Vehicle generator Free

Push-toy cars, vans, jeeps and buses at any scale, with wheels that really roll.

Open Vehicle in the app Free, no sign-up. Runs in your browser.

Laser-cut toy van, jeep and sedan towing trailers

In short: Parametric toy car from presets (sedan, hatchback, sports, jeep, pickup, van, bus) at a chosen scale: side plates, a chain of tabbed body panels, steel-rod axles in bearing holes and laminated wheels with blind hub caps. No input drawing needed.

Pick a preset (sedan, hatchback, sports car, jeep, pickup, van or bus) and a scale, and the generator draws a complete push toy: two side plates, a chain of tabbed body panels between them, laminated wheels with blind hub caps, and bearing holes for steel-rod axles. At 1:36 a sedan comes out about 13 cm long.

The wheels are slightly larger than true scale by default, so the toy rolls well on a table and has room for fingers. A groove in the middle wheel layer takes an O-ring or rubber band as a tyre, and small spacer rings keep the wheels from rubbing on the body. Doors, lights, grilles and windows are engraved or cut, your choice.

Every vehicle can tow every trailer: a peg on a tongue at the rear takes a trailer's drawbar ring, and trailers get a support foot so they stand on their own.

You need: 3 mm plywood (or whatever you set), steel rod for the axles, and glue. Cut the fit test first to find the press-fit and running-fit holes for your rod.

A line-up of laser-cut plywood toy vehicles: pickup, van, sedans, a bus and a jeep

Exploded view of a toy car: side plates, tabbed floor and roof panels, wheels and axles

Settings

All of these can be changed in the app, and the 3D preview updates as you type. The name under each setting is its key in a share link, e.g. https://laserpuzzle.app/app/#/vehicle?preset=…; a link only needs the settings that differ from the defaults.

Vehicle

Setting	Default	What it does
Vehicle type `preset`	sedan	Options: sedan, hatchback, sports, jeep, pickup, van, bus, trailer-box, trailer-flatbed, trailer-container, trailer-caravan.
Scale 1:N `scale`	36	Real-world dimensions are divided by N. 1:36 makes a ~13 cm sedan. From 5 to 200.
Model length `length`	0 mm	Overrides the scale to fit this length (0 = use scale). From 0 to 1000 mm.
Toy proportions `toy_proportions`	on	Wheels 1.35x larger than scale: rolls better and leaves room for the axle.
Body width `width`	0 mm	Width of the body between the wheels (0 = from preset and scale). From 0 to 500 mm.

Wheels

Setting	Default	What it does
Wheel diameter `wheel_diameter`	0 mm	0 = from preset and scale. From 0 to 200 mm.
Wheel layers `wheel_layers`	3	Layers per wheel including the blind outer cap (plus the hub spacer). From 2 to 3.
Tyre groove `tyre_groove`	on	Middle layer smaller so an O-ring or rubber band can sit in it as a tyre (3 layers).
Groove depth `groove_depth`	1.5 mm	From 0.5 to 5 mm.
Hub spacer `hub_spacer`	on	Small ring between wheel and body: less friction than the whole wheel face.

Axles

Setting	Default	What it does
Axle rod diameter `rod_diameter`	3 mm	Measured diameter of the steel rod. From 1 to 10 mm.
Press-fit hole offset `press_fit`	-0.1 mm	Wheel hole = rod + this. Find it with the fit-test hole strip. From -1 to 1 mm.
Running-fit hole offset `running_fit`	0.15 mm	Bearing hole = rod + this. Find it with the fit-test hole strip. From -0.5 to 1 mm.
Bearing pads per side `bearing_pads`	1	Plates glued inside each side around the axle hole: longer bearing, less wobble. From 0 to 2.

Body

Setting	Default	What it does
Side rim `rim`	2 mm	How far the side plates stand out beyond the body panels. From 1.5 to 10 mm.
Corner radius `corner_radius`	1.5 mm	Rounds the outer corners of the side plates (no sharp points on a toy). From 0 to 10 mm.
Windows `windows`	engrave	Options: engrave, cut, none.
Engraved details `details`	on	Doors, wheel arches, lights, grille.

Hitch

Setting	Default	What it does
Tow hitch at the rear `rear_hitch`	on	Peg on a tongue behind the vehicle; a trailer's drawbar ring drops over it.
Hitch height `hitch_height`	8 mm	Top of the tongue above the ground. Use the same value (and sheet) for everything that should couple: it fixes the floor height. From 4 to 40 mm.
Trailer support foot `support_foot`	on	Trailers: a small foot under the front so an unhitched trailer stands nearly level.

Plus the material and machine settings every generator has: material thickness, kerf, slot clearance, sheet width, sheet height, part spacing, engrave part labels, cut line colour, engrave line colour.

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