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I am working on a new airport for fs2004.  I have some parts of the scenery done in FSSC.  I have the runways and taxiways and navaids and such done in AFCAD.

The problem is that where the runway sits what should be OVER (on top of) some polygons from FSSC that I want running UNDER it ....the FSSC polygons instead cover OVER the AFCAD created runway.  So the runway is obscured.

I am sure there is a simple answer for this... but I can't seem to find it.

Any thoughts?

best,

.....................john

hi John,

By default runways placed in AFCAD should I think be at layer 24.

Edit your polygon in FSSC and if it says 'No Layering', change it to show layer 8, which is the default for polygons.

This should put the polygons below the runway.

However, this should happen automatically - runways go on top by default.

What is more likely is that you've got a height problem - ie your polygons are being placed higher than your runway

Roger

Rollerball,

Thanks for the reply.

John, zip up and email me your source files and I'll take a look if you don't have any luck finding the problem

Rollerball,

Thanks for the offer.

Roger,

Figured out the "crash to desktop".  I had an actual single node point sitting unattached to anything.  Once I found that .....it worked OK.  I must have somehow added a node point inadvertantly.

I now know that you can't have a node point unattached as you are doing secenry setup  ;).

But I am still having "issues" with the polygon business.  No matter what I seem to try with assigning layers in FSSC, and in adjusting altitude in both FSSC and AFCAD II......... the polygons from FSSC ALWAYS sit OVER the aprons and runways created in AFCAD.  

And I also have the AFCAD bgl sitting as #1 in the scenery additions and the FSSC file back at the level of the add-on scenery..... which is at #34.  So the AFCAD file is getting loaded "over" the FSSC file.

SO I may just have to send this stuff to you for a look see.  I am a total novice at this stuff.

best,

.................john

Is there a command to raise the altitude of the airport??

I've tried to do that many times but gave up. You could try using ground2K4 to lay VTP2 polygons round your airport. This works perfectly with your AFCAD2 + you get a blended style polygon which looks much better. All you do is slew round the area you want to polygonise (?) and hey presto!





Thats if Rollerball can't fix it! If he can't get it to work none of us will