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FSXA Ground poly wizard coordinates capture?

StORM48

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Hi!
It was a long time ago when I worked on sceneries, so I`d like to get back into it again. :)

I was experimenting with new tools & features developed in the meantime (many thanks to Arno, Jon and many other good guys here!), most of described techniques worked like a charm (after I do my homework), but this tiny little thing I can`t figure myself:

Is there any way for MCX to capture aircraft position from running FSX when I click "ground poly wizard", like ADE can?

I`m still using SketchUp exclusivelly for FSX modelling which also includes ground polys... So, in sketchup I can`t define coordinates prior to importing the poly to MCX, like it can be done from gmax (I hate gmax... call me stupid or something, but it`s waaaay more complicated and slower in modeling and texturing workflow for me, than SU). So, MCX asks for coordinates which I must enter manually. And it`s really hard to make it precise without some kind of automatics. Is there any easier way other than capture it manually and rewriting in wizard dialog box?

BTW, I searched the forum for this info, but I couldn`t find it. Sorry!

Best regards!
Dragan
 
arno

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Hi,

No, MCX can't read coordinates from FS.

But you can define them in Sketchup already. If you export as KMZ they are kept and can be read in MCX.

And I also assume that when a developer draws his polygons he already knows the origin coordinates. Else it would be hard to draw them IMHO.
 
StORM48

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Hi Arno, thanx for the reply! :)

Yes, indeed - one should know coordinates prior to creating anything, and I do, but not so precise, so I must to follow trial and error technique to achive the right position among the other scenery objects. Sometimes I find it hard to fit in present scenery, but it's definitely not a dealbraker.

However... this KMZ way should solve my initial problem.

Once again - thanks for great tools!
 
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