elevated bridge before the jetway

[davide96]

hi guys, I'm new in this forum, my name is Davide and I'm italian.
I'm using ADEX to modify the stock airport and the freeware downloaded ones to make them more realistic.
fore example in rome fiumicino (LIRF) if you look in the blue circle there is thi kind of "bridge" before the jetway.
Now the question is , is it possible to replicate this "bridge" in fsx/p3dv4?? if yes how?? (always using ADEX)
thanks.

 

[FSSCENERY2000]

Yes. Make the object in blender and then import it.

 

[davide96]

Yes. Make the object in blender and then import it.

thanks, but how? I'm not very experienced, can ypu please link a video tutorial or explain how to do that?? thank you so much

 

[FSSCENERY2000]

Okay, there might be other methods to do this, but this is how I would do it.
Firstly, I am going to assume you have blender but if you don't have it you can download it here: https://www.blender.org/

• Then, once you have installed blender create a new project.
• Once you do this you will be greeted with this screen
• View attachment 83036

Next hold down s and y at the same time to stretch it out.

Hold down G and X to move the object upwards.

Hold down R and X to rotate the object and make it look like the one in the image.

Press TAB on your keyboard to enter edit mode.

Hold down control and R to add a loop cut. Make sure that the number of cuts is set to 2.

Make another loop cut by holding down control and r.
This time set the number of cuts to 3.

Now you have the basic out line for your model.
Now, to colour it, you need to download a colour pallet for blender.
This is where I usually get mine : https://lospec.com/palette-list.
When you are downloading, download in 32x resolution.
Then, go to the shading tab.

Go to add> image texture and find the palette you downloaded.

Connect the nodes together.

Go to UV editing, and go to the top right corner, and select the colour to texture. I could only use 10 images in one thread so the next section is coming up.

 

[FSSCENERY2000]

Then, scale down the blue parts of the model in the UV editor.

Do the same for the rest of the model.

This is more or less finished. If you have any more questions just ask me and I will be more than happy to answer them.
Hope your project goes well!

 

[davide96]

View attachment 83056
Then, scale down the blue parts of the model in the UV editor. View attachment 83057
Do the same for the rest of the model.
View attachment 83058
This is more or less finished. If you have any more questions just ask me and I will be more than happy to answer them.
Hope your project goes well!

thank you so much, I get lost in uv editor, i dont uderstand how to select colors, and then how to save and in wich format to be imported in the library to be used in p3d and ADEX

 

[FSSCENERY2000]

Here is the blender file and pallatte.

 

[davide96]

Here is the blender file and pallatte.

Ok I've made it finally, now I need to save and add it to prepard 3d v4, and add via ADEX, how can I save the file?

 

[FSSCENERY2000]

You will need model converter x, which you can download here:https://www.scenerydesign.org/modelconverterx/
Once you have done this, export the .blend file as an obj and import in to model converter x, and convert to an MDL file. Then create a library bgl file and put the textures into the textures folder and put information about the object in the library object manager and place the object in the ADE display. And put the textures into your textures folder and put the library bgl you created into addon scenery\scenery and textures into addon scenery\texture. Hope this helps.

 

[davide96]

how to export?

 

[FSSCENERY2000]

Select wavefront.obj. It says "experimental" so you might need to update blender.

 

[davide96]

Select wavefront.obj. It says "experimental" so you might need to update blender.

Strange I've downloaded, blender 3 or 4 days ago, when I save it in wavefront.obj blender create 2 files

 

[FSSCENERY2000]

Yes that is strange... can you import one of the files into blender to see if it is okay?

 

[GaryGB]

Hello:

WaveFront OBJ 3D file exchange format consists of (2) files:

*.OBJ

...and:

*.MTL

Wavefront .obj file - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Perhaps the OBJ exporter being used in your installation of Blender is still considered experimental, but there should AFAIK be a version that comes with Blender which is a well-tested and stable version, as Blender has had the ability to export OBJ for years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Wav...4mAEAoAEByAEUwAEB2gEGCAEQARgI&sclient=gws-wiz

GaryGB

 

[davide96]

Yes that is strange... can you import one of the files into blender to see if it is okay?

here is the blend file

 

[davide96]

not able to do this, maybe I'm stupid or I miss something, in model converter it load a white 3d model with no texture, and when I try to export ad an mdl i get this error:
in the image number 1 you can see the white poligon with no texture and in the second image the error.

 

[GaryGB]

Hi again:

If a 3D model is exported as a OBJ, include within the same folder as the OBJ+MTL files, all texture Materials mapped onto it.

MCX should then be able to find the mapped texture Materials, and load them onto the 3D model preview with no errors.

GaryGB

 

[Pyscen]

The first problem you need to figure out is - where are the textures? If the model was created in Blender then to make the textures you need to UV unwrap and then either paint or create textures using the UV map. That is what MCX is notifying you of? "where are the textures?" The 2nd error is that XToMdl.exe is wanting the Period separation and not the apostrophe. Set region settings to the United States language.

As suggested, OBJ formatted files exported from Blender do not have 2 files - They will only contain the model. (doesn't haven't textures either). The suggestion that the OBJ is experimental is also incorrect. These OBJ format types are not FS or P3D sim compatible in any way.

 

[GaryGB]

The first problem you need to figure out is - where are the textures? If the model was created in Blender then to make the textures you need to UV unwrap and then either paint or create textures using the UV map. That is what MCX is notifying you of? "where are the textures?" The 2nd error is that XToMdl.exe is wanting the Period separation and not the apostrophe. Set region settings to the United States language.

As suggested, OBJ formatted files exported from Blender do not have 2 files - They will only contain the model. (doesn't haven't textures either). The suggestion that the OBJ is experimental is also incorrect. These OBJ format types are not FS or P3D sim compatible in any way.

AFAIK, one must check a "Write Materials" check-box to export "Materials" during Blender OBJ export ...to output a *.MTL file.

IIUC, one must still manually copy mapped texture Material files to the output folder where Blender outputs OBJ and MTL files.


Perhaps this Blender tutorial and 3.2 Manual page explains this export option in a "industry standard" OBJ exporter dialog box ?

https://cgcookie.com/posts/importing-and-exporting-game-assets

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/files/import_export/obj.html


While it seems likely the OP may already have his decimal symbol set to the North American software standard of "period", in his Italian language copy of Windows with working English installs of MCX / Blender, perhaps this explanation merits another post:

1.) In Windows Control Panel, click Region and Language applet (Region and Language dialog box opens)

2.) In the Region and Language dialog box, click {Formats} tab

3.) On {Formats} tab > click [Additional Settings] button (Customize Formats dialog box opens)

4.) In Customize Formats dialog box > {Numbers} tab > Decimal Symbol:
a.) Set the Decimal symbol to a period (.) instead of another character such as a comma (,)

b.) Click [OK] button

c.) Back on the Region and Language dialog box {Formats} tab, click [OK] button

d.) Exit Control Panel


5.) Restart Windows

GaryGB

 

[davide96]

I miss something, I don't know why in blender I see the texture and in model converter x I see a white rectangle. I'm abandoning the idea of making my own model it's too difficult...