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Idea: CAD export feature

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Hi!

I was just thinking that the ability to export airports as a CAD filetype may be useful to further enhance airports created in ADE in 3DS Max, Blender, ModelConverterX and other 3D applications to or at least to have use the layout of the ADE airport as a background to work on.
Filetypes like DWG, DWF, ASE, OBJ or even MDL for example.

As one example this would make it much easier to add custom made ground markings etc. not supported by the FSX/P3D XML engine.
Currently there is no way to import ADE and/or XML files into a 3D environment because it's just a very basic description of vectors, particularly for taxiways or taxilines where only few center nodes along a curved line may exist. A feature to export a CAD layout of what is actually seen in ADE would help a lot.

What do you think?
 
For custom ground lines and polys you should look at the ADE-GP function which supports those for all versions
 
Indeed, it does at a basic scale. But when it comes to adding detailed features like puddles with rain effects and and other certain material types (like certain FSX and P3D material settings with reflections, bumpmaps and so on), that's going beyond the capabilities of ADE and what ADE should do, right? That's where a feature to export what's visible in ADE to a 3D/CAD format could come in handy.
It could also be useful to convert content to other sims like Aerofly (that require layouts as 3D content) that are currently not supported by ADE.
Just an idea.
 
OK. I will say that there are no plans to do anything like that in the foreseeable future.
 
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