X-Plane® Scenery Tutorials and Examples

Hangar tutorial

Using Blender to create X-Plane scenery objects

Blender is an open source 3D object editor for Windows, Mac and UNIX. This tutorial guides you through the process of creating an X-Plane scenery object - the Virgin hangar at London Heathrow - using Blender. No prior knowledge of X-Plane internals or Blender is assumed.
   
Downloadanimation.zip

Blender animation examples

These files illustrate how to make animated objects in Blender. Contains a throttle, yoke and a stick.
   
Downloadlights.zip

Blender lights example

This file illustrates how to construct various types of X-Plane lights in Blender.
   
Library tutorial

Using and creating a scenery library

X-Plane ships with a number of scenery libraries. This mini-tutorial shows you how to use library objects in your scenery packages, and how to create your own libraries.
   
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AutoGate example scenery package

This scenery package adds two boarding bridges and corresponding docking guidance systems to the terminal at KSBD.