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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