Railworks America

In response to requests for a beginners tutorial I started one here:
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=92669

The aim is to eventually export to Rail sim with shadows and night textures etc.

Anyone welcome to join in or comment.

Thanks Paul. Got it copied and printed.
Maybe my thick head can get wrapped around this.

I thought I had all the plug ins but apparently I don't because I don't have the button to "Shift Centre on Selection". What plug in do I need for this?

You need to make sure you have 3DC version 7.1.2 (not 7.1.1.2)

The first download on this page is newer but may be missing a couple of files:
http://www31.brinkster.com/decapod/plugins601.htm

This download is larger but does not have the latest railsim exporter plugin:
http://cid-06b528339820717e.skydrive.li ... ins712.zip

I need to do a bit of checking when I get home tonight to make them the same.

4 extra operations should appear in the button list and in the Tools/Options/Operations tab
- Flare Extrude, Double Side, Align points and Shift Centre

Use the second download link - I have just updated the installer so it now contains all the latest plugins, operations and scripts.

Thanks Paul. I downloaded it. I'll install it shortly.

Yes, I do have V-7.1.2.0



Edit 1: Looks like it was updated correctly.

Paul - Do you have a tutorial on the best way to export the finished model to RS?

Edit 1: One more question: Do textures (bmp, tga, etc.) have to be square (512 X 512, 1024 X 1024) for 3DC to export to RS?

Hawk wrote:Do textures (bmp, tga, etc.) have to be square (512 X 512, 1024 X 1024) for 3DC to export to RS?

So long as the texture has a power of 2 (32, 64, 128, etc.), then you'll be OK. You can use a 512 x 512 texture, or one measuring 512 x 1024 or 512 x 64.

Thanks Marc.
I guess it's back to the drawing board for me. I don't think all of my textures are like that.

I'll be getting to the export once I've done the shadow and night geometry parts of the model - some time next week at this rate.

Thanks for the reply Paul.

Guess I am the dummy of this outfit but where do you get version 7.1.2. I looked on the main site but could not find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ignore the last post, even a blind squirrel finds an acron every now and then.

sleepyto wrote:Ignore the last post, even a blind squirrel finds an acron every now and then.

Ya' just gotta sniff 'em out.

You're definitely not the dummy - it is not the "official" current version.

When Richard gets back from Canada we should see version 7.2 some time in April which may unify things again.
It also has a few radical changes so it may be best to wait for 7.2.1 before upgrading.