Railroad-Professional, the track planning program described by the trade press as "...an insider tip among model railway freaks..." (MIBA Extra No. 7; MIBA is a leading german trade press for model railways) is a software for planning a complete model railway facility with the focus on an exactly scaled development. Track planners who care about precision while at the same time being intuitive to use are turning to this program on the market.
Railroad-Professional is available free of charge in the Standard Edition for planning smaller layouts; and for purchase in the Project Edition for the ambitious model railroad planner.
| Standard Edition free |
Project Edition ➔ purchase |
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|---|---|---|
| Useable track libraries | all | all |
| Useable accessory libraries | all | all |
| Max. track plan size | unlimited | unlimited |
| Max. number of real and logical layers | unlimited | unlimited |
| Landscaping / free drawings | full | full |
| Max. number of tracks per plan | 70 | unlimited |
| Max. number of accessories per plan | unlimited | unlimited |
| Create your own tracks using the integrated track editor |
✓ | ✓ |
| Create your own accessories using integrated drawing functions |
✓ | ✓ |
| Create your own element libraries using the integrated library manager |
✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic track system recognition | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for flex and vario tracks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Warning if track curvature exceeds limits | ✓ | ✓ |
| Semi-automatic track laying | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic parallel track creation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic mirror design | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrated drawing and graphics functions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Measuring tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Determination of shortest paths | ✓ | ✓ |
| Item list with cost overview | ✓ | ✓ |
| External images/graphics embeddable | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selectable measurement units/systems | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manual project saving | — | ✓ |
| Automatic project saving | — | ✓ |
| Real print preview + page distribution | — | ✓ |
| Printouts (also 1:1 as assembly template) | — | ✓ |
| Track plan image export in various formats | — | ✓ |
| Free updates of the same major version | — | ✓ |
| Discounted upgrades to next major version | — | ✓ |
| Download the software package (both editions) |
➔ Download page | |
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