes please) but there is a problem with the 3D viewer which is the best part of the tool IMHO.
 
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