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santerdam
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New release tested (3.5.0)
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June 12, 2008, 02:22:41 PM »
Today I have done some first test with this new release. And again some very nice improvements.
- Working with elements is a lot better now. In 3.4.0 the shift for lines and surfaces was introduced. Now this has a lot more functionality. Selecting an element and copy/paste is very nice. A point of critism is that it's very hard to see the difference of a selected / not selected line (when drawn with default linewidth 0.1). As soon as you make it a thick line, this is not a problem.
- Moving elements, and specially the SHIFT-key usage is great. This improves the possibilities of shaping a lot. Check the manual to see what's all new !
- Rotating elements and lines is nice. It looks very simular to rotating rails.
- Linewidth can be set - and linecolor. Unfortunate, you can't do this for the ruler. Specially when you zoom out the ruler is hard to see.
An idea for a next release : Some features for linewith, linecolor and textsize/color for rulers like you have now for lines and text ?
The introduction of easy dragging surfaces and lines introduced a new (minor) issue. When you zoomed out and try to drag a rails, it happen you are in fact accidentally moving a line or surface. You can't prevent this, the 'glued' feature is missing. Suggestion for a future release ?
Since we have now linecolors and a better linewith, I did some test for drawing dummy electrical lines. At least, I try to draw (single-) lines indicating the position of the most important electric wires for rails, control of turnouts, occupied-indicators.
(Little trick : I have those lines at 1 meter height. By changing the upper limit in view you can make the electrical system visible or hidden. And increasing the lower limit can hide everything exept the wiring. A kind of working with layers.)
I did not test the updates on the track libraries since I don't use those tracks.
Compliments again for the AnyRail Team !
Sander
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David
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Re: New release tested (3.5.0)
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June 13, 2008, 11:37:11 AM »
Thanks a lot for your review, Sander!
You're right, there are a few minor issues, which we hope to solve in some future version...
David.
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David Hoogvorst
Founder and Owner of DRail Modelspoor Software
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Andy
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Re: New release tested (3.5.0)
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June 16, 2008, 11:55:40 PM »
Hi all, David are we able to download the latest releases directly from the forum website? If we are.......can you advise where they are on the site?
Thanks
Andy
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David
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Re: New release tested (3.5.0)
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June 17, 2008, 12:02:25 AM »
Hi Andy,
If you click on the logo in the top left corner, you'll get on the AnyRail website.
From there, you can download the latest version of the software.
Hope this helps!
David.
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Founder and Owner of DRail Modelspoor Software
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