Ok, i've just looked in to panel designing and bought FS Panel Studio! I've attemped to make a new app panel for the PMDG 737 and a cheap but survivable (kindda crap) panel came out!I please want help on where i can get panel btmaps and a basic tut on how to make them as good as panels like edetroits/edward cox's for example!Please there are so many topics and not one basic intro and how to! help is much appriciated many thanks TheFSFreak:)

Ok, i've just looked in to panel designing and bought FS Panel Studio! I've attemped to make a new app panel for the PMDG 737 and a cheap but survivable (kindda crap) panel came out!I please want help on where i can get panel btmaps and a basic tut on how to make them as good as panels like edetroits/edward cox's for example!Please there are so many topics and not one basic intro and how to! help is much appriciated many thanks TheFSFreak:)

Here is a good place to start. http://www.fs2x.com/Tutorials.htmWhen I started off putting together panels I wanted instant results, ha, not so fast, the learning curve is not too steep but you still got to cover some basics. Swap out some gauges and fiddle around with things and you will get comfortable with the process.There are quite a number or really talented code smashers on this forum and most if not all will help you at one time or another. when you are asking about building lets say an altimeter from scratch you should provide the sim it's for , FS9 or FSX and the type of code you are using, XML or C. The search function turns up all sorts of goodies and examples(working) of code to use in various projects.The sdk's also provide lots of reference information. As for bitmaps you can make your own or use real photos of cockpits and work with those.Here is a working overhead panel for the default 737 I built for my own use, with help from all the resources I have listed above. It is still in progress but then again I have no schedule.Good luck,Douglas

Here is a good place to start. http://www.fs2x.com/Tutorials.htmWhen I started off putting together panels I wanted instant results, ha, not so fast, the learning curve is not too steep but you still got to cover some basics. Swap out some gauges and fiddle around with things and you will get comfortable with the process.There are quite a number or really talented code smashers on this forum and most if not all will help you at one time or another. when you are asking about building lets say an altimeter from scratch you should provide the sim it's for , FS9 or FSX and the type of code you are using, XML or C. The search function turns up all sorts of goodies and examples(working) of code to use in various projects.The sdk's also provide lots of reference information. As for bitmaps you can make your own or use real photos of cockpits and work with those.Here is a working overhead panel for the default 737 I built for my own use, with help from all the resources I have listed above. It is still in progress but then again I have no schedule.Good luck,Douglas

Thank you so much! I have started to make a new panel and app panel!Loving your ovrhd pnl!RegardsTheFSFreak!