TUTORIAL: Export to X-Plane using AC3D or BLENDER

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class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tutorial:</h3><h2 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Using AC3D or Blender to export objects into X-Plane</strong></h2> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer" data-aspect-ratio="0.1360544217687075" data-block-type="21" id="block-bf9171dd82ab093194e1"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-6442a8d56ee9b64163be"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">written by: Marko Mamula</h3> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-046dce0b639e8142f510"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="text-align:right;white-space:pre-wrap;">Last Updated 02/FEB/2022</h3> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-9ed63174cd8346e57a66"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This is a simple guide/ tutorial on how to create, texture, and export objects for X-Plane using <strong>AC3D</strong> or <strong>Blender</strong>, and import them into <strong>X-Plane</strong> using <strong>Planemaker</strong>.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I created this as a <strong>side-by-side</strong> comparison of the whole process in AC3D and in Blender.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This tutorial will hopefully make it much easier for anyone to <strong>transition</strong> from AC3D to Blender or the other way around.</p> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-bef87d7a36904931b218"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-356d64b48f7484f663f9"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_107047"><div class="sqs-block-content"><hr /></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-ab7ae1cb8388841a57b5"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Why I made this tutorial</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I have been using AC3D since day 1 of my development years (2013). After finding out that the official exporter for X-Plane 12 by Laminar Research will be developed for Blender only, I am now finally forced to learn how to use it myself.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I now have to go through the tutorials and posts online to figure things for myself, and it’s been pretty challenging. I started documenting the process and I realized that this could be really helpful to many others.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Therefore I decided to create a simple step-by-step guide that I wish already existed. At some point, I will hopefully also make videos that will show describe this process as well.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let’s start by the simple question that was asked a million times already:</p><h2 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Should you use AC3D or Blender?</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I’ll make this very easy for you. If you are just starting and deciding if you should start with AC3D or Blender, <strong>DEFINITELY PICK BLENDER.</strong></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-ee214e32c817bed45c5e"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_165873"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-aba7f6f929597d320f42"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h1 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>AC3D</strong></h1><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D is a dinosaur of 3D softwares. It’s been around since 1994, and unfortunately, it seems it has not changed that much since then. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Over the years it has been mainly used for creating 3D assets (3D models) for flight simulators, most notably X-Plane. But due to this limited use, it hasn’t evolved into a complex software.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-e9773e3bddca40d2ccd5"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h1 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Blender</strong></h1><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, virtual reality, and computer games.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I am amazed to see what people are able to do with Blender. So if you need to invest your time to learn a 3D software, learning Blender makes so much more sense since you can use Blender for so many more things in your life. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">However, Blender also has its quirks when creating things for X-Plane, most of which I still need to find though!</p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-aspect-ratio="0.1124859392575928" data-block-type="21" id="block-55da08068877a1356006"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-635ada213797b197c42d"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>AC3D Pros:</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It is very straightforward and quite easy to understand, so it is much easier and quicker to learn and use.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As it evolved with X-Plane, everything is set up and created for X-Plane, so there should be no conflicts or issues when exporting.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The X-Plane plugin and exporter is very simple, logical and it “just works” 99% of the time.</p></li></ul><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>AC3D Cons:</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It is a very primitive software that today in 2022 is lacking some very basic functions that most other modern 3D software have, especially in modeling.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Starting with X-Plane 12, Laminar Research will develop the export plugin only for Blender. Meaning that new features that may be required for XP12 may not be available in the AC3D exporter for some time, if ever.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It is <a href="https://www.inivis.com/buy.html"><span style="text-decoration:underline">expensive</span></a> relative to the limited functionalities of the software.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Due to its very limited use, there are very few learning materials, tutorials, and videos online for you to learn from.</p></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-0719016ce830558f4e0a"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>BLENDER Pros:</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It’s free</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The official X-Plane exporter developed by Lamiar Research will be developed only for Blender</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Much more powerful, you can do many more things than just model and export to X-Plane</p></li></ul><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>BLENDER Cons:</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Considerably more complicated to learn and use, especially for someone who has never used any 3D software before</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The workflow to export for X-Plane also seems a lot more complicated for some things that are very simple in AC3D</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There may be <a href="https://xp2b-docs.gitbook.io/xplane2blender-docs/index-1/animations#gotchas">some issues when exporting</a>.</p></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-start" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61fa324bc624816a0fbb0655" data-parallax-id="61fa324bc624816a0fbb0655" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1643787877665" id="page-61fa324bc624816a0fbb0655"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-0f3d5a1bc2eeea838ca5"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-8629e40df347f5f8719b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h1 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">TUTORIAL START</h1><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>what to expect</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You will use AC3D or Blender to create a 3D cube. You will then <strong>export</strong> it in the <a href="https://developer.x-plane.com/article/obj8-file-format-specification/"><strong>X-Plane OBJ format</strong></a> , so that you can import it to <strong>Planemaker</strong> and attach it to an aircraft for X-Plane. </p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You will also learn the important steps to make the <strong>PBR materials properties</strong> (normals, roughness, metallic) appear correctly in X-Plane.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I will <strong>not be explaining the fundamentals of 3D</strong> or how to get started, although the steps will be pretty straightforward so even if you are a beginner you’ll be able to follow.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I’d like to recommend <a href="https://skl.sh/3sOgb5O"><strong>this great tutorial on how to start using Blender</strong></a>. I used it and it allowed me to start using Blender after just 1 day. You can get it for free if you sign up for a free one month on Skillshare (just cancel before the first month is over).</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I will also<strong> not be explaining how to create textures</strong>. We will use already created textures.</p></li></ul> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block code-block sqs-block-code" data-block-type="23" id="block-c22f71f013ed948b9701"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div style="background-color: #f2f2f2 ; padding: 30px;border-radius: 10px;"> <div style="background-color: #ffcc00 ; padding: 10px; border: 0px solid black;border-radius: 8px;"> <center> <span style="color:#000000;"> <strong><span style="font-size:18px;"> <b> D I S C L A I M E R </b></I> </span><i class="icon-home icon-4x" style="margin-right: 0.5em; color: #EEEEEE;"></i></strong></span> </center> </div> <p> </p> <center> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> <strong> <p></I> I am an aircraft developer, so everything that I will be talking about relates to exporting for airplanes. It may not work the exact same way for sceneries.</p> <p>I am only now learning Blender, so I am only documenting what worked for me, there may be other/better/simpler ways to do things.</p> <p> </p> Please let me know if I can improve anything as I would love to optimize my workflow as much as possible! </span><i class="icon-home icon-4x" style="margin-right: 0.5em; color: #EEEEEE;"></i></strong></span> </p> </center> </div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-bc806777fc77541eda92"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>0. Preparation</strong></h2> </div> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-2bae4001ab7c5e72d49f"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Software versions used:</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>AC3D 8.3.30</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Blender 3.0</strong> </p></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-0b973f152de3cd5c6480"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Plugins used:</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>X-Plane Plugins for AC3D 3.5b1</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>XPlane2Blender v4.0.0-rc.1</strong></p></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-c5f9695ddc15a06febc9"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Installing X-Plane plugins </strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You will need to<strong> install the X-Plane plugins</strong> for both AC3D and Blender. </p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Here is a <a href="https://www.inivis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7032">link to the AC3D</a> version. I am using the latest version (3.5b1) of the plugin in AC3D 8.3.30 and it works fine, even though it says it should only work in AC3D 8.5+.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Here is a <a href="https://github.com/X-Plane/XPlane2Blender">link to the Blender</a> version.</p></li></ul> </div> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-406a8c50a74fc06800ab"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES</h3><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">First, download the project files below, which contain some files you will need.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Unzip the folder onto your desktop (or wherever you want) and leave it there.</p></li></ol> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer" data-aspect-ratio="5.524861878453039" data-block-type="21" id="block-3b8d3dcc3b7a5ceae6ff"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="sqs-block button-block sqs-block-button" data-block-type="53" id="block-42131eeed46f440e873d"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center" data-animation-role="button" data-alignment="center" data-button-size="medium" data-button-type="primary" > <a href="/s/X-CRAFTS_AC3D_BLENDER_TUTORIAL_1.zip" class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element" > DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES HERE </a> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-2239405741cd04f076a5"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-creating-a-cube" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f926d5a82e814d157b75be" data-parallax-id="61f926d5a82e814d157b75be" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1670326450011" id="page-61f926d5a82e814d157b75be"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-163b959a9cb674cfc6b0"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-8 span-8"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-65c81598660e6852b10d"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>1. Creating a cube</strong></h2> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1670326375783_21866"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-614d4520430303fad971"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-718aade3a9a1c83cce5b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>AC3D</strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Open AC3D</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Go to File > Save as <strong><em>XCRAFTS_AC3D</em>_<em>TUTORIAL.ac</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Tips</strong>: </p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Hitting Space while you hover over one of the viewports maximizes that viewport to the full screen.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Ctrl+Space</strong> toggles the <strong>Inspect </strong>view (view a clean image, no editing). I use it a lot while looking at things to make sure nothing gets moved in the process.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you have <strong>CAPS LOCK</strong> on, the keys on your keyboard will have different functions assigned to them!</p></li></ul><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. Click on the cube in the <strong><em>Mode</em></strong> section, and then click anywhere in the viewport. This will create a cube.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_293689"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:437px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:79.40503692626953%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg" data-image-dimensions="437x347" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg" width="437" height="347" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d81f4cfa-c4e6-4cbe-ad54-5708227974cc/Make+a+Cube.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_294027"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. While the cube is selected, click on the <strong><em>Move to</em></strong> button, since the numbers there for X Y and Z are just zeros, it will place the cube directly into the origin.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="53.64741641337386" data-block-type="5" id="block-b0ab67b59ac22424243d"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1575px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:53.64741516113281%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1575x842" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg" width="1575" height="842" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7b12699-2c37-437d-b0f7-050f286bbb66/create+cube+a.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_401725"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>5. </em><strong><em>Save your file! </em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>You can check my version </em><strong><em>XCRAFTS_AC3D</em>_<em>TUTORIAL_CHECKPOINT</em>_<em>1.ac</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-5049f3b751e152c52b14"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">BLENDER</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Open Blender</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Go to File > Save as <strong><em>XCRAFTS_TUTORIAL.blend</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. There will already be a cube in the middle of your viewport. Select it and delete it. Also delete the light and camera in the scene as we won’t need those.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. To create your own beautifully unique cube, with your mouse in the viewport click <strong>SHIFT + A > Mesh > Cube</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You should now have a cube in the origin.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="47.7112676056338" data-block-type="5" id="block-5bc2504af7e7eb93e5f0"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1002px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:47.71126937866211%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1002x597" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg" width="1002" height="597" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4c0abae4-c5c8-41c5-b3cc-c04c4f8a0a6b/create+cube+b.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-445fd6b3af3895e6853f"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">5. Let’s scale it down. While the cube is selected, and with the cursor in the viewport, hit N. A properties window is going to show up on the right side. Under Dimensions, change X, Y and Z to 1m.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">6. Before we can export this, we need to make sure to “Apply” this scale change. I’m not sure why, but I was told it’s the right thing to do before exporting!</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">So select the cube, hit CTRL + A, and in the pop-up that will show up, click on “<strong>All Transforms</strong>”</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-466dccf393e68b8cc66b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1002px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:56.38722610473633%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1002x565" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg" width="1002" height="565" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/751f4e9b-138e-4c8a-bb4f-88e7afe0494a/scale+down+b.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-groups-collections" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f92e19b88a455040280fc0" data-parallax-id="61f92e19b88a455040280fc0" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1643754374107" id="page-61f92e19b88a455040280fc0"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-11 span-11"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-7d81625e05619f927cd4"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-1a252296bf6af8a76480"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>2. Creating groups/ collections</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In any 3D software, it is essential to organize your objects using the hierarchy. In our case, it will be particularly important because the final exports will depend on it.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When exporting to X-Plane, you will want to divide your objects into sections of the plane that will all share one texture. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For example, the fuselage and all objects related to it will usually all share one texture, let’s call it <strong>fuselage.dds</strong>. This will also be exported as one obj file, let’s call it <strong>FUSELAGE.obj</strong>. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The wings could then share another texture of their own, so they need to be exported as a separate obj file. Let’s call the texture <strong>wings.dds</strong>, and the obj could be called <strong>WINGS.obj</strong>.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In order to tell the xplane plugins which objects should be exported in which obj file, we need to organize everything into <strong><em>Groups</em></strong> in AC3D or <strong><em>Root Collections</em></strong> in Blender.</p> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-5a99ef38cb998b484a6e"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-aspect-ratio="0.11261261261261261" data-block-type="21" id="block-f76b80ad3484dad02d49"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-bf66ee64dbe7a307409b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>AC3D</strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Technically, AC3D will export objects even if they are not in groups. But because later on, it makes it much simpler to keep things organized, we will put this cube in a group as well.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D only allows you to group two or more objects, so let’s cheat it a bit, and duplicate our cube in order to have two:</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Select our cube in the <strong>Object Select mode </strong>(hit ”<strong>o</strong>” on your keyboard)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. <strong>Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V</strong> > This will create a copy of our cube in the same exact position, so you will still see just one cube because they are over each other. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. The second cube has automatically been selected, so make sure you are in a move mode (<strong>m</strong>) and simply <strong>drag it out</strong> in any direction so that we can see them both.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-f171cba0af710bc161c7"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:475px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:63.36842346191406%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg" data-image-dimensions="475x301" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg" width="475" height="301" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4a9548d8-1dcf-4d59-a7d3-dbc92c10a915/drag+a+copy.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-75f10021f09db4631fd2"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. Hit <strong>F8</strong> on your keyboard, or Tools > <strong>Hierarchy view</strong>. This will open the Hierarchy window which lists all your objects. You will see two boxes there.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">5.<strong> Putting the boxes in groups:</strong></p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Select both boxes by clicking on them in the Hierarchy view and <strong><em>hit CTRL + G. </em></strong>This will put them in a group. </p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You could also click on the <strong>Group</strong> button on top of the Hierarchy view, but only if you are in <strong>Group Select Mode</strong></p></li></ul> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-600b817427f78a6ca5f1"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:983px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:38.7588996887207%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg" data-image-dimensions="983x381" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg" width="983" height="381" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e2f5d686-4737-412b-90c5-429d5d515b97/Hierarchy.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-9aa42d355718383f1d8f"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">6.<strong> Renaming the group</strong>: (this also works for <strong>renaming objects!</strong>)</p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><strong>Option 1) In the viewport:</strong></p><ol data-rte-list="default" style="margin-left:40px;"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Enter the Group Select mode (hit “<strong>g</strong>” on your keyboard), and then select both boxes either in the viewport or in the hierarchy view. </p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Once the group is selected, you can rename it in the lower left side panel of AC3D under <strong>Object Name</strong>.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Here change<strong><em> “group”</em></strong> to <strong>“<em>Test Cube</em> Group” </strong>(or whatever you want).</p></li></ol><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><strong> Option 2) Through the Object Name/Data window</strong></p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">In more complicated setups, you will have groups inside other groups. If you have a <em>group_B </em>inside of <em>group_A</em>, you won’t be able to rename <em>group_B</em> using <strong>Option 1), </strong>because the <strong>Object Name</strong> window will always display the first group (parent one) of the hierarchy, so that is why I am mentioning this Option 2) as well.</p><ol data-rte-list="default" style="margin-left:40px;"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Right-click on the group in the Hierarchy view > <strong>Edit Name/Data.</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The<strong> Object Name/Data</strong> window will appear. </p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Here change<strong><em> “group”</em></strong> to <strong>“<em>Test Cube</em> <em>Group</em>” </strong>(or whatever you want)</p></li></ol><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">7. Now that our cubes are in the group, let’s delete the second one we created. Simply select it in <strong>Object Select mode</strong>, and hit <strong>DEL</strong>.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>5. </em><strong><em>Save your file! </em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>You can check my version </em><strong><em>XCRAFTS_AC3D</em>_<em>TUTORIAL_CHECKPOINT</em>_<em>2.ac</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-fe1721920285c39bad61"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">BLENDER</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you look in the outliner, you should see that the cube should already be inside a <strong>Collection</strong>. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Rename the Collection to <strong>Test Cube Collection</strong> (or whatever you want)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It is not enough for objects to be inside a Collection for them to be exported, it needs to be defined as a <strong>Root Collection</strong>.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Navigate to Scene Properties > X-Plane</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. You will see that there is nothing under the Root Collections, that is because we didn’t define any <strong>Collection</strong> to be a <strong>Root Collection </strong>yet.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. Click on ▶ <strong>Other Collections</strong>. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">5. You will see the <strong>Test Cube Collection</strong> listed there. Tick the Root Collection</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-43131cc12cadc8bd9d1a"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:357px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:122.68907928466797%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg" data-image-dimensions="357x438" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg" width="357" height="438" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/dc0a9b41-b79f-475d-88ac-aa019dc44cc9/root+collection.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-2c57b0784a10fe8668e2"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">6. This will now move it to the Root Collections section right above, and it will also now mean that our cube will be exported as a separate OBJ. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">7. Expand the Root Collection settings by clicking on ▶.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Here is where we will define the name of the final obj file, as well as the textures it will be using.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">8. Name: <strong>TEST CUBE BLENDER</strong></p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-992817fc338a120818a9"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:270px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:78.88888549804688%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg" data-image-dimensions="270x213" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg" width="270" height="213" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/0cea04a7-1ab1-46ea-9a57-6c75ae10b528/Collection+Name+b.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643753915871_35324"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">9.<em> </em><strong>Save your file! </strong>You can check my version <strong><em>XCRAFTS_BLENDER_TUTORIAL_CHECKPOINT_1.blend</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-texturing" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f92f3179a9063902f704ae" data-parallax-id="61f92f3179a9063902f704ae" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1670326460643" id="page-61f92f3179a9063902f704ae"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-f47d42859d4af65f0335"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-0c55b8b8f2451a4052f2"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>3. How to assign a texture</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For simplicity, we will use textures from the default Cessna Skyhawk.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Note: </strong> DDS files are image files. In X-Plane you can use either PNG or DDS format, however, DDS is preferred as it has performance advantages. <a href="https://www.x-plane.com/kb/texture-compression/#:~:text=Use%20the%20DDS%20file%20format,opaque%2F100%25%20transparent%20alpha.">Click here</a> to learn more about the DDS format.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1670326375783_33486"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-fbd39703f0c50df41a83"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-12848012dcfa62dc1069"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>AC3D</strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Select the cube (make sure the Select mode is on Object)</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-2137e71f63ff04c6a782"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:360px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:35.55555725097656%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg" data-image-dimensions="360x128" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg" width="360" height="128" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d18ae291-b927-4494-a120-d05272cb5f02/Select.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-80fe471f1f9a6e7c3000"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Then click on <strong>Object</strong> > <strong>Texture</strong> > <strong>Load Texture</strong> > navigate to <em>…\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\objects</em> and select <strong><em>fuselage.dds</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. The cube should now look like this:</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="93.06666666666666" data-block-type="5" id="block-18ff5bd6e8280f6390f7"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:375px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:93.06666564941406%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg" data-image-dimensions="375x391" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg" width="375" height="391" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8d721d45-8076-4535-acb4-9b4d25e36ed6/Cube+textured+A.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-ca0512fe107fa1977657"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This is the texture that will also be exported in the final OBJ file.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. <strong><em>Save your file!</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-f2a8dd64a45c39c249da"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">BLENDER</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In Blender, things aren’t as simple. Normally you add textures by defining them in a material which is then assigned to your model. However, the xplane2blender plugin will not export these. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Instead, we will have to define the textures on the Root Collection X-Plane settings.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You should still add the textures to the blender material, in order to see them in the Blender viewport. I will go through all of this below.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Select the cube</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Go to <strong>Material Properties </strong>(of the object, not the world!) and click on <strong>+ New</strong></p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-a78333a2142300186a55"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:740px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:71.35134887695312%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg" data-image-dimensions="740x528" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg" width="740" height="528" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/021936a9-5354-4db6-978f-777206122ea1/create+a+new+material.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-25322143e3d128b961dd"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. Rename Material.001 to <strong><em>Fuselage</em></strong> (or anything you want)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Again, adding textures in the next steps is just so that we can see the textures in Blender. But these textures will not be exported to XP!</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. Left mouse button click (LMB ) on the <strong>Base Color Yellow Dot</strong> > <strong>Image Texture</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">5.<strong> Click on Open </strong>and open ..\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\objects\<strong>fuselage.dds</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">6. Then change the Viewport Shading to<strong> Material Preview.</strong> You should now see the texture on the cube.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-b0a2ce41ea22423f5490"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:720px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:54.44444274902344%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg" data-image-dimensions="720x392" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg" width="720" height="392" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/c6a48f06-6062-4172-be99-552a20406c99/Texture+Selected+b.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-24a363304957767d3294"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">7. Now, in order to actually tell the xplane2blender plugin what textures to export, we need to define that in the <strong>Scene X-Plane properties </strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">8. Under the Textures section, we will<strong> define the textures</strong> that will be written into the final exported OBJ files.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Important</strong>: We do not need to provide a path to the textures, but only the name of the texture file!</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">9. Open file explorer and go to <em>..\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\</em><strong><em>objects</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Locate the textures we want to use, <strong>Fuselage.dds</strong> and write that file name into the Textures sections.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="61.34585289514867" data-block-type="5" id="block-ec2a73423d2e6361b46f"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:667px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:61.34585189819336%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg" data-image-dimensions="667x500" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg" width="667" height="500" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/7da2311f-3d64-4fdf-936e-6ae2399fe446/Define+textures+b.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-417c1f8f17f0e6483bc9"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">10.<em> </em><strong>Save your file! </strong>You can check my version <strong><em>XCRAFTS_BLENDER_TUTORIAL_CHECKPOINT_2.blend</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you open my file and the cube is pink, don’t freak out! It means it can’t find the texture, so simply open the texture file in the shader once again.</p> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-single-sided-polygons" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f9302e749c775968007a41" data-parallax-id="61f9302e749c775968007a41" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1670326470053" id="page-61f9302e749c775968007a41"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-fc926dacab5e5729f0a1"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-f28a8fc181e9576d9010"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>4. Single-sided polygons</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Generally, to improve performance, we want to make sure that <a href="https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?%2Fforums%2Ftopic%2F32688-one-sided-surfaces-vs-two-sided-surfaces%2F&comment=369450&do=findComment">we always use one-sided polygons on our objects</a>. Only use double-sided polygons if you really need two-sided polygons (e.g. trees, where both sides are visible all the time.)</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1670326375783_41614"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-532d0dfeacdb5e534018"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-dbc66d921aafe915d5c7"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Enter the <strong>Surface Select</strong> mode (<strong>s</strong>) and select one face of the cube. If we check the info line on the bottom bar, we can see that the last thing it says is “<strong>2S</strong>”. That means that our polygons are all double-sided. </p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643723768365_81425"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1071px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:75.35014343261719%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1071x807" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg" width="1071" height="807" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643723768365_83080"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. To make your objects single-sided, simply select the whole object, (or all objects) in the Object Select mode</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2.click on<strong> 1S</strong> on the <strong>Set Surface Type</strong> tab:</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-bea259a74a52b7837b74"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:798px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:47.744361877441406%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg" data-image-dimensions="798x381" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg" width="798" height="381" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/50bac6aa-184a-41ac-8fe7-cf1c4580c568/A+set+single+sided.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_475699"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>3. </em><strong><em>Save your file! We are ready to export</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>You can check my version </em><strong><em>XCRAFTS_AC3D</em>_<em>TUTORIAL_CHECKPOINT</em>_<em>3.ac</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you open my file and the cube does not show the texture, it means it can’t find the texture because your X-Plane may be on a different drive than mine, so simply reselect the texture file once again.</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-955ff93d190b793b5360"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">blender</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Blender seems to export surfaces as single sided by default, so we don’t have to do anything here.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="90.5" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643724129617_15425"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-fade-in individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:200px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:90.5%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif" data-image-dimensions="200x167" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif" width="200" height="167" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/4969ab5a-c4b9-4766-b86d-ea9a13b3ca4c/200w.gif?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-export-obj" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f9318ce69a1861b1541a45" data-parallax-id="61f9318ce69a1861b1541a45" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1670326528930" id="page-61f9318ce69a1861b1541a45"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-11 span-11"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-e16bb9d2292b0f125af8"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>5. How to export OBJ files for Planemaker/X-Plane</strong></h2> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1670326375783_52905"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-2fe05c329e48484cca47"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-30652c0855771e73c078"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In AC3D, you have to export every single obj <strong>individually</strong>. You cannot export Fuselage.obj and Wings.obj at the same time.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You will define the name of the final obj file every time you export.</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-e9445d5f6ae82eb3e752"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>BLENDER</strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When you export your files, all the Root Collections that are visible in the viewport will be exported. </p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-aspect-ratio="0.13020833333333334" data-block-type="21" id="block-f6d3685c6f9b9fb61e42"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-716b703288d3b19d8cfb"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>SELECTING WHICH GROUPS GET EXPORTED</strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In the Hierarchy you can also <strong><em>Hide</em></strong><em> </em>any object or group by clicking on the eye icon or <strong><em>Lock</em></strong> it by clicking on the lock icon. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Hiding it will hide it, Locking it will show it as a wireframe only and you won’t be able to select it. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Both hiding or locking will prevent this group to be exported</strong>.</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-994026fd67f25e523f81"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>SELECTING WHICH ROOT COLLECTIONS GET EXPORTED</strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. All the visible Collections get exported.1. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. If you want to prevent a collection from being exported, simply hide them or exclude them from the viewer, by clicking on the <strong>Tick</strong> or the <strong>Eye</strong> icons in the hierarchy. </p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-aspect-ratio="0.13020833333333334" data-block-type="21" id="block-88a20171a5040f921e41"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-17a519d9b91bcbcd16af"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">EXPORTING FROM AC3D</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Go to File > Export > <strong>X-Plane 8 Object File (.obj)</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Set the export destination to …\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\<strong>objects</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. Set the export name to<strong> <em>TEST CUBE AC3D.obj</em></strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When you’ll have more groups, make sure that only one group is visible and all the other ones are hidden or locked when exporting.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4.<em> </em><strong>Save your file! </strong><em>You can check my exported OBJ file version</em> <strong><em>TEST CUBE AC3D_EXPORT_1.obj</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-16b26cf61f0f2b7bdfd3"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">EXPORTING FROM BLENDER</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Option 1) </strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. To export, go to File > Export > <strong>X-Plane Object (.obj)</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Set the export destination to …\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\<strong>objects</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>3. </strong>No need to change the default export name as the name of the final OBJ has been previously defined in the <strong>Scene Root Collection Properties</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Option 2) </strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You could also click on the Export OBJs on top of the Scene X-Plane Properties (where you defined the name and textures), however you cannot save where the OBJs will be exported, it will always be exported exactly where your .blend file has been saved.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">9.<em> </em><strong>Save your file! </strong>You can check my <em>exported OBJ file version</em> <strong><em>TEST CUBE BLENDER_EXPORT_1.obj</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-6ead807c7ad03bee9c97"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-aspect-ratio="1.9660411081322609" data-block-type="21" id="block-e543dc1f2d926405f314"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-7c7fc2d91ababaf57b3b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Examining the exported OBJs</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let’s make sure that the OBJs got exported the right way. This is an important step especially if you are exporting it for the first time. You want to make sure it is exported right, so that you don’t have to wonder why something doesn’t look as it should when you import it in X-Plane.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Go to the export folder (…\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\<strong>objects</strong>) and open the TEST CUBE AC3D.obj / TEST CUBE BLENDER.obj in any <strong>text editor</strong>. I use and recommend <a href="https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/"><strong>Notepad++</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. What we want to see is the “<strong>TEXTURE fuselage.dds”</strong> line, which means this object will load the right texture.</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-6d817546cd438f5f654c"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-7003d4956b157416162b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D</h3> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-3439a81d80936f2c5a43"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-collide individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:948px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:25.52742576599121%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg" data-image-dimensions="948x242" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg" width="948" height="242" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1480d77c-abcd-4adf-a995-4eba044ffa81/header.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-5d2c96581e37bb024d8e"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">BLENDER</h3> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="25.320512820512818" data-block-type="5" id="block-52a37ca1a8817e3bcc56"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-reveal individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:951px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:25.320512771606445%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg" data-image-dimensions="951x242" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg" width="951" height="242" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/221e2ea6-63c2-43af-a593-47f330c43402/header.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-import-obj" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f926c64e26c00ffc4e7731" data-parallax-id="61f926c64e26c00ffc4e7731" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1643741834140" id="page-61f926c64e26c00ffc4e7731"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-c944df5cff5ef805c283"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-e18bfa2f7d262c6ba3ff"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>6. Importing the OBJ files into Planemaker</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Open <strong>Planemaker.exe</strong> from the X-Plane root folder</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. File > Open > C:\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\<strong>Cessna_172SP.acf</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. Go to Standard > <strong>Misc Objects</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. On the bottom of the screen, click on <strong>Add</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">5. Scroll all the way down, you will find a new undefined object attached</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-25110e5cf7a0ab82cb97"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-e7473b6ad44c7403fa91"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1018px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:16.79764175415039%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1018x171" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg" width="1018" height="171" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e81860a5-e00d-468c-9c82-9f8e72a3906e/Attach+Object.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_553538"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-e5f31fc585422d65b060"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">6. Click on the little square next to the empty space, go to …\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\<strong>objects </strong> and select TEST CUBE AC3D.obj or TEST CUBE BLENDER.obj, depending on which software you used.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I added both, just to demonstrate for both cases.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">7. <strong>Change the location based on the numbers below</strong>. AC3D cube is -6m on the Y axis, and Blender cube is +6m on the Y axis. </p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_550594"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-edd3647ab05ed3ed2902"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-9882eee1b020cb745f88"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1022px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:38.845401763916016%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1022x397" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg" width="1022" height="397" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 83.33333333333334vw, 83.33333333333334vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/946b65a1-b99b-431c-aa55-c3eece48df79/Attach+Object+2.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-f6531f28be87b4250c6c"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">8. Close this section and you will immediately see that the cube should now be attached to the plane.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">9. File > <strong>Save</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">10. <strong>Open X-Plane</strong> and load the <strong>Cessna Skyhawk</strong> on an airport ideally where you do not have any scenery installed so that you will be surrounded by water only, I use PMDY or LPPD. This will increase the speed at which X-Plane will be loading and reloading because you will be doing it a lot.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">11. We should now see our cube/cubes attached to the plane. You’ll probably see one based on which software you used.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-295d9731397f036dcca2"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-collide individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1097px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:51.7775764465332%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1097x568" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg" width="1097" height="568" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 83.33333333333334vw, 83.33333333333334vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/60bbcfea-b4fe-41f9-82d4-829ca7473e3a/cubes+attached.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-ffbd7f4a837b920f0773"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-pbr-materials" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f932e354cf1a3386570c16" data-parallax-id="61f932e354cf1a3386570c16" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1643998232911" id="page-61f932e354cf1a3386570c16"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643721450024_152906"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-4fa8646a30d1674bed6c"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>7. Using PBR materials in X-Plane</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Alongside textures, you also need to assign certain properties to the objects, otherwise, they will not look right. I’ve actually learned a few new things myself while making this tutorial!</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Note: </strong>For the purpose of this tutorial, I will simply show you what you need to do, not why you need to do it.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I’m not gonna go into details and theory of PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials because it’s a very complex topic and others have covered it well. So I advise you to read the following articles if you want to understand what you’ll be doing.</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://iliastselios.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/x-planes-pbr-materials-a-simplified-guide/">X-Plane’s PBR Materials – A simplified guide</a></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://developer.x-plane.com/article/x-plane-11-material-model/">X-Plane 11 Material Model - Official Documentation</a></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://xp2b-docs.gitbook.io/xplane2blender-docs/index-1/materials-and-textures">Materials and Textures - Documentation for the xplane2blender plugin covers this topic very well</a></p></li></ul><h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">7.1 <strong>How to enable Normal maps in X-Plane</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This is actually pretty straightforward. Once you have the normal texture created, we just need to make sure that the plugins exports the <strong>TEXTURE_NORMAL</strong> line in the header.</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643721450024_143439"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block code-block sqs-block-code" data-block-type="23" id="block-a1d928fbc93df3fea91c"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div style="background-color: #f2f2f2 ; padding: 30px;border-radius: 10px;"> <div style="background-color: #ffcc00 ; padding: 3px; border: 0px solid black;border-radius: 8px;"> <center> <span style="color:#000000;"> <strong><span style="font-size:18px;"> <b> Warning</b></I> </strong> </span> </center> </div> <center> <p> </p> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> <p></I> Some people online mention opening the exported file in a text editor and adding this line of text manually.<p> </p> This is possible, but please <strong>do not ever edit the OBJs manually.</strong> <p> </p> This is a wrong workflow, because your changes will get overwritten every time you export. If you have everything set up correctly, you shouldn't ever need to do it.</p> </center> </div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-ce9a29a8fb04a238d775"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. Go to X-Plane ><strong> X-Plane Export Settings</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Tick <strong>Export TEXTURE_NORMAL lines</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you cant see that setting, you may need to get the latest AC3D X-Plane plugin.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-23049d352af227f74f5b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:758px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:29.683378219604492%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg" data-image-dimensions="758x225" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg" width="758" height="225" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/e58001ab-66ae-4ff1-915a-8f9dc691617d/normal+metallness.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-0f718d79fc25e86256b4"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. The plugin will assign the same name as the main texture + a suffix “<strong><em>_normal.png</em></strong>”. This means that you need to have your normal map textures name end in exactly “normal”, or else it won’t find the texture.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Note:</strong> If your main texture is DDS in the DDS format, the header will also write out the TEXTURE NORMAL with the DDS format. However, all normal textures are always in the png format. <strong>You don’t have to worry about that</strong> though, if X-Plane can’t find the DDS texture, it will use the png texture automatically.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. The Cessna’s fuselage normal texture is called <strong><em>fuselage_NRM.png</em></strong><em>. </em>So in order for our object to be able to find it, we need to make a copy of that texture file, and rename it to <strong><em>fuselage_normal.png</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-d7f67e244a4db95b8009"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:276px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:62.6811637878418%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg" data-image-dimensions="276x173" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg" width="276" height="173" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/21c18bb1-6d66-4b17-8496-caa7365495cf/normal+name.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-9327b81b08244177c3e7"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Blender</strong></h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The exporter will automatically write out this line if we define the Normal texture name in the Root Collection > Textures dialog. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">We have already defined the fuselage.dds as the color texture in step 3, so now we just need to repeat that with the normal texture.</p><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Open file explorer and go to ..\X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Cessna 172SP\<strong>objects </strong>and locate the normal texture we want to use <strong>fuselage_NRM.png</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Go to the <strong>Scene Properties > X-Plane > Root Collections > Textures</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In the <strong>Normal/Specular</strong> field, write <strong>fuselage_NRM.png</strong></p></li></ol> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-250694b4c5fe32d35f13"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:271px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:120.29520416259766%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg" data-image-dimensions="271x326" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg" width="271" height="326" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/3a45287b-3c90-413d-a9a1-5921cb8f316e/Define+textures+NRM+b.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-5ffd205c507438bd7883"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-11 span-11"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-a91eb49dc9c8c81e70ab"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Let’s check if that worked straight away</strong></h3><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Export </strong>the cube again</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In X-Plane reload the airplane by going to Developer ><strong> Reload the current Aircraft and Art </strong>(I have this assigned to F11 on my keyboard)</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Save your file! You can check my exported OBJ file version</em> <strong><em>TEST CUBE AC3D_EXPORT_2.obj / TEST CUBE BLENDER_EXPORT_2.obj</em></strong></p></li></ol><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you zoom in onto the cubes in X-Plane, they should now show the details of the normal map, like the rivets. If you can’t see them very well, <strong>try changing the time of the day to sunset</strong>, as the details should react to light change.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">And after examining the exported files in a text editor, we should now see the <strong>TEXTURE NORMAL</strong> line written out in the header as well. </p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-fd480ab99eaed682901f"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-b83668170c83e80894fa"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D</h3> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="44.37689969604863" data-block-type="5" id="block-0c90a3d15d0c814dc7c3"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1226px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:44.37689971923828%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1226x652" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg" width="1226" height="652" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5bff3b75-7079-4d53-8366-5cf0abe1c1c1/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-1b836b65ab077bc5a0a0"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">blender</h3> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-12c5a00cb37b5002946b"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1200px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:44.416664123535156%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1200x533" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg" width="1200" height="533" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/6274da72-d56c-445a-bda0-0c7cfde200bb/normal+maps+visible.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-461bf8eaeb2bc532911c"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:945px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:23.38624382019043%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg" data-image-dimensions="945x221" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg" width="945" height="221" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/43ed7cfc-3740-4135-9ad0-4309cb61051c/header+2.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-03e1fb23a4a1c14d69cb"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:947px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:25.55438232421875%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg" data-image-dimensions="947x242" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg" width="947" height="242" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/38940c7b-8447-44f5-9e24-22148bc22154/header+2.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-380aa979b092a9a7d0c1"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643723768365_46560"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-b3ccee4a39cfef745dae"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">7.2<strong> How to make objects shiny/reflective and metallic in X-Plane</strong></h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In other words, how to make sure the specular and metallic channels are being applied correctly.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">First of all, this is after you’ve already created a normal texture that contains the specular map in the alpha channel and the metallic map in it’s blue channel. Read more about that in the links above.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Substance Painter does this automatically when using the <a href="https://developer.x-plane.com/tools/substance-painter/">X-Plane Export config</a>.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a nutshell, we want to add two magical lines to the header of the OBJs:</p><pre style="text-align:center;"><code>NORMAL_METALNESS </code></pre><pre style="text-align:center;"><code>GLOBAL_specular 1</code></pre><blockquote><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">NORMAL_METALNESS</h3></blockquote><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Adding NORMAL_METALLNESS to the header of the OBJ will enable the rendering of metallic surfaces in X-Plane. </p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">The AC3D plugin always seems to export that line by default.</p><blockquote><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">GLOBAL_specular 1</h3></blockquote><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Adding <strong>GLOBAL_specular 1.0</strong> to the header of the OBJ file will make all exported objects 100% shiny (or in other words 0% rough). This can further be adjusted with normal maps that include specular maps in the blue channel. </p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">This is really nicely explained in the <a href="https://iliastselios.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/x-planes-pbr-materials-a-simplified-guide/">first link</a> I shared above.</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-f58c7afa567404b0f3c1"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-ab1021b72e492c7bbe26"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-c59c25ef9e615fbc5949"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>NORMAL_METALNESS</strong> seems to be added automatically using the latest AC3D plugin (3.5b1).</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I always get that line in the header when I export from AC3D.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There are two ways to add <strong>GLOBAL_specular 1 </strong>in AC3D:</p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Option 1) The simple way</strong></h3><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">(This will require you to have <strong>the latest version (3.5b1)</strong> of the X-Plane plugin for AC3D)</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Steps:</strong></p><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Go to X-Plane > <strong>X-Plane Export Settings</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In the OBJ file header, write “<strong>GLOBAL_specular 1.0</strong>”</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong><em>Save your file!</em></strong><em> You can check my exported OBJ file version</em> <strong><em>TEST CUBE AC3D_EXPORT_3.obj</em></strong></p></li></ol> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643721450024_91270"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:758px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:41.16094970703125%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg" data-image-dimensions="758x312" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg" width="758" height="312" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/230f1f88-b884-4159-be5e-be3e6c82de8c/normal+metallness.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643721450024_91605"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The “<strong>\n</strong>” just adds an empty line in the header after our new line.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47" id="block-3f4fa0f67f0c6eff1dbd"><div class="sqs-block-content"><hr /></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-61382bde4d7ced524925"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Option 2) The complicated way</strong></h3><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">You can use this in case you cannot use the latest plugin for some reason and therefore you cannot automatically add the GLOBAL_specular 1.0 line to the header.</p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">You will have to use AC3D materials, and use them to add specularity on a per-object basis, so you will not see the line in the header, but you will see the same result.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Steps:</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1. To check which material is assigned to your objects, go to the <strong>Select Surfaces mode</strong> (S on the keyboard) and click on <span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>one polygon</strong></span> on the object you want to check. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2. When we click on one side of our cube, the info on the bottom bar in AC3D tells us which material is assigned to it:</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-df66024b472c79c6c56a"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">BLENDER</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Both the lines above are added in one single step:</p><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">With the cube selected, go to the <strong>Material properties</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Scroll down to<strong> X-Plane</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Tick <strong>Normal Metalness</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong><em>Save your file!</em></strong><em> You can check my exported OBJ file version</em> <strong><em>TEST CUBE BLENDER_EXPORT_3.obj </em></strong>and my version <strong><em>XCRAFTS_BLENDER_TUTORIAL_CHECKPOINT_3.blend</em></strong></p></li></ol> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-0ce707ae85e80bc09c6d"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:681px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:53.7444953918457%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg" data-image-dimensions="681x366" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg" width="681" height="366" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/5ed940a7-17a1-4c7d-8430-13e01850e0d2/Enable+Metalness.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-460f594155bb0bd5e6c3"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For objects that don't use normal textures, the shininess (ATTR_shiny_rat attribute) is adjusted per material by turning off <strong>'Use Nodes</strong>' in the materials tab, and setting 'specular</p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="83.73860182370821" data-block-type="5" id="block-75e657f8088274b79a4e"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1071px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:83.73860168457031%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1071x807" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg" width="1071" height="807" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/df31b377-1113-4ee1-8032-f7286e897f3b/check+material.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-d6198729e5305c7dd977"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3. We can see that the index is<strong> 1</strong>. You can find all the materials in the <strong>Palette</strong> tab on the bottom of the left side menus:</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-b4d454547956acdfd192"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-433635fdcb88b86429e1"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:390px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:43.846153259277344%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg" data-image-dimensions="390x171" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg" width="390" height="171" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/153cc6f7-eea2-4984-abdd-3164dd718d35/palette.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-6826afb68aab36ac22a3"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The materials in AC3D don’t really give us many options. The only things that will affect the final look in X-Plane are the <strong>Diffuse, Specular</strong> and <strong>Emission</strong>.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4. We can edit the first material, however from experience I found that the default materials often reverse the values to default, so it is better to <strong>Append a new material:</strong></p><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Right-click on any of the materials in the Palette and click on <strong>Append new material</strong>.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Go to the end of the line of materials, and you should now see the 15th material.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Right-click on it again, and click <strong>Edit Material</strong></p></li></ol><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><strong>DIFFUSE</strong></p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Always leave it white. If you made it red, all your textures would turn out to be red too.</p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><strong>EMISSION</strong></p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Using <strong>Emission</strong> on the whole object would not be practical so just forget it and always leave it black. Later on, we will use textures to enable LIT effects on the cube.</p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><strong>SPECULAR</strong></p><p style="margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">In order to see the surfaces shiny in X-Plane, we need to make sure the specular value of the material is 1.0 (full white).</p><ol data-rte-list="default" style="margin-left:40px;"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Click on the <strong>+</strong> next to the <strong>Specular</strong> and drag all three sliders to the right. This will give the specular channel a global value of 1.0.</p></li></ol> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-31adb86639cca21dd87c"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:483px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:82.19461059570312%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg" data-image-dimensions="483x397" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg" width="483" height="397" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/d7926756-94ad-4a54-befe-19dc70193d70/Edit+material.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-928ca6d1643c107ee181"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-c054a4358673077576b8"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Note:</strong> The “Shininess” only affects the look inside AC3D, it does not affect the final XP look in any way.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I bet that at this point you’d wonder why the hell would anyone use this method when the first one was done in two steps! Well I used to do all of this until today, when I relized that using the AC3D materials is not necessary if the “GLOBAL_specular 1.0” variable is defined. So I learned something today too!</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>5. Anyway, let’s now make sure this material is actually assigned to our cube and that X-Plane will recognize it:</strong></p><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Select the cube in the Object Select mode</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Then simply <strong>click on the 15th material</strong> in the Palette and it will be assigned to our cube.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On the top bar, go to X-Plane ><strong> X-Plane Object Properties</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Under Surface: tick <strong>Use AC3D Materials. </strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Note: </strong>If you are using this method, you will have to set this setting for<strong> all of your objects</strong>! You can select all of your objects, then tick<strong> Apply to All</strong> on the bottom of the X-Plane Object Properties window and then tick <strong>“Use AC3D Materials”</strong>. It is good practice to uncheck the <strong>Apply to All</strong> after doing this so that you don’t forget that it stayed on later.</p></li></ol><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong><em>6. Save your file!</em></strong><em> You can check my exported OBJ file version</em> <strong><em>TEST CUBE AC3D_EXPORT_4.obj</em></strong></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-69188c771ef8e6eeb3df"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer" data-aspect-ratio="0.11261261261261261" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_843384"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_804672"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-539cf442d51701ba845d"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">as usual, Let’s check if that worked</h3><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Save your project!</strong></p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Reexport your cube</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Reload aircraft in X-Plane</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The cubes should now also be shiny.</p></li></ol><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It may be a bit harder to see the reflections on a cube because it has only flat surfaces, so you may need to move the camera a bit and change the time of the day to see the effect:</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_850196"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_754338"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AC3D</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On the AC3D cube, we can confirm that the part of the texture that covers the tip of the propeller looks reflective and metallic.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_758661"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">BLENDER</h3><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On the Blender cube, we can see the reflection of the white stripes on the runway. Similarly, the texture that covers the tip of the propeller looks correct on top of the cube.</p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_767008"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-collide individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1066px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:53.283302307128906%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1066x568" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg" width="1066" height="568" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/cd58cb3d-3617-4f87-a43e-3549d3cfaea9/Metallic.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643753915871_231585"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-collide individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:877px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:28.164196014404297%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg" data-image-dimensions="877x247" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg" width="877" height="247" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8102db88-c800-45bc-8f13-93f95316902d/header+3.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="53.34346504559271" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643725582536_769879"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-reveal individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1030px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:53.34346389770508%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1030x631" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg" width="1030" height="631" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/8cbb3c6c-c1f5-4c00-b555-89a045e1a104/metallic.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643753915871_228362"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-hidden design-layout-inline combination-animation-reveal individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:871px;" > <button class=" sqs-block-image-button lightbox " data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" > <span class="v6-visually-hidden">View fullsize</span> <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:28.12858772277832%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg" data-image-dimensions="871x245" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg" width="871" height="245" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 50vw, 50vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/12440df9-03d6-4996-b547-259219d53d9f/Header+3+metalness.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> </button> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </section> <section id="tutorial-leo" class="Index-page Index-page--has-image" data-parallax-original-element data-collection-id="61f99ec24834ff1526a461ed" data-parallax-id="61f99ec24834ff1526a461ed" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content sqs-alternate-block-style-container"> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1643749058826" id="page-61f99ec24834ff1526a461ed"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-61f99ec24834ff1526a461ee"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p> </p> </div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> <figure class="Index-page-image" data-parallax-image-wrapper> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1643756318453-VPXNA61US0A7SR2UJ7GI/cheers-true.gif" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d97dd2f7f9fe230d5b8d10f/1643756318453-VPXNA61US0A7SR2UJ7GI/cheers-true.gif" data-image-dimensions="498x237" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="cheers-true.gif" data-load="false" alt="" /> </figure> </section> <section id="tutorial-end" class="Index-page" data-collection-id="61f99f194d19f94d644f8c1f" data-parallax-id="61f99f194d19f94d644f8c1f" data-edit-main-image="Background"> <div class="Index-page-content "> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page" data-updated-on="1674483146507" id="page-61f99f194d19f94d644f8c1f"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643750582926_5735"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-10 span-10"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-61f99f194d19f94d644f8c20"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>And there you have it, folks! </strong></h2><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">It took me surprisingly long to finish all of this, but I hope that I delivered on the promise to keep it simple. I realize that this is such a niche topic, but still, even if the audience may be very small, I am hopeful that this will be very valuable to some of you.</p><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><strong>I would also like to cover LIT textures and animations, which will probably become part 2 of this tutorial in the future.</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">If you have any suggestions or questions, please send me a message at the link below.</p><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">If you’d like to thank me, you can support us by buying our <a href="https://store.x-plane.org/X-Crafts_bymfg_67-0-1.html">products</a>!</p><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Good luck developing your add-ons!</p><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Marko</p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643750582926_7445"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block button-block sqs-block-button" data-block-type="53" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643750160338_3337"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center" data-animation-role="button" data-alignment="center" data-button-size="medium" data-button-type="primary" > <a href="https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?%2Fforums%2Ftopic%2F261126-full-tutorial-using-ac3d-or-blender-to-export-objects-into-x-plane%2F" class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element" > click here to offer suggestions or ask me any questions regarding this tutorial </a> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block button-block sqs-block-button" data-block-type="53" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1674483089099_5190"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center" data-animation-role="button" data-alignment="center" data-button-size="medium" data-button-type="primary" > <a href="http://www.inivis.com/xptut.html" class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element" > Click here to learn how to animate objects in ac3d </a> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1643750160338_3409"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">And as always, there are 3 <a href="https://www.markomamula.com/carrots">carrots</a> hidden in the tutorial. 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