3 3D PRINTED LOADS

Many things can be loaded into an open wagon or on to a low-sided flat wagon. In the modelling world, 3D designing and printing is a quick and easy way of obtaining stacks of goods with realistic shapes.

13D design proper simply consists in defining a single model stack. My own is 3cm long and 4mm high. It allows me to generate an .STL file that will enable me to make loads for all my open wagons, irrespective of their dimensions. 2 Creating the proper shape and dimensions takes place at the next stage, using the cutting software. As indicated by its name, this software generates a .gcode file which prints the part layer after layer. The functionalities of Cura, the one I use, enable me to pivot the part, duplicate it, redimension it and finally move it. 3 Designed for two wagons in different scales, both these shapes originate from one single initial file. 4 The plastic base is covered with any type of material, coated with thinned white glue,…

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