[MaverickAlex]

Hi everyone, this is my very first post.

I have been using AC3D for sometime now to create Aircraft models for use in the Flight Simulator "FlightGear" which is an open source Free Flight Sim.

In many respects it uses very similar data to that of X-plane, however my understanding is that x-plane uses it's animations in .Obj format.

The major difference being that any animations done to my .ac files have to be done after i have created the objects in .xml.

This involves lots of trial and error on my part.

Does anyone know of any sort of plug in that could output in .xml format animations if created in AC3D?

an example of rotating an elevator

<animation>
    <type>rotate</type>
    <object-name>OuterElevonRight</object-name>
    <property>controls/flight/aileron</property>
    <factor>10</factor>
    <offset-deg>0</offset-deg>
    <axis>
      <x1-m>26.04</x1-m>
      <y1-m>16.01</y1-m>
      <z1-m>-0.44</z1-m>
      <x2-m>25.45</x2-m>
      <y2-m>9.77</y2-m>
      <z2-m>-0.11</z2-m>
    </axis>
  </animation>

it would be extremely advantagous and encourage many more people to purchase AC3D who use and create models for FlightGear if there was an exporter to .xml.

Is one already available?

many Thanks, and i look forward to being a valuable member of this forum

Alex