What is the Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool?

The Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool allows the replacement, deletion and modification of multiple instances of one or more different assets, including textures, throughout an entire layout, a single baseboard or a selected area.

You will find the tool in the Surveyor Main Menu.

The tool automates the tedious process of deleting and replacing objects one at a time, as well as other tasks. It allow the mass simultaneous:-

deletion of objects
replacement of one or more objects by another object
random rotation of objects
movement of objects from one layer to another

These processes can be performed over the entire layout, a single baseboard or in a selected area only.

Most of them can also be performed on a randomly selected percentage, from 5% to 95%, of the designated objects.

The replacement operation can be performed on textures.

When objects are being replaced they must be replaced by objects of the same general type - e.g. both must be spline objects, or both must be non-spline objects, or both must be textures, etc

Things it Will Not Do

The Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool cannot be used on:-

bridge spline objects
tunnel spline objects

It cannot be used to replace a non-spline scenery object with a spline scenery object, and visa-versa. Likewise, signal objects cannot be replaced with switch or lever objects.

Using the Asset Replacement Options

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

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 each object to be replaced.

An alternative method is to Drag and Drop an object from the Object Tool Selection Window as shown below.

The same method of Drag and Drop is used to add an object to the Replace with list.

Only a single object can be added to the Replace with list. If a second object is dragged into the list it will delete and replace the first object.

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Route Creation Tutorials:

How to Use Layers

Session Creation Tutorials:

How to Use Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool

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What is the Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool?

Things it Will Not Do

Using the Asset Replacement Options

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