Free Track Planning Software?

First, let me thank you for introducing me to TRAX.  I will have to check it out.

Second, SCARM (note spelling) is used by several regular posters here, and, like most software, has its pluses and minuses.  On the whole, very good product, but only for PCs, not Macs.  I don't use Apple products, but I believe there is at least one program that will work on those.

Search this forum for other threads mentioning track plan software to find the pluses and minuses of most available track planning software.

Chuck

Hello, I don't think there is a free application for the Macintosh but RailModeller is a very good application that I have used and found to be relatively straight forward. I recommend it.

No problem Chuck. The TRAX website looks a little more organized than the SCRAM website. I have a MAC at home so it will have to work on the MAC. I also seen Railmodeller is supposed to be a program for MAC, I wonder if anyone here has used that program.

Thanks Art. I will check that out. RR Tracks looks really good but id like to save myself $100 if I can.

I run SCARM on my Mac, I do so with PlayOnMac.  You won't be able to do the 3D view of your layout, but all other layout planning features do work.  There is another Mac layout planning software package, but it is so out of date I do not recommend it anymore, which is a pity as it was one of the best I've ever used.  It had a limited track count trial, but the fee to buy was low.

Thanks Sinclair. I think that's the route I am going to go. I've never built a layout so this should be fun trying to just decide what I want to do for the layout itself.

I am new to this Forum and new to this software.   I tried to download some of the layouts on the SCARM website (Lionel O Gauge) but all that I looked at show "n/a" for the file.  I tried to replicate one of the layouts but can't find a list of the symbol numbers e.g 6110, 6120, etc. and the dimensions for these track pieces.  I would like to use Postwar tubular track with O22 switches.  

Where can I find a list of the track symbols and do they represent Postwar tubular track?  Where can I find layout files that I can download to use as is or to modify?