SBX-Create New Airport Flatten?

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boleyd
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SBX-Create New Airport Flatten?

Post by boleyd » Thu May 10, 2007 8:31 pm

I did this once and then erased the files to start over and totally forgot how I did it.

I need to eliminate the existing airport flatten. It is so extensive that it flattens some real elevation features. Is there a way to do this in SBX or do I have to use the SDK stuff manually? Is the Airport Boundary function the answer?

Dick Boley near 5G8

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Post by luisfeliztirado » Thu May 10, 2007 11:14 pm

Hello Dick,

1. Draw an exclude polygon to remove the default flatten (Exclude_All_Airport_Boundaries);

2. draw a new polygon and define it as a flatten (Airport Bounds), for example:

AB_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen


3. make sure to give it an altitude.

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Luis

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Post by Andrew » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:03 pm

Hi Luis,

Thx to your tips here I was able to exclude the default flatten. But my new flatten has a terrible yellowish "grass" texture. Do I have to draw another polygon on top of it, and must I first make yet another exclude for the grass?

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Post by luisfeliztirado » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:46 pm

Hello Andrew,

The type of texture displayed by an Airport Bounds mask will depend on the underlying land class value. It will not always be green grass.

Please see:

<b>Terrain Design for Flight Simulator X</b>

in the Avsim library:

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?Ca ... LID=100997

for more information and a table of mask values.

Best regards.

Luis<b></b><b></b>

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