each step for make a model in blender and export in .dae format to blender and make a texture for it

required :

blender2.65

paint.net or gimp

springrts 0.91 or more

blender basic usage :

blender default keys:

wheel mouse zoom

midle mouse rotate view

shift midle mouse move view

keypad 0 camera

keypad 1 3 7 orthogonal views

keypad 5 perspective onn off

left mouse click select

right mouse click move cursor

midle mouse click unselect when B or C key

B box select

C circle select (wheel for scale the circle)

shift S snap

P separate

ctrl J join

ctrl P parent

alt P unparent

G move

S scale

E extrud

use local axe (piece axes) :double key the axe (G+z+z) or mode local than global

scaling all else an axee :shift axe ( S+shift+z)

===the Windows in blender :===

views

3dview edit windows

tabs : edit object modes (face edge vertice when edit), magnet to grid , wireframe color textured

propreties seting windows

uvmap uvamp window

info add mesh save load files infolog windows

"3D View" windows

z switch to wireframe or material mode show

TAB switch to edit mode or object mode

"info" windows

open save file

export import /colladata(only selected to switch)

add mesh plane cube circle UVsphere (F6 for edit the number of ring and segment and size)

optionnaly :add lamp and camera for make render

"properties" windows

tabs are:

add material alow making uvmap colored (else use the same material dfor all pieces)

add texture new, type:image or movie , coordinates:uv

render for make picture or movies of the model

object data : camera light edit

"UVimage editor" windows

select an object in 3Dview TAB to edit mode select all A key

in UV image editor open image select a image exponant of 2(1024),A key select all ,UVs / export uv layout with diferent name for each objects

view/draw other objects

in 3Dview windows back to object mode keep the previous piece selected and tab edit mode for the new (highlighted

in UVimage editor you see in dark the other selected piece and must use scale move for all the piece can not colide on the same image

this will only erxport the material color on the picture and the shapes of the faces

export model to springrts : export/colladata dae format (selection only)

for springrts the model must have a main piece object where all other must be parented depending of the anim you want make in animDef lua later

take care of the center of evry object because springrts will only considere them during anims

texture uvmap :

each piece must have a texture who will be merged in 2d editor

3dview ,edit mode , select all faces ,mesh/smart uv project , uvmap layer editor windows , UVs/export uv layer , open in gimp or paint.net , select transparent background , invert selection , copy , paste to main uvmap picture , select a the part to colorise , invert selection , copy ,paste on the color picture (same size) ,select all of the colored picture , paste on the main uvmap picture , redo for each diferent part to color