... But it does ... ends are ... Jon and Ken, Those are good points. I make custom lumber when needed, such as odd shapes in plywood. "Benchwork" in the layout...
If I may express an opinion here ..... and I think August and some others might agree.... The built in "short-cuts" for line styles such as walls and lumber ...
Hi All, It might be nice to add a feature to 3PI where 3PI would generate a cut list for all the components of your benchwork. You can tell 3PI what the...
If I were drawing a truss in 3rdPlanit, I wouldn't necessarily use individual pieces, same with benchwork. I would draw the whole truss as seen drom the side...
Von, Since computers are so good at keeping track of data and 3pi should have all the dimensions of a stick of lumber available, it would be much easier for...
I'm talking about drawing your benchwork in 3PI and having it cough up a cut list for the full size layout. Even if you were to use a truss, it would have to...
Paul, By saying "Not really on subject but just a thought." I acknowledged that the subject of your posting was not trusses, rather computer created cut lists,...
IMHO I think the assistance 3PI gives to model railroad design is terrific. Given that it is a one man operation, I suggest that it would not be wise to add...
Von, So I guess in that line of thinking it was a real waste of time for Randy to have programmed things like listing track components and the length of...
Hello Paul, Monday, December 1, 2003, 11:26:47 AM, you wrote: PC> Hi All, PC> It might be nice to add a feature to 3PI where 3PI would generate a cut PC> list...
Hello vmx97209, Monday, December 1, 2003, 1:51:54 PM, you wrote: v> Paul, v> You can sketch out a layout that "appears" pretty realistic quickly v> and you can...
Jerry, Thanks for that link to sheetlayout. Looks very useful. Yeah, computers in the 70s and 80s were pretty rudimentary. I still remember punched cards and...
Hi Jonathan, I see it now, it's listed under Lines and not Wood. Maybe that should be my big wish, to get the wood components listed under Wood! Actually, it...
Hello group........... Regarding benchwork lumber lists, I would like to know a way to copy an "object list" to a Lotus or Excel file. I put L-girders in one...
Paul, I wouldn't say "a real waste of time" but certainly way out on the fringe of what makes the program a winner. Listing the track components and such...
... ??? That's a total surprise. CSV stands for "Comma Seperated Values" and (I thought) is universally accepted by spreadsheets and databases. Excel or Access...
Hi Ed, I just opened the Object list for the CV layout, selected the top line of the list, scrolled down and while holding the shift key, selected the bottom...
... ??? That's a total surprise. CSV stands for "Comma Seperated Values" and (I thought) is universally accepted by spreadsheets and databases. Excel or Access...
Hi Von, I actually agree with you 100% on the amount of detail or animation that the program needs to be able to provide... or more so, that lack of these it...
I no longer use Lotus so I can not give the specifics but it will accept CSV files. It is not real straighforward and might call it something else but I have...
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Hi Paul, Randy, etc....... Tried that with Lotus but didn't work. Probably too old a version (4.01). I'll have to find a newer version or switch to Excel....
... Usually not for me. ... I like the way I did it and I consider it to be "right," too. I do construct special pieces of lumber and plywood as needed. But ...
Hello Randy, I've been hitting the following bug: I have a large section with many switches and track segments. I select them all and group them together....
Hello Paul, What version of the program are you using? This is a new option, was put in only a couple of versions ago. In the dropdown the last selection...
Hi Jonathan, I checked this out in 7.07.014 but the only thing I got from the Wood menu was the entire length of lumber I used. The list the showed the ...
Jonathan, tried your experiment with an Atlas N scale code 55 switch. This switch would let me change the elevation of just one end of the object. Running...
August: Thank your for your time and interest in my "observations." You are quite correct on a number of counts including the value of 3rdPlanIt when it comes...
