• The tool automates the tedious process of deleting and replacing objects one at a time, as well as other tasks. It allow the mass:-
  • deletion of scenery objects
  • replacement of one or more scenery objects by another object
  • random rotation of scenery objects
  • movement of scenery objects from one layer to another
• These processes can be performed over the entire layout, a single baseboard or in a selected area only.
• Deletion and movement between layers can be performed on a set percentage of the selected or replacement scenery objects.
• The replacement operation can be performed on textures.

• objects that are in a locked layer
• bridge splines
• tunnel splines
• multiple track splines
• consists/trains
• objects of mixed types e.g. replacing splines with non-splines

• The large data box on the left of the tool window, the Assets to update list, is used to store the names of the objects that are going to be updated or replaced
• The smaller entry box on its right. the Asset to replace with list, is to store a single object that will replace the object or objects in the Assets to update list

	Steps: The quickest way of adding objects to the Assets to update list is to:- click on the Get Tool (shown below), then click on the object in the Surveyor screen.

The object will be added to the list, as shown in the example above.

This can be repeated for multiple objects to build a list of Assets to update.

1. Click the Red icon, and
2. Draw out the area to be used

• If no Replace with object is entered then the objects in the Assets to update list will be randomly rotated to new orientations
• If a Replace with object is entered then the replacement objects in the Replace with list will be randomly rotated to new orientations

All the layers containing the objects must be unlocked. Objects in locked layers will not be rotated.

• Tick the check box to randomly rotate each replacement (or original) scenery object
• Untick the check box to keep the original orientation of each scenery object as it is replaced (this will have no effect if there is no Replace with object)

Click the Begin button to complete the process

• If no Replace with object is entered then the selected percentage of the objects in the Assets to update list will be moved to the selected layer
• If a Replace with object is entered then the selected percentage of the replacement objects in the Replace with list will be moved to the selected layer
• Select a percent figure from 0% to 100% in steps of 5%. Values other than 0% and 100% will be approximate, not exact. Selecting 0% will move none of the objects, 100% will move them all
• Select a destination layer for the objects

All the layers containing the objects must be unlocked. Objects in locked layers will not be moved.

To move objects to another layer:

1. Tick the check box to randomly move a set % of the replacement (or original) scenery objects to another layer
2. Select a percentage figure from 0% (none) to 100% (all)
3. Select the layer for the objects to move to (the layer must be unlocked)

To keep the replacement objects in the same layer:

• Untick the check box to keep all the replacement scenery objects in the same layer as the original scenery objects. This has no effect if there are no objects in the Replace with list

• Select a percent figure from 0% to 100% in steps of 5%. Values other than 0% and 100% will be approximate, not exact. Selecting 0% will delete none of the objects, 100% will delete them all

All the layers containing the objects must be unlocked. Objects in locked layers will not be deleted.

1. Tick the check box to randomly delete a set % of the objects
2. Select a percentage figure from 0% (none) to 100% (all)
3. Click the Begin button to complete the process

Some objects simply will not delete, for example some non track splines. The workaround for deleting these objects from a layout is:-

	Steps: exit Surveyor start Content Manager locate and select (highlight) the stubborn asset click the Content menu and select Disable This will not delete the object from your layout or from your Trainz installation start Surveyor and reload the route. It will now have a missing dependency from the Main Menu select the Delete Missing Assets option save the route and exit Surveyor The disabled asset will no longer be present in your layout. It should now be restored for other uses. start Content Manager locate and select (highlight) the now disabled asset click the Content menu and select Enable

Notes: This method is an All or Nothing approach. All instances of the selected asset will be deleted from your layout.

• You cannot rotate or move textures. The only available texture setting controls the scale and rotation of the replacement texture.
• You can select multiple textures to be replaced by a single texture.
• Select the texture assets by using either the "Grab Tool" or by "dragging and dropping".
• Textures can be deleted by using the workaround for Deleting Stubborn Objects described in the section Delete Scenery Objects above.

Sometimes when adding new baseboards or merging a route containing blank baseboards onto a route containing textured baseboards, there can be a "bleed-over" where a texture from the painted route will flow along some of the baseboard boundaries of the unpainted baseboards as shown in the image left.

As strange as it may seem, this is actually "expected behaviour" and its purpose is to resolve other long standing problems that can occur when baseboards are added.

The unwanted texture can (usually) be painted over by another texture and this will resolve the problem but there may be a lot of it to paint out and you may prefer a simplier solution. The Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool can provide such a solution.

The Solution:

	1: Grab the Grid Use the Grab Tool to click on one of the bare grid lines to place the Grid texture into the Assets to update list drag the Grid entry from the Update list into the Replace list. This will still leave a copy in the Update list drag the Grid entry from the Update list out of the Tool box. This will delete the Grid entry from the Update list

More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz

• How to Guides
• Driver Commands List
• Session Rules List (Alphabetical) with Parameters
• Session Rules List (Categories) With Parameters