Note. To complete these tutorials you will need to download the sample textures here.

To complete these tutorials with the dimensions listed herein you will need the following setup
1. Open the "Preference Settings" from the "Customize" menu. Under the "General" tab set the system unit scale to 1.0 units = 1m
2 Open the "Units Setup.." from the "Customize" menu and set the units setup to Metric Meters.

Before beginning this tutorial I suggest you get used to the "ArcView", "Pan" and "Zoom" buttons located at the bottom right of the 3ds window. These tools are indispensable for moving around the view port.
For most of this tutorial I use the "User" veiwport rather than the "Perspective" viewport.

Chapter 1. Main Base
Tools Used: Box, Boolean, Line, Unwrap UVW, Material Editor, Edit Mesh, Select and Move

Chapter 2. Main Body
Tools Used: Box, Chamfer, Smooth, Select and Move, Material Editor, Unwrap UVW

Chapter 3. Raised Cab Steps and Kick Plates
Tools Used: Box, Select and Move, Hide, Chamfer. Mirror, Material Editor, Unwrap UVW

Chapter 4. Cab and Windows
Tools Used: Box, Bevel, Weld, Select and Move, Boolean, Material Editor, Unwrap UVW, Plane, Rotate and Move

Chapter 5. Front hood
Tools Used: Box, Select and Move, Material Editor, Unwrap UVW

Chapter 6. Front and rear plates
Tools Used: Line, Circle, Trim, Extrude, Material Editor, Unwrap UVW, Select and Rotate, Mirror, Select and Move

Chapter 7. Steps and underbody support
Tools Used: Box, Bevel, Select and Move, Material Editor, Unwrap UVW, Mirror

Chapter 8. Fuel and Air Tanks
Tools Used: Box, Select and Move, Cylinder, Select and Rotate, Sphere, Material Editor, Unwrap UVW

Chapter 9. Hand Rails
Tools Used: Rotate, Move, Line, Arc, NGon, Loft, Unwrap UVW, Smooth, Box

Chapter 10. Adding Attachment Points and shadows
Tools Used: Point, Select and Move

Chapter 11. Exporting the Mesh
Tools Used: Windows explorer, Export, Resource collector

Chapter 12. Setting up the Config.txt File
Tools Used: Windows Explorer, ConTEXT (or Notepad).

Download this tutorial as a PDF file here