Especially with fsx around the corner this is something we should be aware of. The program specifically enables the user to add invisible elements on their airports such as parking areas, taxiways and runways. This airport is missing in fs2004s msfs default scenery. Start afcad under the file menu, choose import airport. Bglcomp compiles the xml file to a binary format that fs can understand and display on the screen. Download afcad external link about file types supported by afcad.
This builds the capability into 1x4 for using the traffictool file included with the basic scenery download. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. First of all, you need ttools and afcad by lee swordy. May 04, 2005 sadly, i dont think there will be an update to afcad.
Drive through parking and other ai aircraft considerations. Lee swordy s new tool now that ive had a chance to use it, i have to say that afcad is a much better, more complete tool, and is a lot easier to use that add a gate. However, from correspondence with jon patch, i discovered he and. Please visit the main page of esword on software informer.
This includes runways, taxiways, aprons, parking, communications and navaids. Below is a list of airports that i have developed afcads for. It is easy enough to add the ils to runway 05c using lee swordy s afcad2. This utility allows you to addremove parking spaces like gates or ramps, taxiways, runways, addremove radio frequencies, navaids, etc. I know, since i have returned to work full time at the air orlando flight school.
Airport design editor ade is a graphical design tool to create and enhance airports for microsoft flight simulators 9 and x. But it is something we should keep in mind, as users tend to want to edit airports themself in afcad, for example for their ai traffic. Users can also remove, move, or edit existing buildings. Flightplans were installed using lee swordys traffictools freeware traffic compiler. Sep 10, 2006 knowing that lee swordy made the tool without proper information about the bgl format, this is something that is very understandable. Can someone explain what is in an afcad file exactly. Airport design editor latest version get best windows software.
You can create new parking, modify taxiways, add atc to airports that dont already have it, create new airport facilities from scratch, and other things. Jan 07, 2010 i am relatively new to fs so excuse me if my problem is rather simple to solve. Leeds and bradford airport lba egnm afcad updated for the following scenery fs2004 only. Jul 12, 2004 if you just want to download and install an afcad found on line at a down site all you have to do is to install that using the readme that comes with it. Join facebook to connect with lee swordy and others you may know. To improve tour ai traffic, you need two utilities. Ttools is for compilingdecompiling the flight plan files and afcad is for editing the gatesparking for fs airports.
Ive bought your new athens scenery a couple of minutes ago and it looks amazing. Master the weapons of war, using momentum and timing to fight for your life in a world built on the bones of a ruined empire. It adds support for new fsx features such as fences, jetways and terrain. This is not a real issue as the scenery is very accurately placed such that rnav approaches work well and you can use the vor to navigate into heca. We spend countless hours researching various file formats and software that can open, convert, create or otherwise work with those files. Aircraft in this package fly to bases that may need you to download a separate afcad for the aircraft to show up there, afcads may be found at, and the project ai afcad site. It takes its inspiration from the excellent afcad2 developed for fs9 by lee swordy. Ramenskoye airport, zhukovsky uubw afcad includes airport ground design exclusively no buildings and no terrain design, with afcad v. Oct 14, 2006 hi guys,i just installed just flight traffic2005 2 days ago and i wanted to change the ai taxi routes for some airports i have in the addon scenery folder. Lee swordy combined with pai who beta tested afcadv2 to develop a system for realistic ai airline operation which is much more user friendly and allows full customisation for hardcore users while maintaining the basic compatability for the average joe. Afcad is a freeware cadstyle program that allows you to modify the facility data, and some of the visible scenery, used in microsoft flight simulator fs.
Afcad is software developed by lee swordy to provide users of the flight simulator software from microsoft with a program for adding certain elements into their airport designs. Given that i have traffic 2005 loaded this seemed odd where was the traffic 2005 afcad mod for manchester that was likely to be affecting the uk2000 afcad. Fs2004 ramenskoye airport zhukovsky uubw afcad includes ground. Built by jens rabmund, this tool converts the flightplans generated with ttools by lee swordy for fs2004 into flightplans ready to compile with fsx sdk traffic database builder.
Heres the thing i recently downloaded lee swordy s afcad and have concentrated on redesigning dgaa kotoka intl. Afcad 2 can add or modify almost all facility elements and several visible elements. The files contained in this zip will enable users of uk2000 scenery to upgrade the afcad files to the latest standards, with straight through andor turn around parking where this is appropriate this is now possible thanks to a tool called afcad2 made by lee swordy, and a technique, known as the plumbing technique first developed by. It could be real life caused a change in lee s flight simulation interest. This freeware ai package, produced by military ai works contains everything needed to activate the last three squadrons of the five t1a squadrons in the usaf. Download links are towards the bottom of this page. It is very useful if you want to add ai traffic into fsx using schedules created with ttools or simply convert for fsx all your fs9 flight plans. There are only two minor issues that i would like to address. Swordy is a local party brawler with chaotic physicsbased action.
Part 2 includes t1s from vance afb and laughlin afb. This is just for default airports in malaysia, subang, langkawi, kota bahru, kuala terengganu, kuantan, johor bahru, kuching, kota kinabalu, and also bdr seri begawan. Also note that the author has released an updated afcad as a second zip download. Jun 25, 2007 i would say an afcad doesnt really have xml commands in the file. To use it you need the afcad program by lee swordy available on this site. Hi guys,i just installed just flight traffic2005 2 days ago and i wanted to change the ai taxi routes for some airports i have in the addon scenery folder. More visible elements will be added in future upgrades.
Airport design editor ade is a graphical design tool to create and enhance airports for microsoft fs9 and fsx as well as all versions of lockheed martins p3d. I always find the latest version of ttools rather than using the version that comes with some installers from pai or mrai as it is the most up to date. Feb 26, 2005 afcad s in txt format are for fs2002 only, you need to have afcad for fs2002 intalled, there is a green icon which says installer, just drag an drop your afcad. The facility data that afcad works with is used by atc to control user and ai aircraft at airports and to assign parking. Afcad is a term that has come to describe a bgl file that contains airport scenery. Airport design editor free download windows version. Lee swordy this is a cadstyle editor for airport facility data. Users can also remove, move, or edit existing buildings and objects as well as adding new ones. Please the read manuals of the two utilities carfully. However, there are a couple of things that add a gate does that ive not yet found how to do in afcad, particularly changing a connection from a parking space to a point.
Afcad is a freeware cadstyle program that allows you to modify the facility data and some of the visible scenery used in microsoft flight simulator fs. And of course you probably know, the term afcad came from lee swordy s afcad program. Sadly, i dont think there will be an update to afcad. Currently i have only developed an afcad for egnm due to me not having much free time. If you want to use swordy s app then you can make or alter afcad s.
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