Whether you are planning a large layout for a show or a small bedroom setup, you'll more than likely want to diagram it all before you begin. Fortunately, there are a few options out there for doing just that. Below are the known LEGO specific track designers.

BLUEBRICK
created by Alban Nanty

This software was designed specially for the AFOLs who want to prepare the layouts of their LEGO® exhibitions. BlueBrick is compatible with LDRAW and "Train Depot Track Designer" and was designed to extend easily its part database. Its layers feature allow you to better organize your map, and some specific layers make possible the addition of annotation and area assignment. RAILBRICKS Recommends!

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TRACKDRAW
created by Cary Clark (no longer supported)

TrackDraw was designed as a replacement program for Track Designer. TrackDraw differs from Track Designer in that:

• Not tied to LEGO; it works with any fixed-length piece track system
• It uses vector graphics so the track can be drawn at any resolution
• The editor includes multiple-levels of Undo, layers, and text annotation
• Parts and layouts can be edited by other tools or by a text editor
• Parts are described by an XML format with a validating XML schema
• Layouts can be saved as XML, LDraw models, SVG, JPEG etc

TRACKDESIGNER
created by Matthew Bates (no longer supported)

Track Designer is a Windows 95 program for designing layouts quickly and simply. You can use it to draw layouts you are planning to build, archive layouts you've already built, or design huge layouts that require far more pieces than you have in your collection!

Track Designer is very easy to use, you can add and remove pieces, cut, copy and paste using the clipboard, select and move whole sections of track, rotate and flip. A completed layout can be printed out on paper and large layouts will be scaled to fit on one piece of paper.

Track Designer has some additional features that you wouldn't get by using a paint program to design layouts. It automatically sizes the workspace to the size of the layout so you can add track in any direction. Reports tell you how many pieces of track you need and tell you the size of the space needed to build the layout. Short circuit detection is built in and an electrical view helps you track down the source of the problem.

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