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I hope I'm not repeating a question, I looked but couldn't find anything.

I've followed the procedure in the documentation to add a custom model to a scenery project. But when I go to the field, there is nothing there. Any suggestions as to what the issue might be?
 
Bit difficult without some more information. I assume you mean that you built the project but the custom model is not displayed in sim. In this case please create a backup of the project using Project > Backup. The backup zip will be in the root folder you specified for projects. Attach it to a post here but if it is too big to upload then email it to me jon AT scruffyduck DOT org referring to this thread in the email
 
Thanks, I'm sorry I didn't provide much info, it was late and I was in a rush. I have several projects where I'd like to add custom models, so if I could figure out the way to get it going, that would help for everything I'm doing. i have attached the backup.
 

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The immediate issue is that there are no custom models associated with this project. The relevant modelLib folder is empty

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Section 16 of the pdf notes covers how to add custom glTF models and then use them in the project

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Okay, I get it now. I thought models were placed one level higher. When I moved it to that folder and redid it in ADE, it shows now. Thanks for the clarification!
 
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Move the Terminal Folder into the first folder with ModelLib in the name
 
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Move the Terminal Folder into the first folder with ModelLib in the name
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Yep, did that already.

Now where do textures go? Do I make a sub under the model? Do they go in the same folder as the model? Do I put them in the texture folder at the ModelLib level? I've tried different places and it still generates an error for each texture when compiling.
 
As per the notes:

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So put all textures in one texture folder at the same level as the model folders
 
No but I suspect that it needs something other than bmps. The ones I have seen are pngs
 
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