3d programs

Not that I know of. There might be files you can download and run through your slicer program of choice of train stuff that you could print though.  But program wise, you normally have a drawing program that you create what you plan to print in and you export your drawing as an .stl file.  Then you import the .stl file into a slicer program that will allow you to add whatever supports may be needed and then it will divide that into layers and save it as a file type that your particular 3d printer can read and execute.  Did you purchase a printer?  If so, which one?

There are *Free* Slicer Programs that will allow one to print all the train related 3D printable items one can locate on the internet with a 3D printer.  The problem is finding the items... especially, in O-Scale.

OGR may have the largest, free and easily accessible number of items in O-Scale to be found.  If anyone can find a location with more items... please, let us know ...it would be greatly appreciated.

Mods... may want to stick this under 3D Printing...

There are a lot of train-related items either here in the 3D section or elsewhere. Thingiverse has several hundred (at least) free downloadable .stl files.

Cura is a program supplied with a lot of printers. My Qidi came with a version already optimized for it. You download what you want and use Cura to slice, resize, reorient or what have you. I know people complain about some Thingiverse files not printing well, but if you look at the comments first and pay attention to the suggestions, most will work.

The all3dp.com site is full of information about the major types of printers, product reviews, how-tos for nearly everything 3D-print related and collections of printables in many categories. It’s really helpful. There’s a lot to learn, just as there was when home PCs started to make real progress in the early 1980s. We haven’t yet hit what I call “toaster stage”—where an average person with no specific training can use a product almost without thinking, the way we use toasters, microwaves etc.—but it won’t take decades to get there.

BT&G Morgan,

Wow!  I'd like to see that Thingiverse list.  I've searched there a plenty and I haven't been able to find it and I invented the Internet!    I know there is a lot of HO and N etc over there... but, 'ready to print' O?   If anyone has cataloged such a list... PLEASE, may I have a copy!

@Dennis-LaRock posted:

I know there is a lot of HO and N etc over there... but, 'ready to print' O?   If anyone has cataloged such a list... PLEASE, may I have a copy!

Just because something isn’t modeled in O scale doesn’t mean you can’t print it in O scale.  I download and print all sorts of things for my die cast dioramas that aren’t the scale I’m working in, I just scale them up/down in my slicer to the scale I need.

@oscaletrains posted:

Not that I know of. There might be files you can download and run through your slicer program of choice of train stuff that you could print though.  But program wise, you normally have a drawing program that you create what you plan to print in and you export your drawing as an .stl file.  Then you import the .stl file into a slicer program that will allow you to add whatever supports may be needed and then it will divide that into layers and save it as a file type that your particular 3d printer can read and execute.  Did you purchase a printer?  If so, which one?

Haven't bought anything yet. Just at this point looking for info.

Dick

Here’s what I got with a search for O gauge: https/www.thingiverse.com/search?q=O+gauge&type=things&sort=newest&page=1

Here’s what I got for Lionel: https://www.thingiverse.com/se...rt=newest&page=1

Once you try HO and N, you’ll find pages and pages more.

@Dennis-LaRock posted:

I've searched there a plenty and I haven't been able to find it

The search feature on Thingiverse is broken last I heard. I believe you can use Google to search it by typing site:thingiverse.com o-scale except you can change out "o-scale" for whatever you want. That search yielded 92 things tagged "o-scale" on thingiverse including a 1/8" scale caboose. So...you won't get exactly what you asked for. The system here is actually organized and useful! I'll take quality every day of the week over wanting to slam my head in a door because I search "telephone pole" and got a snail haha

@cta4391 posted:

Just because something isn’t modeled in O scale doesn’t mean you can’t print it in O scale.  I download and print all sorts of things for my die cast dioramas that aren’t the scale I’m working in, I just scale them up/down in my slicer to the scale I need.

The point here has always been to make it as easy for the beginner as possible, including not having to re-scale.  Many, many items out in the ether do not scale well and would have to be broken down into multiple component files in order to fit the most common printers...  and, the vast majority seem to lack step files.  While not every stl file in the Repository has an associated step file, a little better than 50% of them do and we thank the Contributors for providing those when they are able to do so.

OGR has the best collection around in my experience. It's concise, organized, easy to use, etc.