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Switching Between Meters and Feet? R23

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If I select in Preferences to auto-convert feet/meters changing the feet/meters in the Data window causes the values to go to zero. Also in Preferences I have selected measurements to be in feet but they appear as meters.

Dick near 5G8
 
boleyd said:
If I select in Preferences to auto-convert feet/meters changing the feet/meters in the Data window causes the values to go to zero.
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Does this happen in any data window, or only in a specific one or in a specific part of one?

Also in Preferences I have selected measurements to be in feet but they appear as meters.
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Again, is this anywhere or only in specific displays?

Is the option for displaying in feet or meters keeping your selected setting in the preferences dialog?

-Russell
 
This seems to be one of those conditional problems. Loaded KLAX and checked taxiways and runways. Both work as advertised switching between meters and feet.

I believe that what the user has done prior to switching M & F makes a difference. So, I will try to be more attentive and attempt to note that info. For now it does work.

Regards,
Dick
 
These are the hardest issues to figure out! :) One of those times when if you hit the 'e' key followed by typing in the number 12 it messes up, or whatever. :)

If you are able to repeat the problem please let me know.

Thanks!

-Russell
 
I did a lot of messing around with airport 5G8. Had compiler errors relating to Pattern Altitude. I found that the airport altitude was set to infinity (8 on its side).

Reloaded 5G8 from FSX scenery. Tried to change all values to ft from meters and every one in the runway section came up as zeros. Airport data worked ok. Reloading airport shows it as constantly repeatable. So it seems focused on the runway data.

Restarting program corrects anomaly.
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Restart Program. Select Runway and do Error Checking and received errors about taxiways not assigned to a runway although this was an original FSX airport. Compile ok.

Next I changed the airport altitude from meters to feet in the Airport Data section. The value in feet was correct. However, I received addition errors when doing an Error Check. They were that the runway did not match the airport altitude and that the two start locations did not match the airport altitude. The only difference between the two Error Checks was changing the airport altitude from meters to feet. Compile ok.

No way to be sure if this is related to the original problem but enough evidence to be curious. I leave it in your hands.


Dick
 
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I had something similar. The airfield won't compile because the runway height is infinity. You can change it and compile with one runway but with multiples, the unselected one(s) revert to infinity and it won't compile.

The offending file's attached.
 

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boleyd said:
Next I changed the airport altitude from meters to feet in the Airport Data section. The value in feet was correct. However, I received addition errors when doing an Error Check. They were that the runway did not match the airport altitude and that the two start locations did not match the airport altitude. The only difference between the two Error Checks was changing the airport altitude from meters to feet. Compile ok.
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I have looked into this and found that it is due to rounding errors. The rounding errors have been fixed and now the altitude checks perform correctly with feet or meters selected

-Russell
 
Bell_209 said:
I had something similar. The airfield won't compile because the runway height is infinity. You can change it and compile with one runway but with multiples, the unselected one(s) revert to infinity and it won't compile.

The offending file's attached.
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I can't duplicate this. One of the runways has an altitude of infinity when I loas the xml file. If I change it to the altitude of the airport then everything works fine. I can't get it to change to any other value besides the one I enter, and it never seems to randomly change.

Are you doing something specific that always results in the runway altitude being changed?

-Russell
 
When inserting a hold short node into a taxiway, and setting the width to what it should be in meters, it only covers about a 1/3rd that distance. Like it thinks in feet when it should be meters.

It does apear to be the right length in fsx, but not displayed right in fsxplanner
 
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I was having a problem with it due to conversion issues. My original data had altitude 33' but it was converted to meters then when I switched some to feet compilation failed due to mismatched altitudes.

Personally I am a metric guy but when it comes to flight simulation I use feet/knots/nm.

I believe it would be nice if an option is added in the preferences for default measurement units (Feet/Meters) so that the user works in his/her preferred system and conversion issues are minimized.
 
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