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FSX Gmax; Wouldnt it be nice if.........

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Wouldnt it be nice if there was a addon program or program improvement for the Animation manager (and Attach Point Tool) in FSX Gmax that would show all parts codes in 'ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

:eek:


Just a thought.. I knew I shoudlnt have dropped out of that programming class...

Bill
 
Or, use the built-in functionality to regroup the list according to functions...

This was discussed at Freeflight Design many months ago.

Create an "Animation Group name" such as shown in the snippet below, along with a unique GUID, then list all the GUID's for the references you wish to include within that group...

Code: 
	<AnimationGroup name="Tire " guid="0xB68FC731,0x16994861,0xA41C764A,0xB2F527B4">
		<AnimationRef guid="d42f8553-3ec7-4bfc-a9ba-0d669b174ef4"/> 
		<AnimationRef guid="2788ac1a-4f88-402d-88fc-01a979ce48f8"/> 
		<AnimationRef guid="4e1cc3e5-5933-445d-80e0-b0dd693125f0"/> 
		<AnimationRef guid="33249ea2-f0e7-4e3f-9498-754697cf50bb"/> 
		<AnimationRef guid="2c52a54a-9902-487a-a355-d00874ce7d0f"/> 
		<AnimationRef guid="6114e2ca-5fb8-4d20-a880-56945094247f"/> 
		<AnimationRef guid="aa67f522-28c5-4d09-a246-2823d34a686b"/> 
	</AnimationGroup>

Including this in your modeldef.xml file will cause a "selection box entry" to be added to the Animation Tool in the upper left corner. Selecting the "Tires" group will then disply ONLY those entries related to "tires" in the Animation List window! :D
 
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Hey guys,

Yes, I could go through and regroup everything into alphabetical order, and I know how to do the groupings. But when you are converting an entire plane over, looking for one single thing, like Tailhook, or Gen Starter, Pitot Heater, Air Shutoff, Water Rudder.... Talk about frustrating...


Oh well..

<--- in Captain James T. Kirks famous accent;

'Must....

hold....

on.....!'
 
Well, the point is Bill...

...you only have to do it once!

From that point on, anytime you add something new, simply make certain to copy/paste the GUID to a new entry in one of the existing "groups," or create a new "group" category.

This way, whenever I am working, I may find one I've already done that I can use instead of having to "reinvent the wheel" so to speak... ;)
 
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