SCARM: Coordinates not appearing in status bar

[Timken1111]

I've just started using SCARM and when I select a track section, the coordinates do not appear in the status bar. If I copy and paste a track section, and select the arrow on either end, the coordinates do appear.

Why don't the coordinates appear in the status bar when I select a track section?

Is it possible to move a track section numerically using the Toolbox?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[KB02]

Honestly, I have never noticed the coordinates thing before.
Great... one more thing for my OCD to fight me on.

While fiddling with it to see if I could answer your question (I can't; sorry), I also just discovered the "Parallel Start Point" feature. I just did a bunch of designing, too, where that would have come in handy.

 

[Timken1111]

Thanks for your help!

SCARM should display coordinates in the status bar.

SCARM should also allow users to move track sections numerically using the Toolbox.

Another useful feature would be moving track sections using arrow keys.

 

[Timken1111]

Honestly, I have never noticed the coordinates thing before.
Great... one more thing for my OCD to fight me on.

While fiddling with it to see if I could answer your question (I can't; sorry), I also just discovered the "Parallel Start Point" feature. I just did a bunch of designing, too, where that would have come in handy.

Parallel start point is a very useful feature. It allows users to create equally spaced parallel track sections.

 

[Timken1111]

Parallel start point is a very useful feature. It allows users to create equally spaced parallel track sections.

Parallel point is very useful.

SCARM should allow modelers to move track sections numerically using the Toolbox. SCARM should also allow modelers to move track sections using the arrow keys.

SCARM should display the name of the track section, it's coordinates on the layout, it's length, and the layer it occupies in the status bar.

 

[ctclibby]

Parallel point is very useful.

SCARM should allow modelers to move track sections numerically using the Toolbox. SCARM should also allow modelers to move track sections using the arrow keys.

SCARM should display the name of the track section, it's coordinates on the layout, it's length, and the layer it occupies in the status bar.

Timken: I Don't use Scarm and I find it sorta hard to believe that you can't do what you want. Xtrack is my downfall so here is what I have to go through.

You can move using the arrow keys for micro-moving: select then [shift][ctlr] then arrow key. I use that for text, boxes, circles ... etc mostly. To move; select track(s) you want to move, select the move button then mouse down on it somewhere and move it. Then you can do a select with join; select track(s) you want to move/join, hit the join button then shift-click on the end you want to move/join, then click again on the track you want to join to and the whole shebang is moved/joined. Also, you can move a specific distance by selecting that widget then enter the distance X-Y; either can be positive/negative from the current position.

I also have a 'properties' button of which the coordinates of both ends, track angle and length if tangent, if circle; center, arc degrees and coordinates of both ends are shown.

There might be some menu button/key stroke in Scarm that does either/all of those. Check out the menu system, or go and find the keyboard shortcuts if you haven't already.

Might help, might not.

Gripe: I sure wish these CAD software designers would give you a small text teminal, then you could do all the easy stuff with the keyboard. When I used AutoCad ( 2.4 ), I could draw most simple stuff just using the terminal. Boy does that age me or what? Circles, Arcs, Beziers and such were still done with mouse.

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