Standalone North American coupler shape?

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  • yellowdog
    1500 Post Veteran



    • Nov 1999
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    • MSOR

    #1

    Standalone North American coupler shape?

    I'm not having any luck finding a standalone coupler shape in the file library, specifically for freight cars. Found some older tsm shapes with some trucks and wheel shapes, but I can't find any .s shapes. Could be I'm not using the correct search terms. Does anyone know of such a thing? It's fine if it's included in a package (such as a FA as part of a freight car model). I also thought maybe there was something in the NAVS common, but I don't see anything (maybe looking in the wrong folders). I have an older freight car model that hasn't seen any sort of remake and I'm just trying to find a newer coupler shape to give it a little refresh.
  • pwillard
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    • Nov 1999
    • 3070
    • Cumming Ga
    • ORTS

    #2
    We normally don't do couplers as Freight Anims, which is probably why you aren't finding any. However, we do have source files for Blender in addition to TSM.

    Erick of NAVS typically makes his couplers exist as part of his Bogie.
    http://www.railsimstuff.com
    Just Blender now, 3DCrafter only when I have to.
    Formerly The Keystone Works (All Permissions Granted)
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    • superheatedsteam
      Senior Member


      • Jun 2004
      • 764
      • Perth, WA, Australia.

      #3
      You can download stand alone coupler .S shape files from:

      Locomotive and wagon rolling stock set up for testing purposes on Open Rails.


      More information on the advanced coupler can be found here:

      https://www.elvastower.com/forums/in...anced-coupler/

      I have a mostly completed, un-optimised E type coupler with separate knuckle weighing in at 1,350 triangles. It is not textured but mapped. If you want a copy let me know.

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      • yellowdog
        1500 Post Veteran



        • Nov 1999
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        #4
        Originally posted by superheatedsteam
        You can download stand alone coupler .S shape files from:

        Locomotive and wagon rolling stock set up for testing purposes on Open Rails.

        Thank you! The accompanying thread about coupler physics is also quite fascinating. I will need to play around with this some more

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