#railclone tutorials

[miled72]

In this tutorial, we will learn how to distribute groups using RailClone. I'm using RailClone 5.2.8, and this tip here will not work in the old versions like the 3 series.

[rendersfarm]

RailClone 5 for 3ds Max released

iToo Software has announced the release of RailClone 5, the latest version of its parametric modelling and layout tool for 3ds Max.

With version 5, several new features have been added that significantly improve RailClone’s potential for scene assembly. For example, until now, RailClone was limited to distributing geometry, but it is now equally able to instance and distribute several types of non-geometrical objects, including lights and VDBs.

Scene optimisation gets a boost in this release with a brand new caching system that allows you to bake a RailClone object. The cached object retains all of the features and efficiency of the regular RailClone object but will have significantly reduced compute times making loading and saving much faster. A second mode allows you to save the cache to an external file that keeps a scene’s file size light. Users  can also load the caches into another RailClone object, even in a different scene, for the easy and fast re-use of massive pre-computed assets.

The new version also adds new features for modelling including new banking controls that allow you to twist and corkscrew the geometry around the spline. The angle is controlled by adding and editing visual markers to the spline exactly where they’re needed.

In addition to these new features, RailClone 5 also includes significant improvements to markers, the ability to lock evenly divisions to odd or even values, drop-down parameter lists, improvements to clipping splines, more flexible options for limiting by materials IDs and much more.

For a detailed overview, visit the RailClone 5 page on the iToo Software website. A full changelog of all the features, fixes and improvements can be found in the documentation

Source: https://blog.superrendersfarm.com/tutorial/3ds-max/railclone-5-for-3ds-max-released/

[str9led]

Creating roofs with RailClone from iToo Software on Vimeo.

"Creating Roofs” is our latest Tips & Tricks instalment for RailClone. In this episode we're going to take a detailed look at a couple of the new features of RailClone 3 and demonstrate how they can be used to quickly create and apply tiled and slate roofs, including hips and ridges.

Along the way we'll show you how to prepare geometry, create new roof styles from scratch, use RailClone 3’s new macros feature to quickly create hips and ridges, and even how to use the built in presets to populate entire buildings in a matter of seconds.

Written version and scene files: itoosoft.com/tutorials/creating-roofs-with-railclone

[str9led]

Combining Concrete Paving and Grass with Forest Pack and RailClone from iToo Software on Vimeo.

In this tutorial we look at a technique for using Forest Pack and RailClone together to combine grass with concrete paving.

Though this is a specific application, you'll learn many skills that you can use for other purposes, including: Creating a RailClone object with a pattern that repeats on the Y axis, using Clipping Splines and randomising transforms in RailClone, creating "layers" in Forest Pack by adding a areas multiple times, overriding distribution maps on a per area basis, and excluding geometry using objects.