Yah Right!!!

[phlsti]

Hi Don,
I am using the "Paint" program in XP to manipulate the .png file, and in there, I select all, then just click on 'cut'. Everything disappears. I save the file then, but when I go back into planemaker, now the original aircraft is just all white. Only files in the main aircraft folder /aircraft/mine/experiment are Cozy.acf and Cozy_paint.png. Also subfolders /airfoils, /cockpit, and /objects, but that's all. Some panel.pngs in the /cockpit/panel subfolder.

AC3D could be a powerful way to create some nice aircraft if planemaker would just accept them. I'm interested in making this work.
Phil

[donallabaugh]

Originally Posted by phlsti

Hi Don,
I am using the "Paint" program in XP to manipulate the .png file, and in there, I select all, then just click on 'cut'. Everything disappears. I save the file then, but when I go back into planemaker, now the original aircraft is just all white. Only files in the main aircraft folder /aircraft/mine/experiment are Cozy.acf and Cozy_paint.png. Also subfolders /airfoils, /cockpit, and /objects, but that's all. Some panel.pngs in the /cockpit/panel subfolder.

AC3D could be a powerful way to create some nice aircraft if planemaker would just accept them. I'm interested in making this work.
Phil

Phil

Paint is not the best type of program for what you are trying to do. The reason, as you have noticed, is that when you cut the image the software does not leave you a blank file, especially in the png format. Basicly what paint did was create an all white image file instead of a transparent or empty image file.

There is a freeware graphics program called GIMP that many X-Plane builders use with great success. GIMP will produce the proper .png files.

Don

[phlsti]

Don, The GIMP program did the trick ...... you have been a big help, and I can now see the aircraft with the new fuselage!!!!

I assume the aircraft will still fly using the old fuselage data, since that hasn't changed, and the only way to change the old fuselage outline to the new object would be to change the profile manually point by point.

Anyway, this has been very helpful. Thank you, Don, for all your help and for seeing me thru.

Phil

[donallabaugh]

Originally Posted by phlsti

Don, The GIMP program did the trick ...... you have been a big help, and I can now see the aircraft with the new fuselage!!!!

I assume the aircraft will still fly using the old fuselage data, since that hasn't changed, and the only way to change the old fuselage outline to the new object would be to change the profile manually point by point.

Anyway, this has been very helpful. Thank you, Don, for all your help and for seeing me thru.

Phil

Phil
Your assumption is correct. With X-Plane and PlaneMaker, you must:

1.) Create a flyable aircraft in PlaneMaker
.
2.) Paint aircraft invisible.

3.) Use a Misc Object to replace what you see for the aircraft.

Have fun.

don