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RailModeller
Copyright ® 2002-2008 by MacRailSoft


Program History

The detailed RailModeller version history can also be found in the manual.


Changes in Version 3.1.1

  • RailModeller
    • Startup delay in the demo version splashscreen removed
    • Fixed a problem with potentially wrong element colors on Intel Macs
    • Fixed a problem with bad palette window positions on Intel Macs
    • Files in the recent file list could sometimes not be opened
    • Cosmetical glitch in the Software Update dialog fixed
    • The last 3D position was not handled correctly on Intel Macs

Changes in Version 3.1

  • RailModeller
    • Delivered as a Universal Binary running natively on both, Intel and PowerPC Macs
    • Significantly improved loading time for large worksheets
    • Toolbar segments can be configured directly via the Toolbar's contextual menu
    • New "Select in Railset Palette" function switches to the selected worksheet element in the Railset Palette
    • Improved tape measure tool with new option to show horizontal and vertical distance as two distinct measurements
    • The tooltip containing the current measurement was sometimes not displayed in the tape measure tool
    • New option to print either 1 or 2 markers to help the assembly of multi-page printouts
    • New options to print layouts in 1:2 and 1:10 scale
    • Added automatic scrolling when elements are dragged near the edge of the worksheet window
    • Smoother editing of polygon and flextrack points at high zoom levels
    • New shortcut for "Connect segment to"
    • New shortcut for "Select Connected Elements" (Option-Doubleclick)
    • Minor improvements in the Stock dialog
    • New "Paste Original Position" command to place a pasted element at the same position as the copied element
    • Changing price and currency of flextracks didn't work in the Partlist Dialog
    • Fixed a very rare crash during printing
    • Fixed a cosmetical glitch when dragging elements under Mac OS 10.5
    • Mac OS 9 no longer supported, OS 10.3 or better required
  • Railset Editor
    • Delivered as a Universal Binary running natively on both, Intel and PowerPC Macs
    • Mac OS 9 no longer supported, OS 10.3 or better required

Changes in Version 3.0.5

  • RailModeller
    • Move element to front/back now possible for multiple elements
    • Pages were missing in printouts
    • The grid could be printed in wrong scale
    • Outline mode for polygon elements didn't work

Changes in Version 3.0.4

  • RailModeller
    • Added import of Mac MoVe XML files written by Mac MoVe for english locale
    • Improved ruler display for feet units
    • New "Center On Current Selection" function
    • Improved zooming behaviour to always keep the center of the worksheet centered
    • Minor improvements in the "Worksheet Properties" dialog
    • Mouse cursor was sometimes wrong in various tools
    • The "Connect With .." modes could hang when the Move Worksheet shortcut (Cmd - Mouse) was used during joint selection
    • Long descriptions and comments were cut off after 255 characters in the Worksheet Information dialog

Changes in Version 3.0.3

  • RailModeller
    • Improved Polygon Editor allows to convert polygon to line elements and vice versa
    • New "Scale Element" function in the Polygon Editor
    • Flextracks, polygon and line elements could no be selected via mouse clicks
    • Constraints check was disabled when editing flextracks
    • Small text font size corrected for Mac OS 9

Changes in Version 3.0.2

  • RailModeller
    • The suffix for exported graphics files is automatically appended to the filename
    • Short click in the toolbar rotate control didn't bring up the "Rotate Elements" dialog
    • Tracks in the Railset Palette now use the drawing style chosen in the current worksheet
    • A slightly wrong center position could be displayed by the "Move Elements" dialog depending on the current worksheet zoom factor
    • Fixed a crash at application startup with certain preferences settings
    • Fixed a crash when working with text elements under Mac OS 9
    • On multi-processor machines the "Connect with Tracks" function could crash
    • Improved error message when files with wrong file types are dropped on the application icon

Changes in Version 3.0.1

  • RailModeller
    • Various cosmetic fixes on Mac OS 9
    • Entering license keys from the "Registration" panel of the preferences didn't work on Mac OS 9
    • Misleading error message fixed when default railset could not be located
    • Import of Mac MoVe XML documents could result in an endless loop
    • Elements in the Railset Palette were sometimes drawn in text representation even if they could have fitted into the buttons
    • The "Bend to Curved" panel of the Flextrack editor could display a wrong error requester in a loop
    • The Railset Editor could not be started using the "Element > Launch Railset Editor" menu item
    • White colored elements could not be selected by clicking them
    • An error message could pop up after editing flextracks and polygons with contextual menu commands
  • Railset Editor
    • New "Set Middle Rail Setting to All Elements" function
    • Wrong tracklength for curved tracks could be displayed
    • Outline inactive only had an effect for track components
    • Specifying the rail head width had no effect
    • Elements in the "Library Contents" list were sometimes drawn in text representation even if they could have fitted into the list
    • Help > RailModeller Manual displayed an error message

Changes in Version 3.0

  • RailModeller
    • Customizable track drawing styles: full trackbed width, gauge width, single line. Optionally draw trackmarks, joints and center line
    • Support for stock added
    • Stock can be imported from and exported to either Mac MoVe or plain CVS text files (Tab separated)
    • The number of elements remaining in the stock can optionally be displayed in the Railset Palette
    • The display of flags for obsolete elements in the Railset Palette can now be controlled from the preferences
    • All file exports have been replaced by a single export dialog with Format popup
    • New "Connect with Sectional Track" function automatically connects two tracks with a variable number of sectional tracks
    • The Options menu has been removed, application wide settings have been moved to the preferences dialog, worksheet related settings can be found in the new Display menu
    • New Arrange menu provides direct access to functions for connecting tracks and segments
    • New Preferences dialog
    • New Toolbar with configurable contents and icon sizes
    • Enhanced Print dialog
    • Layouts can be printed in full size (1:1 scale)
    • New option to omit pages without tracks from the printout
    • New option to print markers to ease the assembly of printouts with multiple pages
    • Automatically adjust the printout size to the margins of the currenty selected printer
    • Name of printouts as displayed in the Printer Dialog or the Mac OS Preview application was sometimes wrong
    • Extended worksheet properties dialog
    • Additional fields for worksheets to enter comments and a file revision
    • Worksheet descriptions can contain up to 4096 characters
    • Text elements can be edited directly in the worksheet
    • Text elements can have up to 4096 characters
    • Improved drawing speed for text elements
    • New "Cleanup Orphaned Tracks" function
    • Currency and measurement units were not displayed localized in all dialogs
    • New Partlist dialog with integrated price editor
    • Partlists can be copied to the clipboard
    • New concrete, grass and sand textures for 3D mode
    • Trackbedwidth can be changed for a particular and batch-changed for all dynamic flextracks of a worksheet in the Flextrack Properties dialog
    • Direct access to rotation by 15, 30, 45, 90 and 180 degrees via Rotate control popup window
    • New Railset Palette function to launch the Railset Editor with the railset currently displayed in the Railset Palette
    • About box and Registration panel in the preferences now provide assistance for installing the license key
    • Selected elements are framed in red color to be easier recognizable from unselected elements
    • Default element name color was not stored in the preferences
    • Fixed a bug in "Connect with Flextrack" where valid destination joints were sometimes not selectable as target joint
    • License keys are no longer release specific and have been moved to "~/Library/Application Support/RailModeller/Software License"
    • Sometimes the length of a group of tracks wasn't calculated correctly
    • Mac OS 8.6 support dropped, minimum OS version supported is OS 9
  • Railset Editor
    • New Comment field for railets to denote additional information related to the railset
    • New field for trackbed width
    • New field for rail width
    • Improved Railset Comparison dialog
    • Mac OS 8.6 support dropped, minimum OS version supported is OS 9

Changes in Version 2.3.4

  • RailModeller
    • Redesigned and improved print dialog
    • Center label for printouts can optionally contain date or user specified text
    • New "Fit Worksheet" option to automatically adjust zoom factor to fit on a single page
    • New selection mode to select all elements of the same railset
    • Worksheet rulers displayed wrong information when units were set to feet
    • The page number was missing in print outs
    • Elements were sometimes missing in printouts
    • Row and column coordinates of pages were not printed
    • Problem with the application icon corrected, could be displayed incorrectly on some Mac OS X systems
  • Railset Editor
    • Problem with the application icon corrected, could be displayed incorrectly on some Mac OS X systems

Changes in Version 2.3.3

  • RailModeller
    • Tooltips were sometimes not shown
    • The Tape Measure could crash the application on certain systems
    • Measurements for the Tape Measure were sometimes displayed at wrong locations
  • Railset Editor
    • Maximum trackwidth increased to 650mm
    • Creation of rounded rectangles in the Polygon/Rectangle Dialog
    • SVG importer crashed for some graphic files
    • Improved SVG importer, now supports bezier curves and rounded rectangles
    • Elements pasted into railsets did not adapt their modelscale to the hosting railsets scale

Changes in Version 2.3.2

  • RailModeller
    • When selecting elements with the lasso the current width and height of the selection rectangle is displayed in the position display
    • Improved Element Info dialog for all element types, now shows dynamic descriptions for elements created on the fly
    • Fast unit switch via CTRL-OPT-PageUp/PageDown allows to change the current unit without invoking the preferences
    • Fixed a drawing bug in the Element Info dialog for huge elements
    • "Bend To Straight" and "Bend To Curved" dialogs now provide an easy way of using the full flextrack length for parametrically bent tracks
    • Application icon was still displayed as a document icon on some Mac OS 10.4 systems
    • When exporting partlists from the Partlist dialog the dialog lost focus after replacing an existing partlist file
    • Opening the 3D mode could hang in an endless loop for worksheets with particular curved elements
    • The 3D menu was not responsive when switching to another application and back to the 3D view
    • Rectangle elements would sometimes disappear or be partly invisible after changing the dimensions
    • Correct a wrong tooltip for the info window, added tooltips for the worksheet position display and zoom control
  • Railset Editor
    • Fixed a crash when loading railsets with 1 or no elements

Changes in Version 2.3.1

  • RailModeller
    • The application icon was displayed as a document type icon on particular Mac OS 10.4 systems
    • The worksheet rulers displayed divisions of 10 units with 12 subdivisions for imperial units

Changes in Version 2.3

  • RailModeller
    • Layouts can be up to 1000m x 1000m (3280ft x 3280ft)
    • Zoomlevels of up to 500 % for editing, exporting and printing
    • New Color Palette
    • The Railset Palette can optionally be displayed horizontally beneath the worksheet window
    • New category filter in the Railset Palette
    • Railsets can be dynamically sorted in the Railset Palette by several modes
    • Improved appearance and readability of the Railset Palette controls
    • New categories: Slot Car, Digital/Electric, Symbols
    • New Colorize Selection menu item
    • Elements can be drawn outlined, without fill color
    • Optionally display product number and description in the Info-Window
    • New 10% setting for element name text size
    • Added support for Danish Krone (DKK)
    • New "Dark Grey / White" worksheet color scheme
    • The grid can be displayed in 3D view
    • 3D view can be controlled via numeric keypad and cursor keys
    • Improved automated layout of palette windows via Cleanup Windows for more effective use of screen real estate
    • Internal printing architecture completely rewritten to allow much larger printouts and to consume less memory and CPU
    • Optionally display the coordinate for each page of a printout for easier assembly of the pages
    • Pressing <SHIFT> while dragging elements inside the worksheet limits the movement to the horizontal or vertical axis
    • Default worksheet dimensions in the preferences would sometimes round user input to incorrect values when using inch or feet
    • Improved display of text elements in the 3D view (especially for large worksheets)
    • "Cleanup Windows" better recognizes switched screen resolutions
    • Automated search for a registered older release on the local harddrive to automatically unlock the new release using an existing license key

  • Railset Editor
    • Elements can be imported from SVG files
    • Direct entry of polygon-point made more convenient for more than 10 points
    • New "Scale Element" dialog for elements without track components
    • New options to ask for confirmation when deleting elements and/or components
    • Added support for Danish Krone (DKK)
    • New option to sorting railsets automatically by type
    • Optionally display the polygon point index of the currently edited polygon component as a tooltip

Changes in Version 2.2.5

  • RailModeller
    • The Element Info dialog can now be invoked for elements in the Railset Palette by clicking on elements in the palette while holding <CMD>
    • Fixed a problem with text selection under Mac OS 10.4
    • Print Dialog didn't work correctly under Mac OS 10.4
    • Fixed a floor texture problem in 3D mode (Mac OS 10.4)

Changes in Version 2.2.4

  • RailModeller
    • Fixed a problem when saving previews with newly created worksheets
    • Fixed a bug where white text was not visible in 3D mode
    • Double-Clicks in Tape Measure mode could sometimes leave the ruler on the worksheet
    • New "Zoom to Width", "Zoom to Height" options in worksheet zoom popup
    • All textures can now be turned off via menu in 3D mode

Changes in Version 2.2.3

  • RailModeller
    • Page Setup settings are saved with worksheets
    • Full screen option for 3D mode
    • Texture for border-box can be turned off for Macs with slow graphics hardware
    • Improved "Flextrack Properties" / "Bend To Straight" / "Bend To Curved" dialogs
    • Fixed a problem with the Chicago font on some Mac OS X systems, Default font is now Geneva

Changes in Version 2.2.2

  • RailModeller
    • Markers for "Connect with flextrack" were not displayed
    • Wrong initial library was loaded to the Railset Palette if no default library was chosen
    • Manual wasn't found in the new "Documents" folder when opened from RailModeller or Railset Editor
    • Fixed display of flextracks in 3D mode
    • Fixed wrong color settings of text-objects in printouts and file previews
    • Manual enhanced and updated

Changes in Version 2.2.1

  • RailModeller
    • Worksheets Documents can be opened by dragging the files to the worksheet window
    • Default font for text elements can now be customized
    • Display of worksheet location in worksheet info
    • Improved display of rulers and fixed a bug when displaying Feet units
    • Fixed a drawing bug were text on 8.6/9.x could overwrite the window scrollbars
    • Fixed possible crash on 8.6/9.x with zoom-popup menu
    • Fixed a bug with elements sometimes displayed in wrong colors in 3D view
    • Fixed a bug with misplaced text in 3D view
    • Undo after 3D view could cause a crash
    • Minor user-interface enhancements
    • Fixed several minor bugs

  • Railset Editor
    • New controls for more convenient editing of component angle and position
    • Minor user-interface enhancements

Changes in Version 2.2

  • RailModeller
    • New functions for creating groups of elements
    • Text elements can be rotated to arbitrary angles
    • Flextracks can be bend parametrically to any straight or curved track
    • "Connect with Flextrack" can now use flextracks from libraries
    • New alternative pattern for selected elements
    • New option for drawing Element-Name with outlines
    • Support for Pound Sterling (£), Swiss Franc (CHF), Swedish Krona (SEK), Yen (JPY)
    • New <CMD><Arrow> shortcut for scrolling the worksheet
    • Support midrail for authentic 3-rail tracks
    • Default width and height for worksheets can be set in the preferences
    • Online-Help in preferences added (Tooltip for every option)
    • New 3D Textures: Lawn, Sand 1, Sand 2
    • Text is now displayed as a texture using the correct font in 3D view
    • Optimized display of textures in 3D view and cosmetic enhancements
    • Native support for scrollwheels (Mac OS X only)
    • Added Undo/Redo for Prefix, Elementname Display, Grid
    • Improved hierarchical directory structure for "Railsets" folder
    • Enabled copy and paste between Railset Editor and RailModeller
    • Dragging single elements with <shift> crashed the application
    • Recent Menu items starting with a hyphen were not displayed
    • Creating 90-degree flextracks sometimes didn't work in Connect with Flextrack
    • Fixed a cosmetic flaw in Connect with Flextrack with very distant joints
    • Fixed an error where dragged elements would sometimes not snap
    • Element-order was reversed for canceled drag&drop operations
    • Particular elements (e.g. turntables) sometimes failed to connect
    • Fixed a bug in the "Move Selection" Dialog
    • Correction of several translations
    • Fixed mixed linebreak style in exported partlists
    • Fixed a few memory leaks
    • Fixed various issues with Mac OS 8.6
    • Fixed several minor bugs

  • Railset Editor
    • New "Polygon-Tool" function: Scale, Merge, Mirror X/Y, Round
    • Improved polygon and line macros
    • Introduced Cut/Copy/Paste for elements and components
    • Support midrail for authentic 3-rail tracks
    • Support for 00-Gauge (1:76)
    • Support for Pound Sterling, Swiss Franc, Swedish Krona, Yen
    • Improved railset comparison function
    • New Minimal List View Zoom preferences option
    • Native support for scrollwheels (Mac OS X only)
    • Rulers always started at 100% despite default zoom setting
    • Recent Menu items starting with a hyphen were not displayed
    • Fixed sorting in comparison dialog
    • Fixed error when calling the Curved Turnout macro twice
    • Fixed various issues with Mac OS 8.6

Changes in Version 2.1

  • RailModeller
    • Localized RailModeller application with german and english locale
    • New function "Connect Segment To" joins two segments
    • New 'Open Recent' menu
    • New Gridsizes 1,6,12 and 24 suitable for imperial units and 250
    • Drag & Drop is now possible for any number of elements
    • Clipboard-Operations can be applied to groups of elements
    • Move/Rotation can be applied to groups of elements
    • Worksheets are now saved with a (Finder-) Preview
    • Magnetic area of the joints can now be adjusted in the preferences
    • <SHIFT><OPT> can now be used to temp. activate the Append-Mode for Flextracks
    • New option to hide the footer in printouts
    • New Selection Modes: "Select Similar Modelscale", "Select Similar Manufacturer"
    • Improvements in the 'Connect with Flextrack' function
    • Improved error-handling in the Price Editor
    • Detailed Element Statistics in 'Worksheet Info'
    • Several improvements in the 3D-View
    • Fixed a bug where the Image Export displayed wrong size information
    • Choosing new color with <OPT> - Click on the Color-Button didn't work well under 10.3
    • Prefix-Display in the Railset Palette wasn't updated after loading new worksheet
    • Undo after changing the Worksheet size could cause strange effects or a crash
    • Ground texture in 3D view was sometimes reset to default

  • Railset Editor
    • Localized Railset Editor application with german and english locale
    • Redesigned most dialogs to be more intuitive
    • Introduced preferences for the RailSet Editor
    • New 'Open Recent' menu
    • New option to automatically load the railset last worked on at startup
    • Added support for S-Gauge (1:64)
    • New, extensive 'Compare Railsets' function
    • Various minor improvements

Changes in Version 2.0.1

  • RailModeller
    • New Shortcut: <CTRL><TAB> Shows/Hides all palette windows
    • New "Elements Railset to Palette" function selects the current railset from any worksheet-element
    • New Option to Auto-Open the worksheet last used when application launches
    • Position and visibility of palette-windows now stored in the preferences
    • Corrected Element-Name default setting, names always hidden
    • Fixed a problem with the "Move Element" dialog

  • Railset Editor
    • New "Search/Replace for Attribute Strings" function
    • New attribute to display polygons as line-segments
    • Minor GUI enhancements
    • Next/Previous Point shortcuts didn't always work
    • Memory for closed railsets wasn't deallocated under certain circumstances

Changes in Version 2.0

  • RailModeller
    • Native support for MacOS 9 - 10.x
    • Support for Flextracks
    • Added Support for various Units: Millimetre, Centimetre, Inch, Feet
    • Automatic calculation of the overall tracklength of tracks, selections and worksheets
    • New flexible Zoom-System with 5-100% and Zoom-To-Fit Feature
    • New "Info Palette"
    • New Price-Editor for Worksheets: Quick editing of Prices for all Elements, Sync. Prices from Worksheets with Railsets
    • Enhanced Selection Modes: Select Similar Elements, Select Elements of the same color, Inverse Selection
    • New "Duplicate Element" Command
    • New function for connecting elements with a flextrack
    • Optional display of Prefixes for Elements, e.g. 'Fl-6100' for Fleischmann tracks
    • Option-Key can be used to copy any dragged element
    • Improvements for the Polygon, Rectangle and Circle Tools
    • Linewidth of Lines, Rectangles, Polygons and Circles can now be adjusted
    • Fast access to the preset colors via F-Keys
    • Many minor improvements
    • Fixed a problem occuring on some systems when starting the 3D mode
    • The correct currency is now always displayed

  • Railset Editor
    • Native support for MacOS 9 - 10.x
    • Support for Flextrack Components
    • New Turntable Macro
    • New Transfer Table Macro
    • Support for Linewidth of Polygon and Circle Components
    • Display of Item/Component-Lists now scaled dynamically
    • Improved Zooming for Item-View (25 - 400%)

Changes in Version 1.1

  • RailModeller
    • New "Measuring Tool"
    • New "Colorize Tool"
    • New "Eyedropper Tool"
    • New "Joint Rotate" function
    • Improved Partlist:  Sortable by any criteria (name, price, etc.)
    • Grid-Spacing for Worksheets can be adjusted from 5-100cm
    • Added point-editing for polygons and linesegments
    • RailModeller no longer requires the editor to be named "Railset Editor"
    • Improved decimal-fields for the Move/Rotate Element dialogs
    • Improved Text-Elements:  Blocks of very small text are now displayed as patterned rectangles to be better distinguishable from plain rectangles.
    • Added 3D-Mode support for Text-Elements
    • Minor improvements in the Rectangle-, Circle-, Line- and Polygon-Modes
    • Fixed a refresh problem in the Move Element dialog
    • Fixed various price-related problems

  • Railset Editor
    • New Element-Flag "Obsolete" describes the availability of elements
    • New Library-Properties "Vendor-URL"  (Main & Optional)
    • New macro for "Curved Turnouts"
    • New, customizable "Joint-Alignment Dialog"
    • New "Import Function" for merging railsets
    • New "Mirror Function" for components
    • New "Synchronize Price" and "Synchronize Description" functions for synchronizing price and/or description changes between two versions of the same railset
    • Added support for Circle Components
    • Parameters can be entered more precisely (up to 1/1000 mm)
    • Various minor user-interface improvements


last changes: Tue, May 20, 2008