資料介紹

3rdplanit是一款先進的軌道設計輔助工具，可在三維環境下方便的進行設計!


This web site is brought to you by El Dorado Software, supplier of precision track planning and layout design software for model railroading hobbyists. Our latest offering of 3rd PlanIt™ for Windows is available for Internet delivery or shipment. With a broad set of features and powerful automation, model railroad planning has never been easier or faster.

There has never been a CAD system that offers so many first-quality features specifically designed for the model railroader. From track planning and layout design, to building construction and fabrication, to beautiful terrain rendered at high speed, 3rd PlanIt offers you a complete line of features that will meet the needs of the most demanding hobbyist. Take a few minutes to view this 31Mb AVI movie of the beautiful roundhouse built from scratch in 3rd PlanIt by Gerry Baldwin.

3rd PlanIt: refined and improved over ten years... used in thousands of applications around the world... your very best choice for track planning software! Is one of your neighbors using 3rd PlanIt?

Track Planning for Model Railroads

If you are about to build or design a model railroad, you will find yourself facing a number of decisions. You need to choose a theme that reflects your interests and experience, decide on the primary goals for your layout, design the layout, and refine the plan. The buildings and landscape are integral to a great track plan, and you may even want to scratchbuild a building or two to really personalize the layout. Sooner or later, when you've arrived at a track plan that meets your needs, you can take hammer to nail and construct your dream layout.

The process of Track Planning is where you experiment with ideas, negotiate for space, find the ideal compromises for your setting, and establish the operating characteristics of your layout. Browse our Layout page for a collection of other designs by hobbyists to help inspire you, or refer to the Design page for detailed concepts to help with design problems you may encounter. And, of course, find out more about 3rd PlanIt, including AVI animations to demonstrate its features for you!
About El Dorado Software

El Dorado Software is dedicated to bringing state-of-the-art software technologies to the Model Railroading hobby. We believe that today's hobbyist seeks to use the computer as a tool to bring pleasure, productivity and accuracy into their pastime. We also believe that feedback from our customers provides the most valuable understanding of your needs, and incorporate your input into our evolving products.



El Dorado Software's first consumer product, 3rd PlanIt™, provides the foundation of our retail product line. 3rd PlanIt offers the model railroad hobbyist the precision of CAD layout in an easy-to-use program, using the power of the computer to accomplish the difficult tasks of alignment, placement and trimming. Automated functions create multiple parallel objects with one mouse movement, connect circles to lines with spiral easements while trimming them to meet end-to-end, and find paths through long and complex trackwork for setting elevations and viewing in profile. Trackwork can be customized for standard or normal gauge, and you can even define the size and spacing of railroad ties.