 Joined: 30/08/2016(UTC) Posts: 636 Location: Brussels
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Now that Scarm is no longer freeware it is perhaps time to compare what it offers, for its price, compared to other commercial programs.
Freeware Scarm has certainly been found an excellent tool by many on this site. It's introductory price of Eu 30 makes it still the cheapest product on the market compared to WinTrack, AnyRail, etc. But are there other features from paid competitors that should be taken into consideration before we buy Scarm 1.0, since we now have to buy some program, Scarm or other, to continue to avail ourselves of more than minimal capability track planning software? |
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 Joined: 04/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 320 Location: Adelaide
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i tend to agree with this but at the same time if one looks around on the net i am sure that some where out there there still lurks a version 6 of wintrack which is still considered one of the better options for track planning software.
also seem to recall that some one on this forum might have this unit for download.
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Joined: 20/07/2007(UTC) Posts: 809 Location: Leopold, Victoria
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I'm happy with Scarm. With Mixy helping when needed.
I've downloaded the latest and purchased a license. 😀 |
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 Joined: 15/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 40
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Originally Posted by: Legless  I'm happy with Scarm. With Mixy helping when needed.
I've downloaded the latest and purchased a license. 😀 I think AnyRail and SCRAM are comparable programs. AnyRail is very user friendly as compared to SCRAM. I have paid subscription for this and won,t bUY SCARM-It is a "bit" crude program. Therefore, I won't buy a program like SCRAM which is somewhat primitive. BTW David from AnyRail is very friendly and helpful. One cannot compare SCARM with WINTRACK. WINTRACK is much more sophisticated program. Sorry I misspelled SCARM in my previous post
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 Joined: 09/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,971 Location: Somewhere, But Nowhere Near Manchester, England
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I like WinRail  |
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 Joined: 15/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,319 Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest
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I've used WinTrack a limited bit (Just purchased it recently to do my layout planning) and I do like that you have/can get footprints/models of accessories from makers like buildings, platforms, etc... so you can use that on the layout planning and take it into account for spacing, etc. The size of the ecosystem and its current-ness for any planning program is important if your doing anything beyond a simple tabletop layout.
On the downside, WinTrack (not sure others have this either) doesn't support a multi-level layouts in its 3D rendering - so if you are like me and building a multi-level shelf layout - where you have a base board for one level (and then another baseboard for the other level above) then the 3d engine cannot render that in a way that lets you see the lower level. So you need to effectively create one layout per level to get renderings. |
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Joined: 30/08/2016(UTC) Posts: 636 Location: Brussels
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I didn't realize that WinTrack and WinRail were actually different programs. Thanks.
PS I just downloaded the demo version of WinTrack to have a look at its capabilities and ease of use. |
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Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,594 Location: Australia
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Offering software for free is pretty common and acceptable practice. You get to use something for free, and have some influence in its design, while the programmer gets to see if there is interest in their idea, how hard it will be to maintain, and get a feel for the likelihood that they can afford to live on the income. I can tell you that it is very hard work to write something like SCARM, and they are unlikely to be the next Bill Gates from their venture either. Some programmers, use a "light" (or lite as they say in the USA) version as a way to attract potential customers. So, those of you using SCARM should blow out the moths from your wallet, like our friend Legless, and support the starving, but very talent programmer.  |
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