Right Track Software 10.0

Atlas' popular layout planning program, the Right Track Software, has been upgraded to Version 10.0 and is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD! (~15mb in size) \

Right Track Freeware is a layout planning program for the PC (Windows only). The program allows you to design your dream layout using electronic templates of Atlas O's 21st Century Track® System, Atlas N scale and HO scale Snap-Track and Super-Flex Track, HO True-Track, switches, bridges, turntables, buildings and electrical controls. There are even templates for structures from Walther's Cornerstone Series, Railway Design Associates, Design Preservation Models, Life-Like, Lionel and Atlas O, LLC.

Right Track FreeWare will allow you to design a layout of just about any size (up to 100’ x 100’) using Atlas N, HO and O scale Super-Flex track, sectional track, switches, bridges and buildings, as well as buildings from other manufacturers. When you are finished designing, you can print out the plan and use it as a blueprint while you build your railroad. The software will keep track of what products you use while designing, and when you’re finished you can print a list of required items and use it as a “shopping list.”

DOWNLOAD HELP:

When you download the installation file you must first save it - use your desktop if you don't have know where to put it. Next, double-click on the file you just downloaded and begin the installation process. After it installs, you will be asked if you want to run the program. This is your choice. You may delete the download file after you have installed and run the program.

Support:

Atlas does not offer support for Right Track Software. For questions and concerns about Right Track Software, please visit the Atlas Forum. There, you can confer with other users of the program and gain helpful tips and insight into using the program. You might also try the Winrail home page, as they are the makers of RTS and offer several useful faqs and tips on their site..

New Features in Version 10.0:

RTS 10.0 comes with a fantastic new tool for creating 3D structures (PartComp3D). You will find it in the RTS start-menu.
If you insert elements, no matter if you are using the Tool-Place Element, the clipboard or the command Edit-Add Layout, the shape of the elements to be added appears next to the mouse cursor, so that you get a better idea of where a mouseclick will place the element(s).
You can freely choose the position of the frames (no fixed distance between the frames required any more).
Flex sections can now be added without connecting them to existing track sections and they can then be shaped as required.
And last, but not least: the new benchwork concept with support for modular layouts
- Benchworks now can be of any shape, and a single layout now may contain as many benchworks as you like. The benchworks can be moved and rotated on the workspace, and of course it is possible to align the benchworks.
- Benchworks act as containers for all elements placed on them; if you move the benchwork, the elements it contains will move as well.
- Several new tools exist for manipulating the benchworks; the arrow-tool will not work for them. The 3D-terrain is also part of the benchwork and therefore can be moved and rotated as well. You can add tags for the position of track sections and catenary masts using the tool Benchwork-Edit/create track position. Track sections and catenary masts placed on these positions will be positioned exactly and aligned accordingly.
- If your layout contains at least one benchwork, frames will be created only for the benchworks.
- Tagged elements (including benchworks with all elements they contain) can be exported to a new file and of course it is possible to import them again.
- All in all the new benchwork concept offers all features needed to support module layouts.
The 3D-view now simulates the sun, so that for example a sphere now doesn't look like a simple circle any more.
You now may stack benchworks.
A new command in the Element menu resets all gradients and heights to 0 in one go.
A new command in the Properties menu quickly moves elements to another layer.
Another new command in the properties menu enables you to change the line width without opening the Element-Properties dialogue.
You may insert a ruler onto your layout and place, move and rotate it like any other element.
The new command Separate layer of the Element menu loosens all connections between track sections placed in different layers.
WinRail now uses a drop-down list to choose colours, so that you can select the most common colours without opening another window. A click on "Custom" will open this window when required:
The feature that fills gaps now produces better results, especially for straight connections.
The shape of the chosen element now appears at the mouse cursor even with the tool Place Track and Connect.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR VERSION 10.0:

PC with Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP and Vista. Windows 7 is also supported.
VGA Monitor - Graphics; Mouse

PLEASE NOTE: THE RIGHT TRACK SOFTWARE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE MAC.

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