NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/models/railroad/3035

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From: [e-mail] (j.lance wilkinson, 814-865-1818 <[e-mail]>)
Subject: Looking for Generic CADD 5.0, 6.0 and GENERIC 3D users' track,benchwork plans
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Admittedly this is my first attempt to post to any newsgroup, let alone this
one -- the post may go awry but here goes.

I currently use Generic CADD 5.0 for 2-dimentional drafting of various items.
I am also awaiting arival of my copy of Generic 3D 2.0, a 3-dimentional
drafting package.  Both are MS-DOS based packages, originally developed and
marketed by Generic Software of Bothell, WA.  About 2 years ago Autodesk (the
AUTOCAD people) bought Generic, but pretty well has left them alone, I guess
mostly to allow them to establish a hold in the low-end PC/Drafting market
using an already-sucessful product.  That's the history, now on to the query:

I was hoping that there might be other subscribers to this newsgroup who use
Generic CADD or 3D, who might have developed track plans and/or benchwork
plans, HO or otherwise, who might be willing to share them for somebody get-
ting started (restarted?) in the design of a new pike.  I'm looking for the
more complex aspects, like helixes and so on, since I'm rather limited in
available space but prefer the John Allen style grandeur to operations.
Frankly, the only reason I care if the trains move is to justify the plat-
form and the efforts I'll apply to it to those who can't understand why I'd
want to spend weeks on one silly little building or scenery feature.  I hope
with things like helixes and other hidden benchwork features I can cram a lot
of track and scenery into a pretty small area.

Anyhow, if anyone out there has drawings done with Generic, 2D or 3D, and
don't mind offering them to me, please contact by Email (off the newsgroup,
no sense in bothering everyone else on this) to <[e-mail]> and
we'll see about setting something up for a transfer.  Thanks in advance.
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