To Define and Manage Turnout Types

Review, edit and create turnouts for use in your drawing in the Turnout Catalogue dialog box.

To review existing turnouts

  1. Click Rail tab Content panel Turnout Catalogue Find. The Turnout Catalogue dialog box opens.
  2. Select a turnout from the Turnout drop-down menu.
  3. The dialog box displays the dimensions and type of the selected turnout.
  4. Note: You can not edit or delete the predefined installed turnouts.

To define a new turnout

  1. Click Rail tab Content panel Turnout Catalogue Find. The Turnout Catalogue dialogue box opens.
  2. From the Turnout drop-down menu, select a turnout that is similar to the type you want to create.
  3. In the Name field, specify a unique name for the new turnout.
  4. Specify a description, type and dimensions for the turnout. Refer to the thumbnail in the dialog box for dimensions.
  5. Click to create the new turnout. It displays in the Turnout drop-down list.

To modify or delete user-defined turnouts

  1. Click Rail tab Content panel Turnout Catalogue Find. The Turnout Catalogue dialog box opens.
  2. From the Turnout drop-down menu, select a user-defined turnout.
    Note: You can not edit or delete the predefined installed turnouts.
  3. To modify the turnout, edit its description, type or dimensions and click to save your changes.
  4. To delete the turnout, click .