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 - both must be spline objects, or both must be non-spline objects, or both must be textures, or both must be track objects, etc

If you attempt to replace one type of object with a different type you will receive an error message.

This indicates that at least one of the objects is not of the same type as one of the other objects.

Clicking No will cancel the update
Clicking Yes will proceed with the update but the mismatched objects will not be replaced or used as a replacement

Things it Will Not Do

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

bridge spline objects
tunnel spline objects

Selecting the Assets

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.

Setting the Scope

Setting the Options - for Non Texture Objects

Option 1: Random Rotation

The first option controls the rotation or orientation of the replacement objects.

Tick the check box to randomly rotate each replacement object as it is placed in the layout
Untick the check box to keep the original orientation of each object as it is replaced

Option 2: Move to Another Layer

The second option allows the replacement objects to be moved to another layer when they are placed in the layout.

Tick the check box to randomly move a % of the replacement objects to another layer
- You must select a percent figure from 0% to 100% in steps of 5%. Values other than 0% and 100% will be approximate, not exact
- You must select the layer to move the objects to
Untick the check box to keep all the replacement objects in the same layer as the original objects

The objects do not all have to start in the same layer.

Option 1 and Option 2 can both be checked ON at the same time to produce a combined effect

Option 3: Delete Objects

The third option allows the deletion of objects from the layout.

Tick the check box to randomly delete a % of the objects
- You must select a percent figure from 0% to 100% in steps of 5%. Values other than 0% and 100% will be approximate, not exact

Option 2 and Option 3 cannot both be checked ON at the same time

Setting the Options - for Texture Objects

One texture can be replaced with another. The only setting controls the scale and rotation of the replacement texture.

The image below shows a region textured with one texture asset but with different scaling and rotation settings when the texture was laid.

	With the check box ticked, the following is the result.
The scale and rotation settings that were used in the original have not been used with the replacement texture.

	With the check box unticked, the following is the result.
The same scale and rotation settings that were used in the original have been used the replacement texture.

Trainz Wiki

Route Creation Tutorials:

How to Use Layers

Session Creation Tutorials:

How to Use Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool

Contents

What is the Bulk Asset Update/Replace Tool?

Things it Will Not Do

Selecting the Assets

Setting the Scope

Setting the Options - for Non Texture Objects

Option 1: Random Rotation

Option 2: Move to Another Layer

Option 3: Delete Objects

Setting the Options - for Texture Objects

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