October 29, 201312 yr Hi, I am currently building a A330 cockpit. I have a monitor for instrument panels - PFD,MFD,ECAM When I try to drag the instruments from the VC, they just minimize. When I do the same with Boeing cockpits, they drag across. Anyone got a way of getting around this problem? Thanks in advance
October 30, 201312 yr Moderator You cannot really "drag" stuff from the VC. You need to create new sub-window entries; one for each gauge you wish to display. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
October 30, 201312 yr Author You cannot really "drag" stuff from the VC. You need to create new sub-window entries; one for each gauge you wish to display. Ok, Thanks. How do I create sub-window entries?
October 30, 201312 yr Moderator Open the panel.cfg file and create a new [Windownn] entry, similar to this one for the GPS in the C172 default aircraft's panel.cfg file. Note that at the top of the file you would need to add the "Title" for the new sub-window: [Window Titles] Window00=Main Panel Window01=Radio Stack Window02=GPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window02] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=456,378 position=8 visible=0 ident=GPS_PANEL window_size= 0.500, 1.000 window_pos= 0.000, 0.000 zorder=4 gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0 Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
October 30, 201312 yr Author IrishAirline99, on 30 Oct 2013 - 11:37 AM, said: Ok Thanks! I will post an update When I went to panel.cfg file, it said that windows could not open it. There was an option between selecting a list of installed programs and also an option for windows to find a program. What should I do?
October 30, 201312 yr When I went to panel.cfg file, it said that windows could not open it. There was an option between selecting a list of installed programs and also an option for windows to find a program. What should I do? Select from list and choose Notepad. Make sure there is a check in the "always use this program" box. Now you will be able to double-click on *.cfg files and they will open with Notepad. regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
October 30, 201312 yr Author Select from list and choose Notepad. Make sure there is a check in the "a;ways use this program" box. Now you will be able to double-click on *.cfg files and they will open with Notepad. regards, Joe Thanks!
October 30, 201312 yr Author Select from list and choose Notepad. Make sure there is a check in the "a;ways use this program" box. Now you will be able to double-click on *.cfg files and they will open with Notepad. regards, Joe Thanks, is this correct? I added a PFD and named it PFD2: I haven`t saved it yet. Snap 2013-10-30 at 19.08.24 by IrishAirline99, on Flickr Hope this is right!
October 31, 201312 yr You have added it to the [Window Titles] section, you also need a [Window13] section for it to work. regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
October 31, 201312 yr Author You have added it to the [Window Titles] section, you also need a [Window13] section for it to work. regards, Joe Thanks! Is it easy to add a section?
November 4, 201312 yr It's not hard, but you have to know what the lines in that section mean. If you have a plane with a PFD you like, you can start by copying that plane's PDF section into your Window13 section. Then modify as needed. You can get the meaning of the lines from the Panels SDK. Tom Gibson CalClassic Propliner Page
November 5, 201312 yr Author It's not hard, but you have to know what the lines in that section mean. If you have a plane with a PFD you like, you can start by copying that plane's PDF section into your Window13 section. Then modify as needed. You can get the meaning of the lines from the Panels SDK. Thanks!
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