Evan Designs Model Builder

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Use our paper building software to inexpensively add hundreds of buildings to your layout. For less than the cost of a single typical model train building, Model Builder is the one program you need.

Design industrial buildings, residences, apartment buildings, track side depots, many other track side structures, your own ideas. Print realistic buildings or backdrops for your model train layout, diorama, war games, and many other miniature scenes..

Watch the design process!

We print all of our paper model designs with an ordinary $70 Inkjet Printer. Epson Photo printers are nice for printing finer details, but definitely not required. And we recommend Matte Photo Paper for the best image quality.

Very easy to use and understand. I can go from an idea to a completed structure in very little time. Nice way of adding texture and detail to otherwise plain or outdated kits as well. Highly recommend this software!

Hi Stan thank you for taking the time to leave us a review! Yes, for 1:24 scale, it is hard to fit much on an 8.5 x 11 inch page you can fit into your printer. You could select a larger page size and bring the completed file as a PDF to an office store to print larger sizes. Did you know we have video tutorials here? You have may find them helpful. You can find them at this link:

Saw this in narrow gauge and short lines. I like card board modelling so bought a copy. Download / payment all straight forward. I've only had a brief look at it so far though. Seems relatively straight forward to use and there are building tutorials included which is good. The interface is a little clunky in places but for a home grown piece of software its pretty good.

Model Builder is a great product for making model railroad and other mock-ups or finished buildings! It's easy to use and the support provided by Evans Designs is great! Every model railroader should have this in their e-toolbox.

Every time I use it, I find new ways to create more realistic structures.

Generally great product, but would be improved by the ability to flip drawing objects such as doors and windows both horizontally (for variety) and vertically (for the ability to lay out a small building all on one page)

As a model train enthusiast, one of the most rewarding feelings is having a diorama that looks and feels realistic, from the trees and shrubs to lighting for your trains and towns. At Evan Designs, we understand the excitement of getting these layouts just right, so we provide our customers with the best model train software to help. For scale model buildings, dioramas and train layouts, software is the perfect way to design scenery to your exact, desired specifications, including:

We also make it easy for you to import your own pictures or images that you find from Internet searches and create unique architectural models with our comprehensive model builder software. Additionally, we sell inkjet vellum and transparency paper to bring the things you create using train software to life with high-quality prints. Each type of model railroad software we carry is compatible with Windows 7, 8,10, and 11 operating systems and comes with a free 2-year warranty to ensure complete customer satisfaction. And, if you need any help or inspiration, we have great resources available to facilitate your work. When you're ready to purchase your own model train software, browse our selection below. Or, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time and we'll be more than happy to assist you.

The building is long, tall and narrow to provide an imposing frontage at the track level. Depth of building is restricted to conform to limitations of space. The main structure is 19" long, 10.5 inches high - without the platform that it will sit on - and 4.5 inches deep. With the staircase to the 2nd story offices and the ticket booth at the opposite end of the building its 22" long. The dispatchers windows/office is on the second floor and overhangs the platform. Except for the chimney pots, small smoke jacks, the stair handrail and the window material its all paper - poster board - backed by 0.10 chip board.

Thanks to Joel Franz for this great O scale Building picture!

Great old west town. Buildings made using the layering method. Cut out windows and doors on one copy and put a second uncut copy behind

see click for pictures of this town all made with Model Builder

Independence Hall: I am attaching some pictures of my attempt to make a model of Independence Hall. It took a lot of time & thought to put this together but your wonderful brick paper & the import feature included in model builder made this possible. I started using matte board reinforced with 1/4 inch balsa wood. I put it together in sections and imported the windows from a web site. I imported the entrance to the building from web pictures of the hall and sized them to fit the building. I can't say enough good things about your model builder. It is fantastic.

See more of this building !

"I attached a photo of my first model (0 scale) using your software. It is 99.9% paper accept for the round sign hanging off the front of the building, which is a key chain. I am very happy with the results, and am already designing my second! "

Thanks Jack

Creating a model building is no easy feat, but our customers sure make it seem that way. At Evan Designs, we appreciate the time, care and dedication that goes into each project our customers take on. With high-quality model lights, we aim to ensure our customers can complete the job with the look at feel they want and create miniature building models that inspire awe. Our full gallery of model buildings designed by real Evan's Designs' model builders showcases the passion we, and our customers, have for creating captivating projects. Check out some of the designs below and take in some inspiration for your next project.

Evan Designs LLC was founded by David Jamison in July 1997. The company is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Evan Designs produces software for printing model and layout details, specialty InkJet printer supplies for modeling and LED lights. Their software includes: Model Builder, the one program needed to make buildings and building flats. The modeler can create custom model train buildings, then print out their finished designs in the scale of their choice. Hobby LEDs: Use LEDs for locomotive headlights, diecast lights, building lighting, and more!! Evan Designs has done all the assembly work in advance. Brickyard: Print out sheets of brick paper and stone paper in any scale. 20 different styles. All scales. Window Designer: Make plastic buildings looked lived in with Window Designer. Never have two buildings looked alike! Sign Creator: Create unique road and railroad signage and print them in any scale. 300 pre-built signs and 20 different blank signs. The Advertiser Advertisements and Building Signs. Over 200 signs. And create custom signs with our text editor! Toolkit Complete is a collection of 5 Evan Designs Programs on one CD. Also included are a printer variety pack and 2 LEDs. Their products are usable in all scales.

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I am attempting to make some Box Culverts in the Part Builder, making the culvert is not so much the problem as where I live, they do not build them with uniform sides. As an example, a 1200mm x 600mm box culvert has a SideWall thickness of 125mm, a TopWall thickness of 190mm and a BottomWall thickness of 150mm. In the part builder, I can only see an option for one wall thickness.

With the stock part you are using, you are correct there is only one Wall Thickness, and that applies to all the walls. You may be able to create a custom part that could have a certain thickness on specific walls.

I'm currently working on a box culvert project. Box culverts cause problems in the model since they don't have structures at their bends. This causes the boxes to not be drawn correctly at bends with overlaps and gaps (see box_culvert_pipes.png). I just draw in the box culvert as dumb polylines for the final plans.

There is also the issue about how to get a structure placed that is directly on top of a box culvert. For instance, I need to place a catch basin structure that drops directly into the box culvert. C3D doesn't allow a structure to attach to a pipe. It's always a pipe to a structure. This causes the structure to automatically drop down to the box culvert's invert as it's a pipe. So far the only option I've come up with is to separate the box culvert into it's own pipe network in order to get profiles and the rest of the storm sewer network in another pipe network. This way the pipes and structures from the storm network don't interact with the box culvert network, but then that kind of defeats the purpose of keeping the storm pipe network together.

There's also the issue of having smaller pipes that connect into a box culvert. Pipes don't connect to each other, so I can't put a 15" RCP that dumps into a 12' x 3' box culvert. I can draw the 15" RCP where it looks like it's dumping into the box culvert, but the pipe's not really connecting. This can cause labels to not work correctly since a box culvert is not a structure.

Large pipes, such as box culverts, need to be treated more like a structure than a pipe. I was thinking of trying to create a structure in pipe builder that's more like a box culvert, but that's a lot of work in order to get it to work correctly as almost every box culvert "junction", such as a drop inlet directly on top or side holes or bends, would be a pain to model.

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