I have been exploring options to add airport objects such as localizer/glidepath antennas, VORs, etc to work with my modified afcad file One was to use the Object Placement tool, I was very glad initially but then it required me to upgrade my sdk to sp2 which was waste of time downloading 400mb of sp1a+sp2 for a single dll upgrade. Then I came across abacus scenery shortcut 'free' and surprisingly didnt find any download link but a mess of payment details for $0.Please could anyone shed light on a simillar tool or on how to get this free tool.

If you don't want to go the payware route, which would be Instant Scenery by Flight1, there are a couple of freeware options. Airport Design Editor does object placement and is available from the library here at Avsim. Or you could look at Whisplacer, which does object placement, with a live preview ability in FSX. It's available here; http://lc0277.nerim.net/wiki/index.php?whisplacer The manual has disappeared from the web site, but if you can get the hang of how it works it's a very good tool for placing objects, making generic buildings and the likes.

If you don't want to go the payware route, which would be Instant Scenery by Flight1, there are a couple of freeware options. Airport Design Editor does object placement and is available from the library here at Avsim. Or you could look at Whisplacer, which does object placement, with a live preview ability in FSX. It's available here; http://lc0277.nerim.net/wiki/index.php?whisplacer The manual has disappeared from the web site, but if you can get the hang of how it works it's a very good tool for placing objects, making generic buildings and the likes.

I use Whisplacer and particularly like the 'live preview' mode.I also use SBuilderX and also ADE. FSXPlanner from time to time. Paul

Many thanks for the help guys, whisplacer solved my purpose