News

The update to RailModeller Pro 6.4 is now shipping!
New features of our track planning app for macOS include:

• Search the Library Catalog and Layouts
  The new search feature helps locating elements across the entire catalog of track libraries and the active layout document.
  Forgot which of the many Peco track systems contains the SL-108F part? Can't find that Kato Unitrack Bridge? Just open the search feature from the toolbar, enter name or description and let the app locate the library for you.
  Or you're wondering where in your gorgeous layout you've used that isolating track? No problem - switch the search target to your layout and let the app highlight all matching elements for you.
  
  
• Point Editor
  We took the point editor from our upcoming Library Editor module and made it available in the sidebar so you can easily review and edit individual point coordinates of line and polygon elements as well as the corner points of baseboard elements.
  
  
• Improved Touch Bar Support
  Many functions throughout the app have been extended to offer shortcuts when running on Macs with a Touch Bar: Preset zoom levels, parallel track distances, quick filter categories and more can be chosen with a tap on the Touch Bar for a streamlined workflow.

Other improvements in this update include

• A new inspector for text elements showing the font and other statistics for the selection
• Improvements to the Info inspector
• Selections consisting of elements with multiple stroke or fill colors now show a multi-value indicator similar to e.g. Numbers
• Smaller enhancements and bug fixes to Community Layouts
• Improvements and bug fixes when managing the stock
• Improvements and bug fixes in the custom key bindings editor
• Fix for a rare issue where the app failed to start on some Macs

As always the latest update includes new as well as extended libraries for tracks and accessories.

RailModeller Pro 6.4 runs natively on Apple silicon Macs and Intel Macs.
The update requires macOS Sierra (10.12) or newer and is available exclusively on the Mac App Store.
Existing installations of RailModeller Pro are updated automatically by the Software Update mechanism of macOS.

The recent update to our Train Layouts app for iPadOS adds

• New sort modes allowing to sort track plans by "Popular This Month", "Area (Smallest First)", "Area (Largest First)"
• Layouts can now also be filtered by tag to e.g. show all layouts with any tracks made by Peco or Märklin, or list only track plans using the Tomix N track system

In addition the Profile image control in the tab bar indicates whether a user is currently logged into the community, and we have bundled some bug fixes and other minor improvements.

You can find out all about the Train Layouts app on our product page, now also featuring a brief video guiding you through the features of the app. We have also created a short clip demonstrating the recent update.

Train Layouts 1.6 requires iPadOS 12 or newer and is available on the App Store.

RailModeller Pro is getting ready for Big Sur with its latest update including enhancements to improve compatibility with the new macOS version.

Other changes in maintenance release 6.3.2 include:

• The Clean Up assistant has been extended to detect and remove duplicate tracks where multiple copies of a track are positioned at the same location
  
  
• An improved contextual menu when editing baseboards with the ability to hide / show all dimensions of a baseboard using a single command
  
  
• Extended summary tooltips in the Library Catalog also display the modification date & author of a track library
  
  
• The appearance of the Community Layouts catalog has been improved
  
  
• The layout setting to hide marks between tracks now also impacts how tracks are rendered in 3D view
  
  

In addition an issue that could cause crashes when reverting a layout document to a previous version has been fixed and a bug preventing the Library Catalog’s QuickFilter from hiding both automatically (for accessory libraries) and permanently (if configured) has been fixed.

As always the catalog of bundled track systems has been extended with new and updated libraries.

We provide more details on all that's new in our latest major release RailModeller Pro 6.3 in this dedicated article.

RailModeller Pro 6.3 requires macOS Sierra (10.12) or newer and is available exclusively on the Mac App Store.
The update is free for users of RailModeller Pro. Installations of the app are updated automatically by the Software Update mechanism of macOS.

The latest update to our track planning app for macOS is now shipping:
RailModeller Pro 6.3 features a range of improvements throughout the app.

• Auto-Colorize Layouts
  A new function to automatically colorize layouts by element type, radius, article number, or layer using multiple color palettes and custom color shades helps in communicating the structure of a layout and distinguishing individual elements with a simple to use assistant.
  
  
• Improved Library Catalog
  The Library Catalog now shows the shorthand or alias where published by the manufacturer so you don't have to remember that article 61113 is a 'G100'.
  A new filter option allows to hide elements not tracked in stock and negative counts can now be shown for all articles regardless of whether they are currently tracked in your stock. The latter can be enabled in the app's preference when 'Show required..' is selected. As a bonus the Library Catalog now displays a summary for the active track library when hovering above the selected library's name.
  
  
• Baseboard Assistant
  The baseboard assistant has been extended and now displays a large preview to help matching a new baseboard with existing layout content. A new inside corner baseboard templates (as used by e.g. the T-TRAK system) has been added, additional improvements include a new offset/alignment option as well as a number of minor changes.
  
  
• Better JMRI Export
  The export to JMRI's PanelPro application for controlling model railroads via DCC has been expanded to provide more control over the generated output.
  It now includes user-defined scaling enabling you to individually match your RailModeller Pro layout for JMRI's unit agnostic Layout Editor, options to show tunnel segments and to include only visible portions of the layout. The export has also been improved to be more robust when generating JMRI XML files.
  To learn more about JMRI and PanelPro please visit www.jmri.org
  
  
• Inspector for Generic Bumpers
  A dedicated inspector is now available for the recently introduced user-generated bumper (buffer stops) decorations that can be added to any straight, curved or flex track. It allows customizing the appearance of generic bumpers by offering settings to e.g. select the type of bumper (earthen, classic bracket, Hayes) or its position inside the track.

But that's not all: Many aspects of the app's user interface have been refreshed including an improved QuickFilter in the Library Catalog, updated color controls throughout the app providing the familiar iWork style color palette, and improved assistants.

Other changes in RailModeller Pro 6.3 include improvements to Cloud Layouts with an optimized view for individual layouts and swifter feedback for various actions, extended layer defaults, minor improvements and bug fixes when exporting layout files to multi-layer PhotoShop (PSD) images, and other enhancements -
too many to include all of them!

As always the latest update includes new as well as extended libraries for tracks and accessories.

RailModeller Pro 6.3 requires macOS 10.12 or newer and is available exclusively on the Mac App Store.
The update is free for users of RailModeller Pro. Installations of the app are updated automatically by the Software Update mechanism of macOS.