How to create a Wagon with Blender - UKTrainSim

How to create a Wagon with Blender (2.45)
2 Create the folder structure
(The Kuju-document -9.02_Create_a_Wagon.pdf- is used for this example!)
The new wagon is a freight wagon with 2 axles (and 4 wheels).
You need:
• Blender (2.45) (www.blender.org)
• RS Export tool (http://home.exetel.com.au/randomsoftware)
• Paint program (PSP, Gimp, Photoshop CS, …)
• Kuju-document 9.02_Create_a_Wagon.pdf
SimpleBlenderWagon.jpg
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A. Creating the folder(s)
1. C:\Program Files\Rail Simulator\Source\Blender\AddOn\Freight\SimpleBlenderWagon
2. C:\Program Files\Rail Simulator\Source\Blender\AddOn\Freight\SimpleBlenderWagon\Textures
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B. Create the textures
4 Create the Wagon Texture
1. Open up your Paint program and create a simple image (eg. SimpleBlenderWagon.jpg,
512x512).
2. Save the image (eg. SimpleBlenderWagon.jpg) in the Textures folder (see above).
3. Run the ToAce program to convert the image file to a ACE-file
(SimpleBlenderWagon.ACE).
4. Save the ACE file in the same Textures folder.
C. Create the wagon
Create the Wagon Geometry
1. Open Blender
2. TopView: Shift C
3. Create a box:
4. Tab: to Object Mode
5. N_key Name the box: 1_0500_wagon
DimY=8m, DimX=2.5m, DimZ=2.5m
LocX=0, LocY=0, LocZ=2.3m
6. N-key hide Transform Properties window
7. Press F9 (Editing mode)
8. Select the wagon
9. Press ‘CenterNe’ (Mesh tab) [to centre the Pivot point]
10. SAVE! (as SimpleBlenderWagon in: see A. 1)
D. Texture the wagon
1. (Open Blender with the SimpleBlenderWagon)
2. Select the wagon (Object Mode)
3. Create a new Material for the wagon:
F5 (Shading):
Links and Pipeline panel:
Material panel:
4. Create a Texture:
F6 (Texture)
Texture panel:
Rename TE:Tex
Texture Type:
Image panel:
Add New
TexFace=active
Add New
TE:TexDiff
Image
load your image file
( SimpleBlenderWagon.jpg)
5. Use (at least) 2 Windows:
1 - ‘User’ window (perspective view)
2 - ‘UV/Image Editor windows’
6. User window:
7. Select the wagon (Object mode).
8. Select ‘UV Face Select’ mode (or F-key).
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9. Select all faces (A-key).
10. Press U-key and select Unwrap
11. UV/Image Editor window:
12. Select Image > Open and select again your image file (SimpleBlenderWagon.jpg)
13. Select all the faces (A-key), resize the faces (S-key) and move the faces to fit your
image.
14. F6 (shading)
Map Input panel: select ‘UV’
15. (To give your wagon a nicer appearance: map your image face by face!)
16. SAVE!
E. Create a wheel
1. TopView: Shift C
2. Create a cylinder: Name = Cylinder;
Vertices=16, Radius=0.5, Depth=0.14, Cap Ends=active
3. Tab: NO Object Mode (Stay in Edit Mode)
4. FrontView:
5. Rotate (R-key): 90 degrees along the Y-axis (this is necessary to rotate the
wheels in the correct direction)
6. Tab: Object Mode
7. Move (N-key): LocX=0.775, LocY=3 , LocZ=0.5
8. Texture the wheel Repeat the steps in D for the wheel
9. Duplicate (Shift-D-key) the cylinder
10. Move the new wheel (N-key): Cylinder.001: LocX=-0.775, LoxY=3, LocZ=0.5
11. Join Cylinder.001 & Cylinder (Ctrl-J-key) to a new object
12. Name this new object (N-key): 1_0500_wh01
13. SAVE!
F. Create a axle
1. TopView: Shift C
2. Create a cylinder: Name = Cylinder;
Vertices=8, Radius=0.1, Depth=1.435, Cap Ends=INactive
3. Tab: NO Object Mode (Stay in Edit Mode)
4. FrontView:
5. Rotate (R-key): 90 degrees along the Y-axis (this is necessary to rotate the
wheels in the correct direction)
6. Tab: Object Mode
7. Move (N-key): LocX=0, LocY=3 , LocZ=0.5 (the axle is now between the 2
wheels!)
8. Texture the wheel Repeat the steps in D for the wheel
9. Join Cylinder & 1_0500_wh01 (Ctrl-J-key) to a new object
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10. Name this new object: 1_0500_wh01
11. Press F9 (Editing mode)
12. Select the object
13. Press ‘CenterNe’ (Mesh tab) [to centre the Pivot point]
14. SAVE!
G. Create the second axle with wheels
1. Duplicate the first axle with wheels (Shift D, )
2. Move (N-key) LocX=0, LocY=-3, LocZ=0.5
3. Name this new object: 1_0500_wh02
4. Press F9 (Editing mode)
5. Select the object
6. Press ‘CenterNe’ (Mesh tab) [to centre the Pivot point]
7. SAVE!
H. Check your wagon in Blender:
1. User window:
2. Num.
3. Select ‘Camera View’
4. Create a Lamp > Sun
5. Render (F12)
I. Export the wagon
1. Export your model to the right folder (A. 1) (see Creating the folder(s))
2. File > Export > RailSim (.igs)… (Name as SimpleBlenderWagon.igs)
3. Check de Blender text-window for any errors!
4. Close Blender
J. Create the Wagon Blueprint (1)
1. Open up the Asset Editor
2. In the Blueprint Editor window, find your SimpleBlenderWagon in the folder structure (see
A. 1)
3. Right click the folder name and select New Blueprint from the list
4. Select Wagon Blueprint from the menu that appears and then click OK
5. Right click on the Wagon blueprint000 file in the folder tree
6. Rename the file SimpleBlenderWagon
7. In the top Name field type SimpleBlenderWagon
8. In the Browse Information section type SimpleBlenderWagon in the language fields
9. In the Mass field, type 20. This is the weight in Tons
10. For the front pivot X, input 4.2 and the back -4.2
11. For Collision Centre Y, type 2,25 (height of a wheel + height of the wagon body)
12. For the Collision width, type 2.5
13. For the Collision height, type 2.5
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14. For the Collision length, type 8
15. Expand the Bogey section and click Insert First
16. This will be where the bogie details are referenced. So we need to create wheels
17. Click the Save button at the top of the Wagon Blueprint
K. Create the Bogie Blueprint
1. All wheels on vehicles in Rail simulator are mounted on bogies. Even if a wagon doesn’t
have bogies, it is set to act like one
2. So, on the Folder tree, right click the SimpleBlenderWagon folder name
3. Select New Blueprint from the menu and scroll to Bogey Blueprint and click OK
4. For Wheel Radius, type 0.5
5. For the Wheel gauge, type 1.435
6. Insert 2 axles in the Axle section
7. Add the wheel radius as above
8. The Horizontal offset is how far from the middle of the bogie each axle is located
9. For the first axle, type 3 for the Horizontal Offset
10. Add the Node ID of wh01
11. For the second axle, the Horizontal offset is -3
12. Add the Node ID of wh02
13. Finally add a Pivot Offset and leave the fields as 0
14. Right Click on Bogey blueprint001 in the folder tree and rename this to Wheels
15. Click Save and Export
L. Create the Wagon Blueprint (2)
1. Return to the Wagon Blueprint
2. Scroll down to the Bogey section and expand the entry
3. As the bogie is effectively the entire wagon, both X and Y values can remain 0
4. Fill in the Provider and Product fields (your choice)
5. Right Click on the Wheels blueprint in the folder tree
6. Select Copy Filename then paste this into the Blueprint ID field
(Freight\SimpleBlenderWagon\Wheels.xml)
7. Minimise the Bogey section of the Wagon Blueprint
8. Create the Wagon Brake Data
9. Expand the Train Brake Assembley section and click the Insert First button
10. Choose Air Brake Blueprint from the list
11. Expand the Brake Type section and click the Insert First button
12. Select Train Air Brake Data from the list
13. You can now minimise the Train Brake Assembly section
14. You can also minimise the Browser and Rail Vehicle Component sections
15. Continued in the Wagon Blueprint
16. In the Render Component section, scroll down to the Geometry ID field
17. Right Click on the SimpleBlenderWagon.igs file in the folder tree (This is the file with an
icon that looks like a blue cube with an orange arrow in it)
18. Select Copy File name, and then paste this into the Geometry and Collision ID fields
(Freight\SimpleBlenderWagon\SimpleBlenderWagon.IGS)
19. Set the Detail Level Generation Range to 10, replacing 1
20. The ControlContainerComponent can be minimised
21. Expand the Cargo Component and Cargo Def sections
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22. Click the Insert First button
23. Create the Freight Cargo
24. Choose Bulk Cargo from the list and click OK
25. Expand the Bulk Cargo def section
26. Type 1 for the Width, Height and Depth of the Trigger Box
27. Type 32 for the Capacity
28. Select Bulk Freight from the Bulk Freight type list
29. Click the Save button at the top of the screen
30. Your Wagon Blueprint is now complete
31. Click Export at the top of the screen to load your Wagon into Rail Simulator
M. Using the SimpleBenderWagon in Rail Simulator
6 Add the Wagon into a route
1. Ensure you are running in Simple Control Mode
2. Select your route of choice and click the Free Play
3. Click the World Editor button on the bottom tab (looks like a globe)
4. Click the Train icon in the top left pane. This will open the Scenario Editor.
5. Open the middle tab on the left hand side and click the ObjectSet Filter (looks like a blue
6. cube with an orange arrow)
7. ‘Pin open’ the tab on the right hand side and click on the grey arrow next to the name
8. Developer
9. Select your provider from the list (your choice)
10. Put a tick in the box next to your product (your choice)
11. In the middle tab on the left hand side click on the Wagons icon (small cartoon of a High
12. Speed Train power car)
13. Scroll down the list in the middle tab until you see SimpleBlenderWagon
14. Select it by left clicking and then moving the mouse into the 3D environment
15. Click the Wagon onto some track
16. Double right click to exit the placement tool
17. Press the Play button to return to drive mode
18. You now have a new Wagon for use in Rail Simulator.
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