Techniques, tips, and tricks for route builders

Purpose

This page is a repository for techniques, tips, and tricks to ease the task of building a route. Any route builder with a helpful tip (or tips) to share is encouraged to contribute to this page.

Using Helper Objects in Route Building

A helper object is a piece of trainz content, either a single object, or a spline, used as a marker when building a route. Using content which is visible only in surveyor, like some types of templates, or which will not otherwise be used on the route, such as an object from another part of the world, or a spline not planned for the route as helper objects can make it easier to see where features of the route will be.

Examples of use of helper objects include (but are not limited to);

• using an object to mark the corners, or a spline to mark the edges of a baseboard as it is added to a route under construction;
• using a spline to mark the location of a railroad, highway, or water right-of-way;
• using a spline to mark a elevation contour line on a route; and
• using an object to mark the location of important objects such as tunnel portals.