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5 random models from our customers

railways pantograph by PMcam235 View details

Snub Cube with strip... by EDV View details

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Cross-Country '4X4' by MecJohn View details

Harvester from France by Ricky Mekano View details

VirtualMEC is a dedicated 3D CAD application for Meccano® models building. VirtualMEC is a stand-alone Windows application. You will not need anything else to virtually build any Meccano® model. Building models with VirtualMEC is much as building models with the real Meccano®: you start with a part, insert a bolt into a hole, then add another part, add a nut to the bolt, and so on. VirtualMEC contains the rendering and the behaviour logic of more than 750 parts. Cords, rubber bands and chains are excluded.

VirtualMEC supports an interactive and intuitive way for bending parts.

With VirtualMEC you can build every type of model, show it in different renderings, print it, apply different colour schemes to it and share model files with other users. Once you have built a model, you can playback the whole building process from the first part to the last one, as a continuous "movie" or one part at a time at your own pace. That's the easiest way to build the "real" version of a model. Just watch each step and apply it to the real model.

Here are some sample models built with VirtualMEC. Click on each thumbnail to show a larger image.

A simple scooter (83 parts)	The scooter model in a more realistic rendering	A nice child car (100 parts)	Helicopter (278 parts)	Big wheel (401 parts)
Articulated low loader First view (495 parts)	Railway service crane First view (674 parts)	Police patrol car First view (603 parts)	Pull shovel First view (960 parts)	Elevated platform vehicle First view (891 parts)
Articulated low loader Second view	Railway service crane Second view	Police patrol car Second color schema	Pull shovel close view with sliding door open	Elevated platform vehicle Second view
A freight plane First view (737 parts)	The plane "in flight" Second view	Block-setting crane First view (1975 parts)	Block-setting crane The engine unit	Block-setting crane The crane's tower

You can download and try the demo version of VirtualMEC. The demo version of VirtualMEC has all the features of the retail versions with some limitations: you cannot save or print models; you cannot playback/animate a model's building process. Once you have downloaded and installed it, you can practice the included Tutorial (you will find it in the Help Topics) that will guide you through the process of building the Scooter model shown above. You will realize how it is simple to build virtual models (and quite similar to build real ones). Then, you can decide to unlock the retail version of VirtualMEC, that enables you to build models as big as you like.

VirtualMEC is based on OpenGL, the industry's foundation for high performance graphics.

Meccano® is a registered trademark of Meccano SA, Avenue de Saint Exupery, Calais 62100, France.