The information in this Wiki Page applies to Surveyor 2.0 (S20) as found in Trainz Plus.

This document is under development

The Tools Palette

Notes: Palettes

If the Tools Palette is not shown on the screen, then:-

1.	open the Window Menu from the menu icons at the top of the screen
	visible palettes with have ticks next to their names
2.	Left click on the item Tools Palette
	this will add a tick and make the Tools Palette visible
3.	make sure that the Tools Options Palette is also visible

The Brush Tool

Keyboard Shortcut: W

The Brush Tool is used for painting the route. It can:-

adjust the height of the terrain
add ground textures
add Effect Layers
add Scrapbook scenes

When selected, the Brush Tool will show two drop down menu lists.

The first drop down menu will set the Brush Target, the type of brush.
The Targets are:-

Ground Height
Ground Texture
Scrapbook Data
<List of Effect Layers>
Edit Effect Layers

If you have any Effect Layers then they will appear as Targets in this drop down list. Select an Effect Layer to use the brush to paint with that effect.

Ground Height

This brush tool uses the Tools Options Palette. If this palette is not visible on the screen then refer to Notes: Palettes at the top of this document.

When the Ground Height Target is selected, the second drop down box will give a choice of several Ground Height tools. The choices are:-
Height Up Height Down Set Height Grade

The available brush tool options are shown in the Tools Options Palette with a Gold coloured icon next to their names. Those options that have their icon greyed out will be ignored, but they can still be edited.

Height Up/Height Down
Up/Down brush options

Set Height
Height brush options

Grade

Radius

the brush radius (metres) - see Notes: below

Range:

5m and above

Height

the brush height (metres)

Range:

-3000m to 3000m

Sensitivity

the rate at which the height changes

Range:

1% (very slowly) to 100% (very fast)

Grade

slope gradient - see Notes: below

Range:	0% = flat ("Plateau" in Classic) to
	±100% = steep (but not vertical)

Angle

grade direction (compass degrees)

Range:

0° (North) to ±359°
a negative value reverses the grade

	Notes:
	Unlike Surveyor Classic, there appears to be no upper limit to the brush Radius . Brushes of hundreds of metres (even kilometres) in size are possible. However, if you are using the brush to set an entire baseboard, or many baseboards, to a specific height then the Marquee Tool may be a better choice.
	The Grade may cause some confusion. It is defined as height (vertical) over distance (horizontal) converted to a percentage figure. So a grade of 100% (the maximum allowed) would mean a slope formed by the height and distance both being the same value (e.g. a height increase of 50m over a distance of 50m). A vertical slope (a cliff) would have an infinite grade which is currently impossible in Surveyor.

Ground Texture

This brush tool uses the Tools Options Palette. If this palette is not visible on the screen then refer to Notes: Palettes at the top of this document.

When the Ground Texture Target is selected, the second drop down box will be disabled - there are no brush texture tool choices.

The available brush tool options are shown in the Tools Options Palette with a Gold coloured icon next to their names. Those options that have their icon greyed out will be ignored, but they can still be edited.

Radius

the brush radius (metres) - see Notes: below

Range:

5m and above

Sensitivity

texture transparency

Range:	1% = almost transparent to
	100% = solid (opaque)

Rotation

initial rotation angle - see Notes: below

Range:

0° to ±360° (larger angles can be entered)

Scale

the texture pattern scaling factor

Range:

0.01% = smallest to 100% = full size

Notes:

Unlike Surveyor Classic, there appears to be no upper limit to the brush Radius . Brushes of hundreds of metres (even kilometres) in size are possible. If you are using the brush to paint an entire baseboard, or many baseboards, then the Marquee Tool will be quicker but it will not give the options of changing the scale and rotation.

The Rotation controls the starting angle for the texture when painting and is often used to avoid pattern repetition. As in Surveyor Classic, holding down the [ or ] keys while painting will continuously change the angle.

Warning: Changing the rotation angle during painting is not recommended for PBR Textures as this will significantly increase the memory useage (each rotation will load in another copy of the PBR texture).

Scrapbook Data

This brush tool uses both the Tools Options Palette and the Scrapbook Palette. If these palettes are not visible on the screen then refer to Notes: Palettes at the top of this document.

The Scrapbook Brush When Scrapbook Data Target is selected, the second drop down box will give a choice of two Scrapbook Data tools. The choices are:-
Scrapbook Brush Scrapbook Clone

The available brush tool options are shown in the Tools Options Palette with a Gold coloured icon next to their names. Those options that have their icon greyed out will be ignored, but they can still be edited.

Scrapbook Brush
Brush options

Scrapbook Clone
Clone options

Radius

the brush radius (metres) - see Notes: below

Range:

5m and above

Rotation

initial rotation angle (degrees) - see Notes: below

Range:

0° to ±360° (larger angles can be entered)

Scale

the scrapbook scaling factor

Range:

0.01% = smallest to 100% = full size

Shape

brush shape

Options:		Circle and Square will set the brush to the selected shape
	Natural will set the brush to the same shape as the Marquee that created the scrapbook, which may be rectangular. The Radius setting will set the relative brush dimensions

	Notes:
	Unlike Surveyor Classic, there appears to be no upper limit to the brush Radius . Brushes of hundreds of metres (even kilometres) in size are possible.
	The Rotation controls the starting angle for pasting the scrapbook objects. In Surveyor Classic you could only rotate and paste in 90° increments. In S20 you can rotate and paste at any angle.

The Scrapbook Palette
Scrapbook palette tools

Scrapbook Pasting Options
What Features to Paste
	Ground Height	terrain height(s) used in the scrapbook
	Texture	textures used in the scrapbook
	Meshes	scenery assets (e.g. trees, buildings) used in the scrapbook
	Splines	spline assets used in the scrapbook
	Effect Layers	effect layers (TurfFX, Clutter) used in the scrapbook
How to Paste Each Feature
	None	do not paste this feature
	Add	add this feature to those already present
	Overwrite	use this feature to replace those already present
For the Ground Height feature:-
	Absolute	use the ground heights in the scrapbook to replace the existing ground heights
	Relative	modify the existing ground heights according to those used in the scrapbook (to ignore the scrapbook ground heights completely select the option None)

Edit Effect Layers...

When this Target is selected, the Edit Effect Layers options will appear. This is the same as selecting Edit Effect Layers ... from the Trainz Edit Menu.

If no Effect Layers are present then you can create a new one

If Effect Layers are present then select one to edit

More information on creating and editing Effect Layers can be found on the Trainz Wiki at:-

The Placement Tool

Keyboard Shortcut: E

The Placement Tool is used to add assets to the route.

The first step is to identify and select the particular asset that you want to add to the route.

In the Asset Palette either:-

Left click on an asset selection icon

Filter Icons

	all ground textures
	all non-spline scenery objects
	all spline scenery objects
	all track spline objects
	all track objects (signals, etc)
	all rolling stock
	all Effect Layer presets

OR

Left click the Content Drop-down Box

Filter List
Then select Track Objects

Notes:

If the Assets Palette is not shown on the screen, then:-

1.	open the Window Menu from the menu icons at the top of the screen
2.	Left click on the Assets Palette name
to add a tick and make it visible.

Shortcut

If you already have the same asset placed in your route then:-

select the Eyedropper Tool in the Tools Palette (or press the R key)
Left click on the existing asset object

This will instantly select that particular asset in the filter list.

Jump to Step below.

To narrow down the filter list type part of the asset name into the Search Text Box. For example if you have selected Track Objects and want to find "Trackmarks", then type "mark" (UPPER/lower case does not matter).

This will list all the Track Objects containing the text "mark" in the filter list.

Select the item Track Mark.

If you are not sure about an asset then double-click on the name to bring up its image and description.

The final step is to place the selected object into the route.

Click the Placement Tool or press the E key
Click on the spot where you want to place the object

The Placement Tool will remain on and active until another tool has been selected. So everytime you click another copy of the asset (or another asset if you change your selection) will be added to the route.

Notes:

To delete an asset:-

if the asset is not already selected (highlighted in green) then:-
1. select either the:-
  - Free Move Tool (or press S ) or
  - Fine Adjustment Tool (or press D )
2. Left click on the asset to be deleted
press the Delete key

The Eyedropper Tool

Keyboard Shortcut: R

The Eyedropper Tool is used to identify objects that are in the route. The objects can be textures, effect layers, scenery, rolling stock, track and track equipment, and splines.