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*[[AFCAD2]]: [http://mysite.verizon.net/tdgsr/downloads/afcad221.zip Download location]. Tool for modification of an airport. Runways, taxiway, aprons etc.

Revision as of 06:38, 17 February 2008

This page will contain descriptions of current scenery design tools and the area(s) of scenery design that they support.

This page is NOT for subjective information about tools, which is best etc., but a central repository of information about the different tools and their functionlity.

We are currently working out the best way to present this information to be of most value to people interested in understanding what different tools can do.

FSX and FS9

  • SceneGenX. Evolved from Airport and SceneGen. Visually oriented, produces XML output that can be compiled with either FS9 or FSX BGLComp into a BGL. Graphically positions API, MDL and generic library objects, but not in the way Rwy12 does it. Makes XML rectangular excludes and SCASM flattens (that work in FSX). A recent (April 2007) update for FSX was added. Freeware, development is the author's hobby. Official site.
  • GMax: A tool to create models of 3D objects. MS officially supports GMax by providing gamepacks that allow exporting to the FS file formats. For FsX this gamepack only comes with the Deluxe version. Official site.

FSX

  • Bln2Shp: Reads coordinates from in bln format and converts them into a shapefile then fed to shp2vec. Requires shapelib.dll. Forum discussion

FS9