Install Blender

      Find Blender Installs

      Install on Windows

      Install on Mac OS X

Additional Software

      Free Software

            Inkscape

            Krita

            GIMP

            Awesome Bump

      Payware

            Graphic

            Pixelmator

            Substance Painter

Other Sources of Blender Information

      Blender Suppport Materials

      Online Courses

      Books

      Trainz Related Websites

Open, Save and Quit

      Open

            Blender's Splash Screen

      Save

            Save

            Save as

      Quit

Blender's Default Configuration

      Workspace (3D Editor Window)

      Multipe Windows

      Information Window

      Outline Window

      Properties Window

      Timeline Window

Manipulating Windows

      Resizing Windows

      Spit (Add) a Window

      Join (Remove) a Window

      Single Window View

      Multiple Screen Layouts

Customizing Blender's Configuration

      Change Scale

      Outline Window View

      Remove Timeline Window

      Remove Camera and Lamp

      Hide Spash Screen

      Emulate Two-Button Mouse

      Save Custom Screen Layouts

            Modelling Layout

            Texturing Layout

      Save Backup of Startup File

      Restore Custom Configuration

Blender Hotkeys

      Hotkey List

            Assigning KEYS 1 to 3 - Vertex/Edge/Face Selection Mode

            Assigning KEY 4 - Snap during Transformation 

            Assigning KEY 5 - Loop Cut and Slide

            Assinging KEY 6 - Subdivide

            Assinging KEY 7 - Merge

            Assinging KEY 8 - Mark Sharp

            Assinging KEY 0 -Flip Normals

      Assinging KEY "-" - AutoMerge

      Export Key Configuration

      Restore Key Configuration

3D Editor Window (Object Mode)

      Add/Delete Ojjects (Meshes)

      Primitives

      Deleting Objects (Undo/Redo)

      Navigation (Moving the View Point)

            Pan

            Zoom

            Rotate

            Special Views

            Quad View

            Orthographic and Perspective Views

      Transformation (Move/Change Objects)

            Hotkeys

                  Move

                  Rotate

                  Scale

            3D Transformation Widet

                  Move

                  Rotate

                  Scale

      Origin

3D Editor (Edit Mode)

      Selection

            Border Selection

            Circle Selection

            Lasso Selection

      Navigation

3 Steps to Creating a Trainz Asset

      1. Modelling

      2. Adding materials and Textures

      3. Exporting Blender and Importing into Trainz

Modelling

      Select Units

      Create Model

      Applying Transformations

Materials and Textures for Trainz 2012

      Create a Blener Material

      Create a Texture File

      Create a Blender Texture

      Name Model

Export from Blender and Import into Trainz 2012

            Export Software

            Install Trainz Exporter

            Export Model from Blender

            Thumbnail File

      Import

      Place an Asset in a Trainz Route

Materials and Texture for T:ANE

      UV Unwrap

      Create a Mormal Map

      Create Normal Texture

Export from Blender and Import into T:ANE

      Export

            Activate FBZ (FilmBoX) Exporter

            FBX Material

            FBX Export

      Import

            Generate Asset in T:ANE

      No Normal Map

Materials and Textures for TRS19

      Physical Based Rendering (PBR)

      PBR Material

      PBR Maps versus Textures

      PBR Maps

            Diffuse Map

            Normal Map

            Parameter map

      Create Blender Textures

            Diffuse Texture

            Normal Texture

            Parameter Texture

      UV Unwrap

Export from Blender and Import into TRS19

      Export

            Activate FBX (FilmBoX)

            FBX Material Type

            FBX Export

      Import

            Generate Asset in TRS19