Simviation Forum - KUDG Darlington County Jetport

May 25^th, 2011 at 8:22pm

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How do I change a bgl file to an ADF file so that AFCAD 2.21 can open it? I want to make some changes to it using AFCAD.

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Reply #1 - May 25^th, 2011 at 10:21pm

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Afcad 2.21 does not need/use an 'adf' file. It obtains the airport data from the default .bgl.

If this is your first Afcad 2.21 project a good place to start is to read the excellent Help file. It will explain everything in detail. Click on Help in Afcad.

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Reply #2 - May 25^th, 2011 at 10:23pm

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flipside wrote on May 25^th, 2011 at 8:22pm:

How do I change a bgl file to an ADF file so that AFCAD 2.21 can open it? I want to make some changes to it using AFCAD.

I am confused (not hard to do it seems).

Afcad can only open bgl files.

Why are you wanting to change a bgl to adf?

I may be way off base here, but if memory serves, adf is the extension used by the payware Airport Design Facillitator program as it's "work" files. If that is correct then only the ADF program can make use of files with that extension.

Is KUDG a addon and if so, what is the filename so we can check it out.

More details would be helpful.

David "Opa" Marshall

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Reply #3 - May 25^th, 2011 at 10:33pm

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KUDG is a stock airport. It is located in the Name folder and it's number is AP926190.bgl. I tried opening it in AFCAD 2.21 and it would not open. The message was that it was not an adf formatted file. Hence I am confused. I have spent several days trying to open the file with no success. I want to add some taxiways and some ILS systems. But if AFCAD cannot open the airport I am up a creek.

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Reply #4 - May 25^th, 2011 at 10:42pm

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Ahhh, think I understand your problem now..

In the File>Open Airport window: To search for and open an airport you have choices:

1) You can type in the airport icao code in the Airport I.D. box and click on Search. Afcad will find any .bgl file(s) that contain stock or modified data for that airport.
This is the standard method and the method you should normally use.

2) You can point to a 'Specific File'. This is apparently what you have tried.
I suspect you're getting the 'The file...is not in recognized AFD format' error because your pointing to AB926190.bgl (note the B) and not AP926160.bgl.

AP*.bgl files contain the airport data recognized/read by Afcad. AB*.bgl files do not, so Afcad displays the error message.

Dave

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