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Mar 4th, 2007 at 11:21pm

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ok i got the AFCAD from SimV. now how do i out the airport in the FS? is there a basic guide out there? i am a newbie at this.
 

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Reply #1 - Mar 5th, 2007 at 12:20am

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If I understand you correctly, you want to know how to edit the airport.  Open AFCAD, go to file---> Open Airport, then type the ICAO for your airport.  AFCAD comes with a very good tutorial html file--the readme is one giant tutorial. 
You can run FS and AFCAD at the same time--just minimize one and bring up the other, and the crosshair from FS will show up in your AFCAD.  then  restart the sim and your changes will have taken effect. 

hope this helped?
 

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Reply #2 - Mar 5th, 2007 at 12:22am

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sorry about the phraseing. i ment how do i make an airport.
 

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Reply #3 - Mar 5th, 2007 at 12:27am

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...meaning create your own, from scratch, fictional airport?  I've never done that, nearly all real-world airports are in the FS in some form, it has 24000 of them.  Shouldn't be too difficult, really.  my advice:  consult the very extensive manual that comes with the program.
 

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Reply #4 - Mar 5th, 2007 at 12:40am

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so let me get it stright. you do all the stuff at an existing airport, save it and you are all done?
 

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Reply #5 - Mar 5th, 2007 at 6:02am

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As already suggested it'd be a good idea for you to read the very well done instructions that come with AFCAD, but yes, fundamentally you select files/new airport and then insert the coordinates and elevation you want that airport to appear to, then start laying the runway and so on and so forth.

I've done it and it's simple. Only difficulty you might find is to deal with stray autogen. In fact AFCAD allows you to flatten the terrain (both taxiways and apron automatically flatten the terrain they're laid on [I repeat: only taxiways and apron, to flatten the ground under a runway you have to be... creative with the other tools) but does not permit you to generate an exclude area.

To generate an exclude you have to use other tools.
 

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Reply #6 - Mar 5th, 2007 at 7:26am

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a1 wrote on Mar 5th, 2007 at 12:22am:
sorry about the phraseing. i ment how do i make an airport.



a1, PM me your email and rjkcomputerwiz or I can explain it to you there
 
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Reply #7 - Mar 5th, 2007 at 8:30am

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A1 I am making the SimV airport from AFCAD so yes, you can make airports from scratch. Get xfire if you don't already have it and we can work on it together.  Smiley www.xfire.com
 

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