It looks great. I knew I will have to start keeping a CVS build on my machine.
I had already made a menu item based on your nasal script for extracting the coordinates to console, but this tool is so much better. Thanks for the great work. Yavuz Onder -----Original message----- From: Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:09:51 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: [Flightgear-users] Re: Object sizes, controls for UFO [snip my words] > In the development version (cvs; soon to become 0.9.10) you can fly the > UFO to your object, click to some point in the terrain, and you'll see > a 3D cursor appear there. With a dialog (Tab-key) you can adjust the > position, and finally dump the coordinates of the cursor and the UFO, > including the *.stg file path and OBJECT_STATIC line. You can also start > the UFO with a different "cursor", e.g. the building itself, so that you > can directly place it in the scenery: > > $ fgfs --aircraft=ufo --prop:/models/model/path=Models/Airport/radar.xml > > Here's a screenshot of the cursor and the dialog. (The cursor will get > improved in the next time, but it's more fun with real objects anyway. :-) > > http://members.aon.at/mfranz/ufo-cursor.jpg [40 kB] > > > When dumping the coords, you get this in the terminal window: > > --------------------------- Cursor --------------------------- > Longitude: -122.383329 deg > Latitude: 37.619509 deg > Altitude: 2.8684 m (9.4106 ft) > Heading: 176.7 deg > Pitch: 0.1 deg > Roll: 0.2 deg > > w130n30/w123n37/942050.stg > OBJECT_STATIC -122.383329 37.619509 2.8684 183.3 > > ---------------------------- UFO ----------------------------- > Longitude: -122.383210 deg > Latitude: 37.619439 deg > Altitude ASL: 5.5687 m (18.2700 ft) > Altitude AGL: 2.6325 m (8.6368 ft) > Heading: 305.8 deg > Ground Elev: 2.9362 m (9.6331 ft) > > w130n30/w123n37/942050.stg > OBJECT_STATIC -122.383210 37.619439 2.9362 54.2 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > m. > [snip mail-list footing] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
