Railworks America

Greetings!

I had to take a brief detour from route building to learn some 3D modeling. To that end, I present you with a large mining dump truck model, along with four payload models, along with the Blender source. It is hoped an end-to-end working model might lure would-be modelers into the wild, and show that once you get the pipeline working, you can really focus on your Art. Before June 1 of this year, I had never opened Blender.

For the seasoned modelers, it should be quite clear I know just enough to be dangerous. I prepared a detailed publishing guide that makes many assumptions based on an incomplete understanding of the process. It is also hoped that comments and questions might lead us to a more complete set of instructions such that some accurate, final version of it might be enshrined. I will continue to edit the guide in pursuit of this goal.

I have many more models in mind...a front end loader...a cement works with cement trucks...conventional dump trucks...a back-hoe...I am going to learn Blender Bones and make some trial animations of hydraulics. Now THAT would make a nice tutorial!

This is all in support of my route, Panamint Crossing, in which the vast majority of the track has been laid.

Get the Nauer FT-1000 Dump Truck Model Here:

http://panamintcrossing.blogspot.com/

Looks cool.

Excellent work !

Looking great.

By the way, how do you create a site and able to attach your files to it for download. That's a problem I still haven't been able to figure out yet for my site, Chugington Rails

jpetersjr wrote:By the way, how do you create a site and able to attach your files to it for download. That's a problem I still haven't been able to figure out yet for my site, Chugington Rails

To add downloadable files to your site, all you have to do is upload the file to your server and create a link to it.
However, if you're using a free web hosting service you may have limitations set up that would make it very difficult, if not impossible to do, such as the ability to upload files greater than a certain size, and the ability to use an FTP program to upload files.
Most free web hosting services won't allow FTP connections. You have to use the built in file upload option, and they are most times limited in the size of the file you can upload.

If you can find out more specifics on your particular situation, I might be able to help you out.
Let me know the service you use to host your site and I'll check it out and see what I can figure out, as to your options and capabilities.

Edit 1: OK! I figured out who you use for your hosting. According to this page on their site
http://webscom.zendesk.com/entries/1044 ... -i-use-ftp ,
the ability to use FTP is only an option if you use their Starter, Enhanced, or Pro Premium service packages for accounts in the HTML mode only. FTP is not included with just a Domain Name or Ad-Free account.
I don't know which of the account types you have though.

I have there starter package, which I paid money for. But don't know how to make the file links work after I upload them to the site.

Lets say you upload a file named 'MyFile.zip' and you uploaded it into the main directory of your site.

Assuming you're using the site builder WYSIWYG editor they offer, you would type the key word/phrase where you want it to be,for instance Download, or MyFile, or whatever you want the download link to say.
You would then find the link button (it could say something like hyperlink) in the editor and use this link to make the word/phrase a clickable link to download the file.

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http://chungington-routes.webs.com/MyFile.zip

or if you created a new directory for the zip files, say named zips, then the link you would use would be

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http://chungington-routes.webs.com/zips/MyFile.zip

Just remember, you only have 5 GB of monthly bandwidth and 400 MB of storage.

jpetersjr wrote:Looking great.

By the way, how do you create a site and able to attach your files to it for download. That's a problem I still haven't been able to figure out yet for my site, Chugington Rails

I cheated! I run my own public application server, and I store the downloads there.