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FSXA Misaligned Gauge

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I am creating a 2D panel to match a real aircraft panel for a Spartan Executive from photos and have been successful so far using gauges from other aircraft (freeware and default FSX) I have a problem though with the fuel gauge. It is an xml gauge. The background bmp is a bezel and the gauge bmp the instrument and it also has a needle bmp. No problem. I thought I inderstood XML coding for FSX gauges but I don't do it enough and am stuck. The bezel and gauge face are misaligned and I have been able to align them. Help please. I have attached the file.
 

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Looks OK to me. You don't need the first Position line just under the background image line, and it can be removed.

gauge_fuel.jpg
 
thank you Tom everything is good now. When I finish creating the 2D custom panel is there an easy way to create a virtualo 3d panel from it? As you know I have no clue how to FSDS; GMax OR Blender at all.
 
Just out of interest, what’s the “part” mean as a unit?
also is the nonlinarity table and min max values correct?
min =0
max = 100
but max on the table is 1?

again just out of interest, why is a double element used in this case, element within element, any advantage?
 
Part is like Percent, but uses 0-1 instead of 0-100.

max = 1 would work as well as 100 - since you are not limiting the range of the value (it goes from 0 to 1 anyway) the max/min entries are not really needed.

There is no advantage in nesting Elements in this case, other than it keeps the gauge logically structured (as opposed to the normal linear structure). The only need for nested Element sections I know about is when trying to control the visibility of text in normal Text elements. You need to put the Visible line in the outer Element, and the Text in the inner Element. The other way around that is to use the Formatted Text statement instead.
 
I guess when I all through with the 2D panel with all the custom gauges created for it that are needed that I will get out my manuals and my copy of FS Design Studio and tackle the VC. I have the vc01 which is the background in the wartime version and the vc02 which is the gauges in that and go from there as I did with the 2D. Thanks all to you guys.
 
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