Welcome to MetaRoad documentation!

Introduction

• About MetaRoad
  • What it does
  • Free vs Pro
  • Good to know
  • See also
• Pro vs Free
  • Only in Pro
  • Included in Free
  • See also
• Installation
  • Next steps

Core Concepts

• The MetaRoad Workflow
  • Create → Edit → Bake
  • Create: roads are connected splines
  • Edit: the road data model
  • Bake: spline grouping
  • Attributes and profiles
  • See also
• Road Model
  • Basic concepts
  • Road Reference Line
  • Road Lanes
  • See also
• Road Zones and Zone Types
  • Zone Types (project-wide)
  • Road Zones (per surface)
  • Where Road Zones are used
  • How the material is resolved
  • See also
• Attributes
  • What attributes let you do
  • How an attribute works
  • Data or geometry
  • Types of attributes
  • Extending attributes
  • Editing attributes
  • See also
• Intersections and Junctions
  • See also
• Closed-Loop Splines
  • See also
• Detail Splines
  • Selecting
  • The right-click menu
  • Magnetism
  • Point types and tangent modes
  • Component properties
  • Baking
  • See also

Editor Mode

• The Meta Road Editor Mode
  • The tile palette
  • Schematic vs Preview
  • Editing splines outside the mode
  • AMetaRoad-only
  • See also

Create Tools

• Draw Spline Tool
  • Drawing from Profile
  • Start Drawing from Lane Successor Connection
  • Stop Drawing from Lane Predecessor Connection
  • Finishing Spline Drawing
  • Properties
  • Next steps
• Roundabout Tool (Pro)
  • Drawing a roundabout
  • Properties
  • Next steps
• Intersection Tool (Pro)
  • Supported Intersection Types
  • Workflow
  • Turn Directions
  • Properties
  • Next steps
• Draw Crosswalk Tool (Pro)
  • Requirements
  • Drawing a crosswalk
  • Properties
  • Next steps
• Mark Spline Tool (Pro)
  • Drawing a mark spline
  • Where a setting lives
  • Mark Profile
  • Chevron guide-islands
  • Polygon stamps
  • Looped zone fill
  • Fill pattern
  • Drawing settings
  • Landscape
  • Baking
  • Next steps
• Sidewalk Spline Tool (Pro)
  • Drawing a sidewalk
  • Properties
  • Curb cuts on a node
  • Tool settings
  • Landscape
  • Baking
  • Next steps

Editing Roads

• Spline Mode
  • Selection
  • Arc node
  • Connections
  • See also
• Section Mode
  • Road Section Editing
  • Road Lane Editing
  • See also
• Offset Mode
  • Selection
  • See also
• Width Mode
  • Selection
  • See also
• Attribute Mode
  • The attribute tree
  • Adding an attribute and its keys
  • Selection
  • See also
• Preset Mode
  • The working-copy model
  • The Preset panel
  • Committing — the Apply bar
  • Workflow
  • See also

Attribute Types

• Speed Attribute
  • Properties
  • See also
• Signal Attribute
  • Properties
  • Placement and the validity segment
  • Linking to a controller
  • See also
• Road Mark Attribute
  • Properties
  • Drag and Drop
  • See also
• Road Zone Attribute
  • Properties
  • See also
• Cross Section Attribute
  • Where it can be added
  • Properties
  • See also
• Curb Cut Attribute (Pro)
  • Where it can be added
  • Properties
  • The same cut on a sidewalk spline
  • See also
• Landscape Attribute (Pro)
  • Properties
  • See also
• Sidewalk Height Attribute
  • Properties
  • See also
• Polygon Attribute (Pro)
  • Properties
  • Drag and Drop
  • See also
• Generate Attributes
  • Types
  • How a Generate Attribute follows the lane
  • Create new Attribute
  • Build your own
  • Drag and Drop
  • Examples
  • See also
• Generate Attributes — Blueprint API
  • The generation lifecycle
  • What GenerateAsset receives
  • FReferenceSplineMeshParams — one segment
  • Placing geometry along a segment
  • Creating components that persist
  • Build your own generate type
  • See also
• Spline Mesh Attribute
  • Create new Attribute
  • Properties
  • Drag and Drop
  • Examples
  • See also
• Component Template Attribute
  • Create new Attribute
  • Properties
  • Drag and Drop
  • Examples
  • See also
• Actor Template Attribute
  • Create new Attribute
  • Properties
  • Drag and Drop
  • Examples
  • See also
• Lofting Attribute (Pro)
  • Size control
  • Create new Attribute
  • Lofting Attribute editor
  • Drag and Drop
  • Examples
  • See also

Traffic Control

• Traffic Controller
  • Adding a controller
  • Properties
  • In the viewport
  • Linking signals
  • Editing phases
  • Runtime
  • See also

Baking & Export

• Baking (Mesh Generation)
  • Running a bake
  • Where the settings live
  • Spline grouping (important)
  • See also
• Triangulation
  • Where to find these settings
  • Sampling the splines
  • Surface density
  • Edge profile
  • Overlapping roads and the ground
  • Smoothing
  • Welding and output
  • Texture density
  • Troubleshooting
  • See also
• Texturing
  • Lane materials
  • The three UV channels
  • UV density
  • Per-shape Texture group
  • Vertex color
  • See also
• FBX Export
  • Exporting
  • Settings
  • See also

Profiles & Assets

• Profiles
  • Profile types
  • Drag and drop
  • See also
• Road Profile
  • The Road Profile editor
  • Drag and Drop
  • See also
• Curb Profile
  • Properties
  • How it’s used
  • See also
• Mark Profile
  • The Mark Profile editor
  • Properties
  • How it’s used
  • See also
• Attribute Profile
  • Creating one
  • How it’s used
  • See also
• Polygon Profile (Pro)
  • Properties
  • The Polygon Profile editor
  • Holes
  • How it’s used
  • See also
• Build Preset
  • Creating a Build Preset
  • Editing and updating
  • See also

Visibility & Debug

• Visibility
  • Road always visible
  • Distance culling
  • See also
• Performance
  • The three detail levels
  • Perspective and orthographic viewports are measured differently
  • Settings
  • What it applies to
  • My roads disappear when I zoom out
  • See also

Integrations

• Landscape (Pro)
  • Setup
  • Properties
  • Paint
  • Detail splines
  • See also
• Zone Graph (Pro)
  • See also
• PCG
  • Get Road Lane Data
  • Typical uses
  • See also
• Tile Window
  • Coordinate system
  • Window size
  • Map data sources
  • See also
• City Sample Pack
  • See also

Reference

• Release Notes
  • v2.0.2
  • v2.0.3
  • v2.0.4
  • v2.0.5
  • v2.0.6
  • v2.0.7
  • v2.1.0
  • v2.2.0
  • v2.3.0
  • v2.4.0
  • v2.5.0
  • v2.6.0
  • v2.7.0
  • v2.7.1
  • v3.0.0
  • v3.1.0
  • v3.2.0