CAD blocks for Lionel Fastrack (*.dwg)

There are track design software programs, free with limitations that will allow you to export circuitously to *.dxf.  I've only used SCARM and like it.  The full license is about $40 US.  I paid for the license and have found it to be well worth the money.  It's list of track Libraries among many others includes FasTrack.  I haven't done any exporting, but here is a link to how you could.

https://www.scarm.info/blog/ti...-plan-in-dxf-format/

Thanks. I'll check it out.

Hi,

If you are looking for a CAD drawing of a piece of FasTrack, I don't think any track planning software will be of assistance.  I'm not even sure why anybody would take the time to do those because producing something would probably get you a letter from Lionel's lawyers.  Or, are you looking for a layout in "dwg" format?

Chuck

I have created 3D models of FasTrack in SolidWorks, and built a couple layout models.  It's a lot of work, but was worth seeing how it'd fit in my space.  Then I went and may my layout with Atlas track, so my model is no good.

I should be able to export to DXF, but they won't be blocks.  Do you know how to make blocks in your CAD software package?

Thanks.

I have been planning an 'O' scale layout using Fastrack for some time now and the software I'm using is AutoCAD by Autodesk. The file format is *.dwg. Yes, I will be able to create blocks if I had a different format (for example *.dxf).

I've been proceeding for some time now by using drawings I created of individual track pieces (straights, curves and turnouts) but I'm very limited in space in my basement and the more accurate the drawings of track sections I had, the easier it would be to save some space, even an inch or two. Because of the space constraints I've limited myself to 036 curved sections and 036 turnouts. The two "critical" section drawings that would help me the most are the curves, and most important, the turnouts (left and right).

I've got O36 curves and turnouts. I'll look at creating DXFs tonight.

I just emailed you a test file.  Check your inbox.

Got it! Thanks.

It worked.!