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Add custom ground markings to existing airport - best way

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Hello all,

Basically I wish to modify an existing airport which uses mostly default aprons etc, and add custom ground poly markings to it for taxiways, gates etc.

Is there a better way than the ADE GP tool - like using Sketchup/3DSmax etc.? I have little experience with the latter.

Also - does anyone know of some good-looking texture templates for lines or numbers etc.?

Cheers,
Rudy
 
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Thanks for that, Tim. I have seen some of these, and will give that a good watch :)

May I ask: I have used ADE GP tool before. Do you get better results doing the taxi lines etc. in Sketcup/3DS max? Or not necessarily>
 
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Hi Rudy. There are people here far better qualified than me to answer that! I would think that for an entire airport’s worth of ground markings, you’re probably better creating the ground poly in SketchUp/Blender/Max. There are several tutorials here about doing that, but you’ll need to search (try the Wiki first). The ADE GP editor is fine but I’ve only used it for relatively small items, though I’m sure Don or someone will be along to tell us that it’s quite capable of doing the entirety of JFK if you learn it properly! In either case, though, I would suggest that the quality of the textures will determine the acceptability of the final result.
 
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