Draw your model railway from your own drawer.

Track you own, plans that fit. TrackDrawer knows the real geometry of every piece, lays out plans from your own stock and shows you in 3D how it will sit on your table. No shopping advice, no surprises on the table.

• Private until you share it: Every plan is private, even on the free plan. Nobody else sees it until you share a link or put it in the gallery.
• Edit on your phone too: The editor is made for your thumb: lay track, rotate, let it design and check the parts list, right next to the table.

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What is TrackDrawer?

TrackDrawer is an online track planner for model railways and toy trains. You enter the track you own, and the Auto-designer designs layouts from it: ovals, figure eights with a bridge, reversing loops, stations and floor layouts, also for IKEA Lillabo, LEGO and Duplo. Every plan is checked to the millimetre, shown in 3D and printed 1:1. It runs in the browser, also on your phone, in English, German and Dutch.

Three steps, no fuss

1. Open your drawer: Type in what you have: per article number, or a whole starter set at once. 32 track systems, from Märklin C to Kato and Peco, plus toy track: IKEA Lillabo, LEGO and Duplo.
2. Let it design, or draw yourself: The Auto-designer lays ovals, passing loops, stations, figure eights, triangles, dogbones and L, U and S shapes from exactly those pieces, using as many pieces as possible if you like. Or build live with the keys: plus, minus and the arrows.
3. Build without tension: Closing errors, collisions and gradients that are too steep show up at once; the gap closer fills the last gap. Print the plan 1:1 in tiles, share it with a link or export to DXF, SVG, Rocrail and JMRI.

What is inside

• Private until you share it: Every plan is private, even on the free plan. Nobody else sees it until you share a link or put it in the gallery.
• Edit on your phone too: The editor is made for your thumb: lay track, rotate, let it design and check the parts list, right next to the table.
• 3D that moves with you: Plan from above, orbit freely, run a train and click turnouts.
• Inspiration guide with hundreds of plans: Over 650 Märklin plans by hobbyists and the my world brochure, with size and parts list; lay them indicatively on your own table.
• Plan from photo: Photograph a drawn track plan; the recognition model translates it into pieces of your track system. Pro.
• Live building with keys: Select a piece and keep growing: plus for the same piece, arrows for a straight or curve, minus removes the last one.
• Table or floor: Rectangle, L or U with an edge margin, or simply the floor: no limit, the surface grows with whatever you lay.
• Flex track and gap closer: Bend flex track to a target, with easements; the gap closer finds the pieces in your stock that close a gap exactly.
• Gradients and bridges: Spread a gradient over a chain, keep an eye on the percentage and the clearance.
• Digital down to the wire: Command station, boosters, decoders, s88 and signals from your own stock, with wiring diagram, blocks and export to Rocrail and JMRI.
• Photo of your table: Tap four corners and your plan sits in perspective over your real table.
• PDF to scale and 1:1: One sheet to keep beside the table, or full-size tiles with registration marks; also DXF, SVG and PNG.
• Sharing and gallery: One link to show your plan; you see where visitors come from. Put it in the gallery if you like.
• Honest parts list: What you use, what you have, what you lack. Never a sneaky extra purchase. The app even recognises the markings on my world track.

Track systems, verified

Every item is checked against the manufacturer and every claimed combination is laid out by our own geometry: circles that close, turnouts that land exactly on the parallel spacing. What does not add up is not included.

H0 and 00

• Märklin C track track planner
• Märklin K track track planner
• Märklin M track track planner
• Märklin my world track planner
• Trix C track track planner
• Roco GeoLine track planner
• Roco Line track planner
• Fleischmann Profi-Gleis track planner
• Piko A-Gleis track planner
• Kato Unitrack H0 track planner
• Tillig Elite track planner

N, Z and larger

• Peco Streamline 00/H0 track planner
• Peco Setrack 00/H0 track planner
• Hornby OO track track planner
• Tillig TT track planner
• Minitrix track planner
• Fleischmann piccolo track planner
• Kato Unitrack N track planner
• Tomix Fine Track N track planner
• Peco Setrack N track planner
• Arnold N track track planner
• Märklin Z track (mini-club) track planner
• Märklin Spoor 1 track planner
• LGB G gauge (metre gauge) track planner

Narrow gauge: H0e, H0m, OO9 and LGB metre gauge

• LGB G gauge (metre gauge) track planner
• Peco Setrack OO-9/HOe track planner
• Roco H0e track planner
• Bemo H0m track planner

Toy track: wood, LEGO and Duplo

• IKEA Lillabo (wooden railway) track planner
• LEGO train track (RC, Powered Up) track planner
• LEGO 9V train track (1991-2006) track planner
• LEGO 4,5V and 12V train track (1966-1991) track planner
• LEGO Duplo train track track planner

Ideas and example plans

Track plans laid by the Auto-designer, per system and for toy track, with table size and number of pieces.

• Track plan generator: a layout from the track you own
• IKEA Lillabo track ideas
• Duplo train track ideas
• LEGO train track layouts

Free to try, Pro to build

• Free: One flat plan up to 60 pieces. All track systems, the Auto-designer with 5 variants per run and the inspiration guide. PDF to scale, sharing via a link.
• Pro: 29 € per year. Unlimited plans and pieces, up to 50 variants per run. Gradients, bridges, 1:1 tiles, photo of your table, plan from photo. Digital, buildings, train demo, XTrackCAD import and export to Rocrail and JMRI.

Or 4.99 per month, or 89 once for lifetime. Prices include VAT.

Frequently asked questions

What does TrackDrawer do differently from other track planners?

You start from what you have. You enter your stock (by item number or by starter set) and the Auto-designer only lays plans that can really be built from it. No shopping advice, no shop prices.

Which track systems are supported?

32 systems, from Märklin C, K and M to Trix, Roco, Fleischmann, Piko, Kato, Peco, Tillig, Hornby, Arnold, Tomix, Bemo, LGB and Märklin Gauge 1 and Z, including narrow gauge in H0e, H0m and OO9. Every catalogue is checked against the manufacturer and every claimed combination is laid out by our geometry; what does not add up is not included.

What can I do for free?

One flat plan up to 60 pieces, with all track systems, the Auto-designer, 3D and the PDF to scale. Pro removes the limit and adds gradients, bridges, the 1:1 tiled print, the photo of your table, digital, buildings and the train demo.

How does the 1:1 print work?

You print A4 tiles at 100 percent (not "fit to page"), cut along the dotted line and lay them on the registration marks. Then you lay the track on the paper. An overview sheet shows which tile goes where.

All frequently asked questions

TrackDrawer is not affiliated with Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH or any other manufacturer. Item numbers and dimensions are factual product data, with sources cited in the catalogue.