# Blender -> Torque3D Pipeline

### Blender Setup

Before we get started we need to setup a few things in Blender.

First go to Edit Preferences -> Add-ons and Enable the Node Wrangler addon

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Then go to System and make sure you are setup properly for rendering in cycles

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Next save your preferences and close the preferences window.&#x20;

After this head to the render tab and setup the render settings as follows&#x20;

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Clear your scene and save this file in your Modules Shapes folder (if a shapes folder does not exist yet create one )

### Modelling

For this tutorial we are going to create a simple coin shape.

Add a cylinder

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Scale it along the Z axis with S + Z and then apply the scale with Ctrl + A and select Scale.

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Rotate the cylinder by 90 degrees on the X Axis so one of the faces at the top are now facing along the positive Y Axis by pressing R + X + 90

Next press TAB to enter edit mode, switch to face edit by pressing 3 or selecting the face symbol at the top <img src="https://1474639700-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FXe4ekLqNACmy9Udfvs4k%2Fuploads%2FQl4RK4G2wovLzRWcaEZF%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=d458f747-0141-4411-97b0-ecaffc8dc148" alt="" data-size="line">. Select and delete the 2 faces.

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Next switch to edge edit mode ![](https://1474639700-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FXe4ekLqNACmy9Udfvs4k%2Fuploads%2Fm0x4qTnkWhNqxbDE3wnt%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=2e6f0135-b5c0-495d-9a3b-b43076031589) and press Alt and select anywhere in the edge left by deleting those face. Press Ctrl + F and select Grid Fill.

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Repeat for the other side.

To finish off our modelling phase, right click the object and choose Auto Smooth.

### UV Mapping

Next navigate to the top corner and drag over a new window and open up the UV Editor. Be sure to turn on UV Sync Selection

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You should see a similar layout to this.

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Press the Y axis on the view gizmo so we are looking straight down the Y Axis ![](https://1474639700-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FXe4ekLqNACmy9Udfvs4k%2Fuploads%2FuOCGQC5YMvLFIsdQuk30%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=6f6a0060-db0c-48a8-af90-7d0db1359480)

Next select all the faces created by the Grid Fill and Press U to unwrap. Select Project from view.

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A new selection should appear in the UV Editor window. Move this selection and scale it so it fits in the bottom left corner of our uv space like so.

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Repeat this procedure for the other side so you end up with something similar to this&#x20;

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Next Select the Faces in the UV editor for the side of our cylinder and select the top menu UV and choose Average Island Scale

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Scale these UVs now to fit inside our UV Space.

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### Baking Procedural Material

Now we can TAB out of edit mode and go to the materials tab.&#x20;

Add a new material and name it coin\_Mat

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Next set our 3D Viewport to viewport shading ![](https://1474639700-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FXe4ekLqNACmy9Udfvs4k%2Fuploads%2Fp7DpgxKSUloKPWQpiox3%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=b94f5f2f-2eeb-445b-a3a2-2f9833f7e1d4) and change our UV Editor window to the Shader Editor

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