Josh Babcock wrote: > Jim Wilson wrote: > > Josh Babcock said: > > > > > >>and bitmaps. However, one of the things that can currently only be done in the > >>control's model file is orientation. I think this is a mistake. Orientation, > >>like placement, should be defined outside the xml for a given control. > >>Otherwise, it is impossible to reuse a control unless you plan on doing it in > >>the same orientation. It should be possible for the aircraft's model file to > >>define a one-time transformation where you define the location of the > > > > instrument. > > > > Can you explain, or give an example? It could be that I am not understanding > > your use of the term orientation. > > > > > Ok, so I have this nice generic fuel pump toggle switch that I made for my > x-100, which has a panel tilted at 15 deg. I want to also use it in my x-200, > which has a panel with a vertical orientation. If I just plug it in, one of > them will have a switch that is off by 15 deg. Now, I can reuse the .ac model, > but I need to rotate it somehow, so I have to create a second .xml file for the > x-200 that has a -15 deg rotation animation in it. Problem with this is a) I > have to create a new fuel-toggle.xml file, b) the x-200 is doing a rotation > transformation every frame that it doesn't have to and c) I would expect to find > rotation orientation in the same place as the offsets. In other words, all six > degrees of freedom of movement for the model as a whole should be defined in the > same place. > > So being able to define a rotation for instruments in the x-200-model.xml file > instead of the fuel-toggle.xml file would be good. Being smart enough to > recognize that it only needs to be done once is also good, though not nearly as > important.
The 747 and the A320 share ( because I am lazy ) the same instruments but they have different position and orientation. for example, a320-fb.xml has : <model> <path>Aircraft/747/Models/boeing747-400-pfd-jw.xml</path> <offsets> <x-m>-17.17</x-m> <y-m>-0.59</y-m> <z-m>-2</z-m> <pitch-deg>-15.0</pitch-deg> </offsets> </model> while boeing747-400-jw.xml has : <model> <path>Aircraft/747/Models/boeing747-400-pfd-jw.xml</path> <offsets> <x-m>-18.90</x-m> <y-m>-0.55</y-m> <z-m>2.885</z-m> <pitch-deg>-20.0</pitch-deg> </offsets> </model> but they use the same instrument animation file -Fred _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
