I got Raily 4.0 and have been reasonably pleased with it. One aspect of the program that is not pleasing, is the documentation. The basic help screen is just an explanation of the buttons and pull down menus. So far the most useful thing is to cycle through the tips/hints until something there gives me a clue.

Example, you can use the k or l key to rotate a piece when you are in gravity mode. I couldn't find gravity mode defined anywhere until I read the review of Raily 3.0 in this forum.

If anyone has an explanation about how to do ramps in the program, I'd love to hear it!

Thanks!

The little hand must be present then the k and l key work to rotate. I think their rationale for calling this "gravity mode" is that you can drag and drop pieces when the little hand is showing. But, of course I'm just guessing as they don't actually say that in any place that is obvious.

I found that by selecting one or the other end of the piece you can get it to attach at that end, although it isn't as accurate as I'd like it does put a little symbol where it thinks you selected.

It is pretty much in tune with all things Marklin. The quality is there; but, the documentation assumes that you have the context of the technician. While these guys are not from the Marklin company, they seem to have been clearly influenced by the style.

I guess part of the fun will be to stumble through this process and figure out what they mean. The program has a lot of function for 30 something dollars; so, I'm not giving up. It is certainly a lot cheaper and more efficient than just buying a bunch of track and "trying stuff".

It looks like I'm going to get the attic. The good news is that there is quite a bit of space. The bad news is that it is pretty primitive and a lot of clutter left over from our move to this house.

I think it might be a plot to get me to finally go through all the junk and toss it out. My wife figures that a few trans, track, and some software are a cheap price to pay.