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I built RC Layout Lab because planning an indoor on-road track should feel as practical as building one. Generic drawing tools can work, but they make you calculate scale, improvise curb shapes, and guess whether the design can be built cleanly on the day.
This editor is purpose-built around the way RC clubs actually prepare carpet tracks: snap-together curbs based on Slideology kerbing dimensions, reusable corner sections, measurements, carpet grids, inventory counts, and printer-friendly exports for build notes and pre-assembled corners.
The goal is to move more of the thinking into the planning stage, before volunteers are kneeling on the carpet. A clearer layout, better part counts, and useful reference drawings should help the team build faster, race sooner, and spend less of the meeting repairing barriers.
Instructions
Getting started
- Open the left parts tray and drag components onto the carpet.
- Use the Clear button if you want to remove the demo layout and start from an empty carpet.
- Set the carpet width and height before placing lots of parts so the scale, carpet joins, and exports match the real venue.
- Name the track in the File panel. The name is used for saves and export filenames.
- Save early if you are logged in. Opening someone else's shared track and saving it creates your own private copy.
- Use the right library tray to store curb chains, groups, and multi-selections for reuse.
- Curb dimensions are sized to match Slideology kerbs.
Placement and editing
- Use number keys 1 to 0 to place the matching tray component at the mouse position. Use Shift+1, Shift+2, and Shift+3 for a jump, box, and car.
- Use Ctrl/Cmd + 1 to 0 to place stored library items.
- Hold Ctrl/Cmd and click twice on the carpet to add a measurement. Hold Shift while measuring to snap to 45 degrees, or press Esc to cancel.
- Double click a curb chain to break it apart near the mouse.
- Double click a group to expand it back into a live selection.
- Double click a Botts' dot to select the nearby connected cluster.
- Double click a measurement or text label to edit it.
- Keep carpet joins, labels, measurements, and the perimeter barrier switched on while planning, then hide anything you do not need before exporting images.
Selection and transform
- Use the arrow keys to nudge the current selection. Use H and V to flip it, or I to invert selected curb chains.
- Use Ctrl/Cmd+G to group, Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+G to ungroup, and Ctrl/Cmd+D to duplicate.
- Hold Alt while dragging a part to duplicate it.
- Use Delete or Backspace to remove the current selection.
- Use Ctrl/Cmd+C and Ctrl/Cmd+V to copy and paste.
- Use Ctrl/Cmd+Z to undo and Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z to redo.
- Group repeated features such as chicanes or marshal gaps before storing them in the library.
View and export
- Toggle overlays with G grid, R carpet joins, C curb labels, B barrier labels, D or M dimensions, T text labels, P perimeter barrier, and U imperial units.
- Use S to save, J to download JSON, O to export the current view PNG, F to fit the carpet, and + or - to zoom.
- Hold Alt and use the wheel to zoom. Hold Space and drag, use the middle mouse button, or use a two-finger touch gesture to pan.
- Download JSON for an editable backup. Export the carpet PNG for a full build reference, or the view PNG for exactly the area currently on screen.
- Shared tracks appear in Browse Tracks after meeting the publishing checks. Sharing creates a public snapshot, so you can keep editing privately and share again when you want to update it.
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Answers for clubs and racers using RC Layout Lab to plan, share, and adapt indoor carpet track layouts.