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i have got a tutorial on how to make planes in gmax... still have a long way to go with that... but i was wondering if there was a way of using google sketchup instead of gmax?

and i am still interested in more tutorials, too. 

If you want to do it properly, forget sketchup

Use Gmax or FSDS

Some aircraft have been done in sketchup but they are only low res and suitable for scenery items.

ok... fsds isn't free, right? now i have to work out how to use gmax... where all the tools are and watnot...

ok... fsds isn't free, right? now i have to work out how to use gmax... where all the tools are and watnot...

The answer to that is "everywhere."  Once you learn GMax, you will not be sorry that you took the time to learn it. So much quicker to do things in it than in FSDS. 

ummmhmmm... i need more tutorials. i got the stupid idiots guide to gmax, could i have links for more tutorials?

http://www.flightsimonline.com/C162/

This one is for FS2004, but the modeling concepts apply to FSX as well.

I am also trying To learn so maybe in a few years i Can give Alrot, Pairbus and Enigmasim a run for their (Not?) money. YEAH Right. like that will ever happen . But really, it would be nice to learn how to make them.

I am also trying To learn so maybe in a few years i Can give Alrot, Pairbus and Enigmasim a run for their (Not?) money. YEAH Right. like that will ever happen . But really, it would be nice to learn how to make them.

Its easy when you want , c'mon and give it a try ,we are here to assist you 

Alex

cool, getting to work on thatone... it has a lot more info on where to get the tools needed... i haven't figured out how to put a image in the background, or how to make he cross sections... getting there

Just one tip from years of experience...

Learn how to build a simple box in GMax, THEN take the time and effort to make sure you can export it to an FS model before doing anything else.

If you can't get the export procedure down cold, it won't matter a bit how nice your modeling skills are!

Okay, one more tip...

Export early and often while modeling. Don't wait until you're done modeling!

Catch your mistakes as you make them, you'll thank me later.

thankyou, will get to work and make sure i can export to the simulator..

Oh found this step by step tutorial.
This is a convert tutorial but it has links to modeling
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.php?title=GMax_(FSX)

i know this is an old topic and maybe i should have opened a new topic but NOTHING of that tutorial works for me.
there is no: fstools
and there is not any option to export to mdl and it doesnt give much advice on that:
Select "Flightsim Model (*.MDL)" as file type (assuming this option appears, but if not, oh well).
can someone please tell me what is wrong?

i know this is an old topic and maybe i should have opened a new topic but NOTHING of that tutorial works for me.
there is no: fstools
and there is not any option to export to mdl and it doesnt give much advice on that:
Select "Flightsim Model (*.MDL)" as file type (assuming this option appears, but if not, oh well).
can someone please tell me what is wrong?

Which one? You really need to be more specific for us to help

the one from fsdeveloper to export to .mdl