The FU3 Cockpit Designer
Tutorial
6 - Extra View
An Extra View is like
the pull-down panel in the Bravo and Beechjet
Where you click on the upper-right corner of the screen to toggle
it on/off
Bravo Extra View
In aircraft that already have an Extra View (Bravo, Beechjet) you
can edit the instruments in this view
by selecting it from the Select View dialog (where you select
IFR, VFR, Left, Right etc. )
To add an Extra View to an aircraft without one:
1) Create a project from the aircraft .res
file
2) From the menu select: Cockpit
-> Add Extra View
3) In the dialog that opens select the .bmp file you would like
to use as the background for the Extra View
4) Now the aircraft has an Extra View and you can add instruments
like in the IFR/VFR views
To make the Extra View accessible
from the IFR/VFR views you MUST add an Add View instrument to the IFR and VFR views:
5) Select the IFR view and from the menu select Instruments -> Add
Now search for the Add View instrument and double-click on it
In the Edit Instrument dialog select the Images
tab and select an image from the Library or add a new image, for
example this image:
(File 173, Item 79 in bravo.res)
Now place this instrument in the upper-right
corner (you can also put it anywhere else)
6) Do the same in the VFR view
7) Build the project
The Add View instrument defines the hot-spot area where you
click to toggle the Extra View on and off.
You can have more than one Add
View instrument in your IFR
and VFR views
Create a project from the Bravo or Beechjet to see how the Add View is implemented
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