Simviation Forum - Airport Designer/Builder/Creator

Feb 17^th, 2005 at 10:21am

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~S~ All,

Is there a program that is easy to use to build airports, i have tryed using the on on this site, but i found it hard to use.

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Reply #1 - Feb 17^th, 2005 at 11:04am

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AFCAD2 for FS9 has been mentioned at this site and if one cannot create an new airport using this free program it's time to fold the tent!

click File/New and fill and the stuff: like coordinates, name etc.,

IMO, it cannot be made any smipler . . .
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Reply #2 - Feb 17^th, 2005 at 11:55am

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Depends what version of FS you have.
If 04 or 02then you can use AFCAD2 but you would probably better using Scenegenx as it will be compatible with FS2006 whereas I doubt AFCAD2 wil be.

If you want to create objects rather than use default library objects then you could use one of many but GMAX will be forward compatible whereas EOD and others probably wont be.

So if your new to it then you may as well learn the stuff thats going to be around for a while

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Reply #3 - Feb 17^th, 2005 at 12:19pm

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as it will be compatible with FS2006 whereas I doubt AFCAD2 wil be

Why's that?

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Reply #4 - Feb 17^th, 2005 at 2:51pm

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XML files

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Reply #5 - Feb 17^th, 2005 at 2:58pm

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XML files

AFCAD2 is XML based so no problem there. It's just that it's a little more hidden than in SceneGenX.

I'm out of touch right now and have very little time for scenery design or simming even. Last thing I heard a while ago was that AFCAD2 was going to be linked up with Rwy12 to make a (almost) ScenGenX equivalent. Anyone heard any more?

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Reply #6 - Feb 17^th, 2005 at 4:47pm

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I thought I'd gone mad there..... Thanks for clearing that up Roller.

Reap - SceneGenX generates the taxiways using the exact same method as AFCAD2

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Last thing I heard a while ago was that AFCAD2 was going to be linked up with Rwy12 to make a (almost) ScenGenX equivalent. Anyone heard any more?

I don't know - whatever happens though we have enough tools to do the job so any more is just a bonus - the new tools are allowing us to create scenery more easily and better than ever before. I quite like using the small different simple tools for each job - they just do their job in a simple way & well. If Lee just adds taxiway signs to AFCAD2 i'll be a very happy bunny...

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Reply #7 - Feb 17^th, 2005 at 5:32pm

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Okay well I was talking with complete ignorance LOL it was just what I had heard and also read from Rollerballs post on the subject, read that for more info.

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Reply #8 - Feb 19^th, 2005 at 2:40pm