Building Architect Tool
The Building Architect Tool will allow players to create unique buildings for use in SimCity 3000. It will allow you to customize or create from scratch any building in Sim City 3000. Maxis is shooting to release the BAT early June (which ain't all that long away). The BAT will be free to download from Simcity.com once released.
Buildings in the BAT will be based on blocks and textures. Custom textures and decals can also be made to be placed on buildings. So you can scan anything and put it on a building! Simcity.com will provide some new pre-made texture sets and buildings free to download for the BAT.
There are tons of buildings all together in Sim City 3000, so you can imagine how big a new fully redone tileset might be. Each building is fully 3D, so you have to edit every side of the building you're creating! These tileset's i'm guessin are about 15 megabytes each!
More news on the BOT later, check back!