3DStudio Max will be referred to as 3ds.

To complete these tutorials with the dimensions listed herein you will need the following setup
1. Open the "Units Setup.." dialog from the "Customize" menu and select the "System Units Setup" button. In the "System Units Scale", use the system unit scale of 1.0 units = 1m
2. In the "Units Setup set "Display Units Scale" to Metric Meters.

2. Shadows.

Now that you have exported the main mesh into it's Tutorial_body folder we need to open the shadow file and export it in to a new folder called the Tutorial_shadow folder. Name the file Tutorial_shadow.im.

NOTE If you fail to add the shadow mesh, TRS2004 will report this in the error log. I strongly urge you to include a shadow mesh with your locomotive.

3. Other folders.

There is one other folder that is required for a complete package and it is the Tutorial_art folder. I recommend you create this folder now and add the required items at a later stage. Other folders that can be used are Tutorial_alpha_numbers and Tutoriual_night

4. Resource collector.

Now that you have the meshes exported you will notice that there are no textures included in the folder, just the main mesh and a few text files. The text files are what Trainz uses to find the textures. If you rename a texture.txt file, Trainz will be unable to find the mesh and your object will show up white.

To export the textures go to the "Utilities" tab and select the "More" button. In the window that appears select the "Resource Collector" it should automatically appear in one of the slots in the "Utilities" menu. Close the more "Utilities" window and in the "Output Path" navigate to the folder where you exported the mesh to. Once you have the path entered make sure the "Collect Bitmaps/Photometric Files" checkbox is selected and click on the "Begin" button. Repeat the procedure for the shadow file.