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Aircraft.cfg Lights Section

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Hi All,

Im now on to creating a postioning the lights for my aircraft, the only thing is in the aircraft.cfg light section im not sure on the long, lat and vertical positions of the lights.....

Is there anyway to find directly or is this trial and error?

Many Thanks,
Southwest
 
You can get "rough measurements" directly from your .gmax file! Set the system scale to meters and read the x,y,z for each "light" position.

This will give you some reasonable estimates from which to fine-tune the placement.
 
Southwest said:
right, so select the scale for the object with the scale tool?

Cheerz
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No.

Customize/Units Setup/Metric

Hover the mouse cursor over the spot where the "lights" should be and read the distance from the origin in the three boxes at the bottom of the screen.

IOW, from a Top Viewport, hover the mouse cursor over the left wingtip where the Nav light should be. Read the precise distance in the X and Y boxes at the bottom.

Change to a Front Viewport, hover the mouse cursor over the left wingtip where the Nav light should be. Read the precise distance in the Z axis (height) box at the bottom.
 
No problem. Obviously, the same technique may be used to get a good approximation for the "eyepoint" entry in your aircraft.cfg file as well. :cool:
 
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