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Runway Distance Markers??

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Anyone besides me think that we definitly need to have a feature added to FSXPlanner and ADE under the runway markings and lights section that would allow us to choose whether or not we want fixed runway distance markers in 1000 foot intervals?? Alot of major airports have these and I have need seen any design program that allows for this feature, or even has a sign that could be individually place that is black with white lettering.... You thoughts?
 
commercialcobb said:
Anyone besides me think that we definitly need to have a feature added to FSXPlanner and ADE under the runway markings and lights section that would allow us to choose whether or not we want fixed runway distance markers in 1000 foot intervals?? Alot of major airports have these and I have need seen any design program that allows for this feature, or even has a sign that could be individually place that is black with white lettering.... You thoughts?
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Taxi signs can be black with white lettering
 
These are what options I have

These are the only options that I have... Whit with Black lettering only unless you know of a trick??
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Anyone besides me think that we definitly need to have a feature added to FSXPlanner and ADE
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You have been misinformed. ADE adds Distance Markers and based on your screen shot can be done with FSXP in the label box using a manual insertion of the letter i.

Some of us have been placing Distance Markers since FS9 was released. Use the letter i in the label. This will give you the White Text on a Black sign (disregard SDK's).

Use SIZE 4 which is the largest sign FS scaled. Again the SDK is not correct when it says SIZE 5 is the largest. SIZE 5 is the same size as Size 3. Use the brackets with a space when adding the number. This will make the sign larger and square it

This is some of the compiler xml from ADE. When you run ADE add a taxiway sign and fill in the proper boxes with the letter i and Size 4

<TaxiwaySign
lat="44.8865958675749"
lon="-93.2305820506912"
heading="24"
label="i[ 9 ]"
size="SIZE4"
justification="RIGHT"/>

<TaxiwaySign
lat="44.8850358276546"
lon="-93.2269784117478"
heading="24"
label="i[ 8 ]"
size="SIZE4"
justification="RIGHT"/>

<TaxiwaySign
lat="44.883746020595"
lon="-93.22400041966"
heading="24"
label="i[ 7 ]"
size="SIZE4"
justification="RIGHT"/>
 
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Now I cant compile to check the outcome of that " i[ 8 ] " to see if the signs work, I have a taxi path or point somewhere and I cannot find it!! I have run all the clean ups and error checks and they don't catch it anywhere?? Any Ideas, any help would be great??




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This error could be the result of switching a taxiway from a type of 'taxi' to a type of 'parking'. Are there any taxiways that you have modified recently? If so I'd look at those to see if one of them if the cause of the error.

-Russell
 
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