X-Plane plugins etc

[Andy]

http://www.xsquawkbox.net/tools/ac3d/

[MIKX]

Ben is still reorganizing his site the link to the new plugin that allows exporting both XP7 and XP 8 objects is here at http://www.xsquawkbox.net/scenery/tools.php

MIKX

[bsupnik]

Sorry about the confusion - the second link is correct (scenery/tools.php) - I'll get the site cleaned up this week.

Coming soon to the plugin: bulk export. Bascially name your objects like the filenames you want and it'll export the whole workspace to multiple objects. Handy for...

- Creating a LOT of objects out of a common set of sources for scenery.
- Creating multiple parts for a plane as objects.

Both will be handy for the sim in the future.
/Ben

[rnlobo]

Andy>Thats it...I wanted to share this plugin but I could not remember where I got it..You folks need to use this.........Thanks Andy

[Jacob]

I dont know if anybody else had this problem with the script that deals with animation. But when you click on X-plane object properties it crashes for me.

Jacob

[donallabaugh]

I dont know if anybody else had this problem with the script that deals with animation. But when you click on X-plane object properties it crashes for me.

Jacob

Jacob

First --- (just for clarification) -- the X-Plane plugin is located in the AC3D plugins folder. This should include 2- files ---- "XPlanesupport.tcl" and "XPlanesupportWin.p" . Unless you have a MAC then the 2nd file will be "XPlanesupportMAC.p"

Second ---- the "datarefs.txt" file must also reside in the SAME plugins folder as the above files.

The latest "datarefs.txt" file can be downloaded from the same location as the plugin.

Does your installation contain the above files, in the proper folder??

Don

[Michael Wilson]

The latest "datarefs.txt" file can be downloaded from the same location as the plugin


im not sure what a datarefs plugin is but it doesnt seem to be on that location.

[donallabaugh]

im not sure what a datarefs plugin is but it doesnt seem to be on that location.

The ' datarefs.txt ' is a text file not a plugin . It is used by the AC3D ,X-Plane plugin ,when you want to add animations to the file that you will be saving as an X-Plane object.

[Michael Wilson]

The latest "datarefs.txt" file can be downloaded from the same location as the plugin


ok. the thing is i dont see it at that location.

[donallabaugh]

ok. the thing is i dont see it at that location.

OK

Now it depends on which version of the AC3D plugin you are using as well as which version of X-Plane.

If you are using The latest Release Version of the Plugin (not the latest Beta release) or are using X-Plane 8.64 , go to this web page and scroll down to the Dataref section and down load the Datarefs.txt that is listed. You may need to copy and paste the Dataref file that is listed and save it as a TXT file.

http://www.xsquawkbox.net/xpsdk/docs

If you are using the Latest Beta Version of the AC3D plugin you can get the
Command.txt and
Datarefs.txt

files from the X-Plane\Resources\Plugin folder

This information is contained the the 'README" file that is part of the zipped plugin file that you downloaded to get the plugin.

[Michael Wilson]

"X-Plane plugins etc
http://www.xsquawkbox.net/tools/ac3d/"

i went there, and it sent me to the other page, where there is a link called this:
AC3D 6.1 X-Plane Plugin

but theres no files called plug ins in that zip file. just two files called xplane support.

[captainpeter]

Here's the most recent plugin:
http://www.xsquawkbox.net/scenery/beta.php

cheers
Peter

[Michael Wilson]

none of these zip files have a file called "obj export" or "object import"...so i guess we dont need that anymore? we used to have to put a file called "obj export" and "obj import" in the plug in folder.

[captainpeter]

Not that I'm aware of. The .obj export/import issue you mention was resolved long ago. (ac3d was expecting a WAVEFRONT obj file based on the obj extension when it actually was a X-PLANE obj format file).

The only 2 items that go into your plugins folder are 'XPlaneSupport.tcl' & 'XPlaneSupport(Mac/PC/LINUX).p'.

Oh, and don't forget to copy the current DataRefs.txt and Commands.txt from your X-Plane plugins folder to your ac3d plugins folder (preferably after every x-plane update) in order to have the Datarefs available in AC3D.

cheers
peter