Don’t be disappointed by low
cost drawing or paint programs. If you really want to improve on pencil and paper, you need a real
CAD program that was made for railroad design. Cadrail is famous for its
accuracy and true alignment geometry.
The Spiral Object in Cadrail is a highly accurate True Railroad Spiral.
Here are a few of the features in Cadrail that you won’t find in
other programs.
Create ANY shape lines, arcs, spirals and text.
Draw flex track and other shapes by dragging handles or specify exact
dimensions.
Auto-Dimension: easily show exact
dimensions in your drawing.
Auto-Align: just drop the ends of two objects
together and Cadrail will rotate tangentially.
Auto-Trim: Cleans up ends of connecting objects at
the exact tangent point.
Rotate: turn objects around any point by
dragging the mouse or specify exact angle.
Turnout Objects
Our Turnout Objects make working with yards and other
complex shapes easy. Just drag and drop turnouts into position. Cadrail
automatically rotates and cleans up any connections.
Turnout Ladder Tool: click the yard line
and Turnout to create a ladder.
Crossover Turnout Tool: make a crossover
in 2 clicks. All objects trimmed and a center section is created.
Connect Turnout Tool: fits object from end of
Turnout to any existing Line or Arc and Trims if needed.
Turnout Builder: creates Turnouts with
the dimensions you specify.
Yard Builder: creates yards with offset
and length dimensions you specify.
Freehand Drawing
Tools...
True CAD drawing tools let
you draw any shape with freehand mouse movements. Our tools give you complete control of
all object geometry.
As you move the mouse, only the desired properties
change. Adjust radius and angle of an arc using the mouse or specify exact values.
For example, our Arc-Flex tool lets you
move one end of an Arc in any direction while the other end remains tangent.
Line from two Arcs
Arc from two Arcs
Arc from Line and Arc
Arc or Spirals fit to Lines
Extend to Object
Divide Object at Intersection
Flip-up, Pop-up and Elevate for
3d
Scalable Text Objects
with multiple line formatting and rotation
Symbol tools allow you to
attach flags to objects for notation
Filled Polygons with unlimited user
defined layers and line styles
Additional Cadrail Tools:
Move, copy, rotate, flip, resize, divide, undo
Spiral easements - any size
Spirals fit to tangents
Spirals drawn freehand
Define exact lengths and angles
Set any exact Circle radius
Parallel offsets
Divide into fixed segments or at spacing
Select in fence
Extend objects tangentially
Define object groups (figures)
Flip and mirror objects
Resize objects by any ratio
Snap to grid, object, or end point
Zoom, Scroll, Preview window
AutoCAD DXF import
and export lets you exchange drawings with other
software.
BMP export
Detailed object geometry reports
Open BMP, GIF, JPG bitmap
- then trace over with vector tools
