Design Utilities - D
LandCalc2
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landcalc2.zip	FS2002	233kb	This package is for FS2002 and CFS2 LandClass and photoreal scenery designers. LandCalc2 is a utility that will derive all the necessary information needed to create LandClass BGLs using CUSTOM textures, as outlined in the FS2002 Terrain SDK. It also gives latitude, longitude and ground elevation. All this is done automatically, through the use of FSUIPC. FSUIPC must be installed as a module to FS2002, or CFS2, in order for this utility to work. From Richard Ludowise Website: NA	Win 95
Landclass Assistant v1.4
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landclassassistant.zip lca-140.zip	FS2002+	3.21mb 72kb	Landclass Assistant provides a tool to modify Flight Simulator 2002/2004's default landclasses. It includes all the pieces needed to create the .raw file format required by Microsoft's Terrain SDK. The included documentation walks you through the steps of modifying lanclasses from start to finish, including a tutorial. Completing the package, all the support files needed to process landclass data are provided. FSCONNECT (By Russell Dirks) is now supported. Note: Both files are required for latest (patched) version. If updating from earlier version download lca-140.zip only.  Landclass Assistant requires Microsoft's Terrain SDK for FS2000. From John Cillis Website: NA	Windows 98+
LatLon2BGL v1.0
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LatLon2BGL.zip		4kb	LatLon2BGL is a useful utility that takes the known latitude and longitude of any airport in FSX and converts this data to indicate which file folder and *.bgl file contains your airport of interest. The author created a small *.xls spreadsheet to do the math for you ~ works with Excel & Open Office. From Loyd Website: NA	Windows 98+
Latitude and Longitude Converter v1.0
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CG_Lat_Lon10.zip	FS2002+	274kb	Latitude and Longitude Converter is primarily for Flight Simulator Scenery authors & designers. Converts Latitude and Longitude values for the three most commonly used conventions. Very handy! From Carmel Grech Website: NA	Windows 98+
Library Object Manager v2.00 ßeta
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lom_200_beta.zip		6.8mb	Library Object Manager/Scenery Maker version 2.00 for ßeta testing. This version can import and then place the library objects which are bundled with FSX (over 3,500 of them!). The program generates bgl files for FSX so this program is not for FS9. We have tested LOM/SM with the retail version of FSX and all the placement functions appear to work including effects, rotating beacons, etc and the compound object tools. Please bear in mind that there is still a lot to learn about FSX scenery and that this program is ßeta. Please Note that you need FSUIPC4 installed for this version to work. You do not need to register it. The program can be downloaded from Pete Dowson's web page. Note: This tool is under constant development and may well have numerous bugs. The author would be grateful if you can help in reducing the number of bugs, by reporting any anomalies. Compatibility with future versions, not guaranteed! - use at your own risk. From Jon Masterson Website: scruffyduck	Windows 98+
Library Object Manager v1.003
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lom_100.zip lom_1003.zip	FS2004	6.8mb 283kb	Library Object Manager is a utility you can use to manage your collection of FS9 Library Objects. The main changes since the final ßeta are: • You can now save extended information about your libraries. • Thumbnail sharing - export / import. Scenery Maker has been completely re-written and has new tools that can easily create fences, object lines, bridges and fill areas with objects such as trees. Please visit the LOM page below for further details. Requires Microsoft dotNet Framework version 2.0 Bug Fix: Released For LOM. A new version of the LOM/SM executable is now available. This will update you to v1.003. It is an update only release and you need version 1.00 installed. This fixes the bug in Scenery Maker where if you changed the scale of an object it was not remembered. Download: lom_1003.zip Note: This tool is under constant development and may well have numerous bugs. The author would be grateful if you can help in reducing the number of bugs, by reporting any anomalies. Compatibility with future versions, not guaranteed! - use at your own risk. From Jon Masterson Website: scruffyduck	Windows 98+
Library Object Viewer ßeta v0.20
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lov_020.zip	FS2004	2.8mb	Library Object Viewer is a simple utility designed to display FS9 scenery objects as they look in the Sim itself. The program uses DirectX to display the object in 3D complete with textures and colors. You can rotate the object in all three axes, re-scale it, show it either solid or in wireframe and create jpg images of objects directly in the program. This version is a ßeta and has limited documentation. It is, however simple to use and there is a video tutorial now included in the archive. Note: This program requires the following to be installed for it to work: • Microsoft dotNET Framework Version 2.0 - If you have LOM then you will have this. • Microsoft DirectX9 - you should have this as you run FS and extra DLLs are provided with the application. • bglXML - if you have LOM then you should have this. • Martin Wrights' Image Processing Libraries. Note: This tool is under constant development and may well have numerous bugs. The author would be grateful if you can help in reducing the number of bugs, by reporting any anomalies. Compatibility with future versions, not guaranteed! - use at your own risk. From Jon Masterson Website: scruffyduck	Windows 98+
Living World v1.1
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lworld11.zip		412kb	Living World is a freeware animation tool that uses the Microsoft FSX Animal and GroundVehicle SimObjects and through the SimConnect SDK they move along a list of lat,long points provided in a LivingWorld.cfg file. Make most any Animal, Ground Vehicle and/or Boat follow a predefined path. The file LivingWorld.exe was created with Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2005. The sample .cpp file for AI Objects and waypoints was used as a template. From Ron Haertel Website: N.A.	Windows 95/98+
LOCBGL v1.2
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locbgl.zip	FS5+	5kb	The program can "locate" BGL (scenery) files by reading the file header to see what specific geographic area the file covers. This can be handy for finding specific BGLs in order to study, modify or delete them. For example, I once used it to find files on the Southern California Expansion Pack CD. It helped me find only those files needed to produce the USS Lincoln (aircraft carrier) off the coast of San Diego. LOCBGL works with FS5, FS95 and FS98. From the "Leonardo daVinci" of flight-sim utilities Chuck Dome	Win 95/98
LWMDraw5
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lwmdraw5.zip	FS2k+	1.8mb	LWMDraw5 - was developed to be an easy to use and helpful time saving tool for placing free design shapes or photoreal default type water areas such as lakes "with effects" onto the FS2002 terrain surface generating a "ready to assemble" LWMSource.asm file. Features include the addition of default type FS2002 roads/ lines/shorelines with the generation of a separate VTPSource.asm file as well. Also includes more options explained within the detailed Help menu along with Quick Start Guide menu for fast placement. From Ken Nelson Website: http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/webads/	Win 95/98
LWMViewer v1.3
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lwmviewer.zip	FS2k2+	135kb	LWMViewer - this program is for displaying the contents of the Flight-sim 9 (2004) scenery files. It will load, display and disassemble BGL files from FS2004, FS2002 and CFS2. Any file which contains elevation, LWM or VTP information should load and display correctly. From Jim Keir Website: LWMViewer	Windows 95/98+
LWMViewer v2.0 buuild 175
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LWMViewer2.zip VCRedist d3dx9_27.dll	FS2k2+	972kb 2.5mb 2.2mb	LWMViewer - This is the third update (12/22/05) in about a year. It’s quite a change from the previous version, having switched to an entirely 3D display environment and included landclass and object handling, all in realtime. This update contains a fairly large collection of bugfixes and enhancements, mainly to do with object (model) handling. It should also be faster, and the author has started padding the manual out a little. The designer goes on to say: "I need to find out what people want, what works, what doesn’t work, what you think". Drop me a line below: Note: a summary of the NEW features, are as follows: • Landclass colors when not using textures are correct for all seasons • Can now select or deselect individual objects using 'Ctrl-Click' • No longer select an object behind the one you clicked on (ObjectID Z-buffering) • Support VTP polys with photo-textures • First try at animating models • Allow multiple objects to be copied • Save selected object definitions to XML file • Can now select the complexity level for displayed models • Display model complexity in info window • First attempt at loading generic buildings from XML • Show existing generic buildings in model previewer • Show bookmark locations visibly Note: download all three (3) of the listed files for proper program functioning. From Jim Keir Website: LWMViewer	Windows 95/98+
Man2SBuilder v1.0
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man2sbuilder.zip		91kb	Man2SBuilder These small and simple to use utilities will rename image tiles downloaded from Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth using the Manifold tool bar so that they can be displayed with the latest version of SBuilder X. From Luis Féliz-Tirado Website: N.A.	Windows 98+
MDLtoBGL v4.00
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mdlbgl40.zip	FS6+	1.0mb	MDLtoBGL - is a utility designed to convert user designed aircraft .MDL files for FSFW95, FS98 & FS2k into static scenery source files. The current Release is V4.00 Note: this software requires the use of either the freeware assembler SCASM (© Manfred Moldenhauer) or Airport and Scenery Designer (ASD © Abacus Software). It is also compatible and intended for use with the freeware scenery design program Airport 2.60 and subsequent (© Pascal Meziat - Brian McWilliams and others). From Trevor de Stigter Website: MDLtoBGL	Windows 95/98+
Meazure v2.0
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meazr20.exe	FS2k2+	3.51mb	Meazure v2.0 - is a (Donationware) screen measuring utility that can measure using a number of units including pixels, points, twips, centimeters, or user-defined. "I used number of pixels equals number of feet. You grab the scale thing in the corner of the Terraserver sat image, tell Meazure that it took x amount of pixels to represent x feet. And presto you can now measure the size of buildings, taxiways, etc in all those sat-images. If you're missing the scale bar, find a known object calibrate off it. I'd used a Cessna 172's wing span of ~36' and got very close to what I'd expected to find." - Tachyon From C Thing Software Website: Meazure	Windows 95/98+
Menu Mate v1.0
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menu_mate_fsx.zip		1.69mb	Menu Mate - This freeware utility is designed to give you quicker access to many (but alas not all) FSX menu items without the need to "drill down" into various menu/sub-menu layers (over 60 menu items supported). This can be handy if-as a developer, beta tester or power-user you need to repeatedly select a particular FSX menu item for any reason. You can also assign up to 20 different menu items as button short-cuts: • Access most FSX Menu items (Over 60 items supported) • Assign up to 20 button short-cuts • Floats on top of FSX (Windowed mode only) • By default snaps to top of screen to blend with FSX title bar • Can optionally be positioned anywhere on the screen From Fermin Fernandez Website: TweakFS	WinXP
Microsoft XML NotePad v2.4
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XmlNotepad.msi		1.8mb	Microsoft XML Notepad is an application that allows you to create and edit XML documents quickly and easily. With this tool, the structure of your XML data is displayed graphically in a tree structure. The interface presents two panes: one for the structure, and one for the values. You may add elements, attributes, comments, and text to the XML document by creating the tree structure in the left pane and entering values in the right pane's corresponding text boxes. XML Notepad provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents. Note: requires .NET Frameworks v2.0 From Microsoft Visual Studio Website: XML Developer Center	Windows 2003+
Module Tool X v0.3
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moduletoolx_0.3.zip		212kb	Module Tool X can edit the module config files (exe.xml and dll.xml) for FSX. With this release you can now restore backups of the files and sort entries in XML-files. You must have installed .NET 2.0 framework library, freely available here: From Alexander Brand Website: N.A.	Windows 98+
Mountain v.2
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mountv2f.zip	FS5+	133kb	Mountain - Contains the final DOS ver of a program which can be used to create more realistic mountains and also islands for MS Flight Simulator(c). It will generate *.api files for use as a macro's in Airport(c), *.scm files for use with Scasm(c) and *.fsa macro's for use with Fsasm(c). Mountains can have up to 4 levels, and up to 3 textures. Different textures for Winter-Summer can be included. If so required Crash detection can be either automatically or manually inserted. From Hans Meier	DOS
NewBglAnalyze v1.0 βeta
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newbgl.zip	FS2004	621kb	NewBglAnalyze - a disassembler for BGL-files in the new format for FS2004. The output is an xml-file, which in all cases could be compiled with bglcomp without errors. Includes; BglCompFront a small utility that facilitates work with bglcomp. it allows you to compile a xml-file without opening a DOS window to track error messages. And, the latest version of the tutorial; New Bgl File structure.pdf. From Winfried Orthmann Website: NA	Windows 98+
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