Version 1.10 af Flightplan Visualizer released

[pellelil 59]

Version 1.10 have just been released, and its available for download from AVSIM using this link: https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=p3dutil&DLID=210634

 

This post contains information about some of the things that have been added in version 1.10:

 

Here is a full list of changes (also available in the About-box within the program):

• In the flightplan combo-box at the bottom of the main-form, "Active Search" have been renamed into "Last Search".
• Picking "Last Search" from the flightplan combo-box, will re-execute the last performed search, and populate the map accordingly.
• A new entry called "None", have been added flightplan combo-box (at the top of the list). Chosing this item will "deselect" the otherwise current search or selected flightplan, and clear the map of routes.
• A form have been added to assist enabling/disabling flightplans.
• Gate-letters/numbers are now by default written using a (5x7) Matrix-"font". If you want to revert to the segment-"font", used in previous versions, simply set the value of the "UseMatrixGateChars" tag in the settings-file to false.
• Changed how the Gate-letters/numbers are written in the round gate-markers on the map. Previously all "chars" had the same width. Now the width is dependant on which sub-elements are in use by each "char" (e.g. a "1" is not as wide as an "8"), as a result the gate letter/number are more easy to read.
• Zulu- and local-time added to the "Selected airport" group-box in the upper/right corner of the main form. If no airport is selected, or no time-zone is registred for the selected airport, only zulu-time will be displayed.
• Selections of favorite aircraft can now be saved and loaded.
• This selection of aircraft can be loaded as a selection of aircraft in the "Search leg" form.
• Video tutorials can now be accessed from the "Help" menu. These are simply "links" to the actual videos on YouTube, hence will launch the default browser. If you hold SHIFT the url will in stead be copied to the clipboard (e.g. in case you want to upen the link in another browser).
• In the same manner the "Help" menu now contains a link to the forum.
• The form with decoded METAR/TAF-messages now shows: name, city, and country/state for the selected station in the caption. This text will also be embedded when copying the content to the clipboard.
• Likewise UTC/Local-time is also embedded when copying the content to the clipboard as it can be used to show the "age" of the report and convert between UTC and Local -times (based on the difference of UTC- and local-time).
• The info presented when pressing the "Show Scenery Gates" button on the Airport Info form, can now be copied to the clipboard.
• Various minor "behind the scenes" changes and optimizations.
• Added support for additional aircraft: Airbus A220-100 (CS100), Airbus A220-300 (CS300), Boeing 777-8 and Boeing 777-9.
• Listviews containing both (aircraft) IATA and ICAO-codes now all list them in the following order: IATA, ICAO (both individual sortable).
• Hovering the mouse over gate-markers the hint window will no show the radius both in meters and feet.
• Editing gate-info you will now see more info for the gate being edited: Type, Size (meters and feet) and if applicable: airlines.
• Fixed: Minor bug in relation to how the airport size was calculated.
• Fixed: IATA/ICAO columns were swapped when choosing Favorite Aircraft.
• Fixed: Typo on the METAR/TAF-decoder form.

 

 

[alpha117 51]

Hi Pelle,

 

Just want to say a big 'thank you', great work and a great way of looking at all kinds of data....I use it a lot.

 

Quick questions...not sure if I have missed how to!

 

Is it possible to show ALL airlines that use an Airport.  (Example...show all airline that use LIRF), also to show this in graph format

 

If you add new scenery, how does it know about it?

 

Thank again for the great work

[pellelil 59]

Alpha117 it's VERY EASY to see which airlines (among the imported AI) that is servicing a single airport. You could use the "Search Legs" (CTRL+L) feature, however there is another way.

 

If the airport-marker is visible and you know where it is, you can right+click the marker. In the context-menu that appear you can chose the item called "Leg-search to/from XXXX..." where XXXX is the ICAO-code of that clicked airport. Choosing this item will open the "Search Legs" form that have been setup to search all flights into/out-off the chosen airport. You can then add additional search criteria (e.g. only show your favorite aircraft servicing the airport).

 

If you don't want to specify additional search criteria, you can hold down SHIFT while you right-click the airport-marker. Doing so you will still see the context menu, but the menu-item will instead be called "Quick Leg-search to/from XXXX". When you choose this menu-item, the "Search Legs" form will not open, in stead it will simply perform the search (all flights into/out-off the selected airport) and display the result.

 

Lastly, in stead of manually finding, and right-clicking the airport you can simply press ALT+Q to perform the "Quick search-legs" menu-item found in the "Misc" menu. This will open the "Search Airport" window where you can set the search-parameters to find the airport in question (e.g. simply enter the ICAO-code if you know it). Once you have selected the airport you either double click it, or press ENTER. This will perform the search (all flights into/out-off the selected airport) and then show the result, without opening the "Search Legs" form.

 

Regarding new Scenery you should run Peter Dowson's MakeRunways whenever you have added/updated any of your scenery in order to see then updated Airport-Info in FV. There is a chapter in the manual only on this topic, but I have also recently made a tutorial video that shows how to do this. In version 1.10 links to the tutorial-videos are embedded in the Help-menu. But otherwise here is the link

 

[alpha117 51]

Fantastic

 

Thanks Pelle

[Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558]

Nice update!