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Model Footprint Problems with 1.70
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Is this from a stock airport? Are these objects your special model objects or taken from the sim? Which MFDB file did you install and where did you install it?
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Well that shouldn't affect your model files. I am not sure what the before picture is telling me - looks like barbed wire or something.
So the issue is drawing footprints for models that are not stock. Are they in ADE or in a library blg file - are they yours?
So the issue is drawing footprints for models that are not stock. Are they in ADE or in a library blg file - are they yours?
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I have just moved this thread out so that it does not become lost in the other stuff in the general thread
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They are the MDL files, upload in ADE using the MODEL command. Their model does not stock, and are not BGL loaded in ADE.
However, it is not a big problem, just seeing their shape was easier to place them in the project. ;-)
But I can confirm that this strange thing happens by changing the file in GLOBAL.
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No there is a bug here somewhere. If you load a project with models in it then ADE should generate footprints - however it might not be doing that. I will add it to the fix list.
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I have a similar problem, but not the same.
When I load a new original mdl using Lists>Models, ADE generates an accurate footprint and I am able to place the model without incident.
If I modify the model in Sketchup and it affects the footprint, the footprint remains the same as the original. I use Edit to replace the original MDL with the modified one, but the footprint doesn't change. Get Footprints says it has done its job, but the footprint is the same.
If I delete the model from the list, exit and reload ADE, I still get the very first footprint generated. The only way around it is to start over with a new dae and make an entirely new model.
When I load a new original mdl using Lists>Models, ADE generates an accurate footprint and I am able to place the model without incident.
If I modify the model in Sketchup and it affects the footprint, the footprint remains the same as the original. I use Edit to replace the original MDL with the modified one, but the footprint doesn't change. Get Footprints says it has done its job, but the footprint is the same.
If I delete the model from the list, exit and reload ADE, I still get the very first footprint generated. The only way around it is to start over with a new dae and make an entirely new model.
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Thanks, Lane. That's the second time you've saved me a lot of trouble. I thought ADE was looking at the file name, so I was making a new model with a different file name which generated a different GUID. I was doing it the hard way.
Eric