AviPLAN Airside Pro 2024 Help
The Session Manager dialog box is a so-called 'floating' dialog box that can display at any time in parallel with the active design tool if you click the Session Manager button on the Quick Access toolbar.
The Session Manager dialog box contains three tabs: Current Session, Other Sessions (if multiple sessions have been saved in the drawing), and Drawing Settings. When the Group Lead-in tool is running, the Current Session tab displays by default and shows all relevant information concerning the ongoing Group Lead-in session. The Current Session tab contains three columns with information concerning the session, elements, and properties (for each element) respectively and the General tools area. For managing the display of other sessions in the drawing, simply switch to the Other Sessions tab. In the Drawings Settings tab, there are further tabs with the clearance box offset values and conflict analysis layer/level assignment settings.
The Session column shows the structure of the Group Lead-in session. At any level, when an item is selected, the Elements column is populated with elements that can be controlled on that level. Session items (e.g., airplanes) that display in blue, are those currently not shown in the drawing.
A Group Lead-in session consists of one or more sections. Initially, the Group Lead-in session will have one section (Section 1). On this level in the tree, right-clicking displays a shortcut menu with the following options:
After clicking Split section on the shortcut menu, a section "splitter" must be placed in the drawing. Initially, objects will be shown in magenta and can be dragged back and forth along the path. Once the desired splitter placement location has been identified, click to confirm the splitter placement, and a red circle will display at the selected point. Once a path is split into multiple sections, it is possible to display section specific elements and properties - for example, to display the transition from Breakaway engine thrust in (Section 1) to Idle engine thrust in (Section 2).
When more than one section is available on the Section level in the tree, right-clicking displays a shortcut menu with the following additional options:
Note: When a section (name) is selected in the Session column, it is highlighted in the drawing.
Displays the active layer/level where all AviPLAN Airside Pro 2024 information is currently stored. By default, this is set to layer/level AviPLAN-Default, but any layer/level from the drawing can be made the active layer/level. New CAD layers/levels can be created using the Session Manager dialog box by clicking Add Layer/Level in the list. After that, the new layer/level will be added to the drawing and set as the session layer/level.
Besides selecting a fixed existing drawing layer/level in the drawing, it is also possible to select a floating layer/level by clicking Active Layer/Level in the list. If selected, active sessions will adopt the layer/level currently active in the CAD drawing as the session layer/level.
If layers/levels other than the session layer/level have been explicitly assigned to any subset of elements in a session, when the session layer/level is changed, a dialog box will display to confirm whether the new session layer/level should replace all existing layers/layers or just those where the Layer/Level property has not been explicitly set.
Displays the template that is applied (by default, the Standard AviPLAN Airside Pro template is applied). A template contains properties for selected elements within a session. For example, it is possible to create a template that shows Breakaway jet blast for the first 45 meters (150 ft) and thereafter Idle jet blast (section splits are saved in a template). When changes are made in the Session, Elements, and Properties columns, an asterisk will& be added after the template name to indicate that the content of the columns no longer corresponds to the content of the template.
The Standard template cannot be modified or deleted, but new templates can be created and updated using the Save and Save As buttons on the right of the Template layer list. When multiple templates are available, the default template can be changed. To set a template as the default one, click it in the list (click to confirm), right-click in the box and click Set as default.
Selecting or clearing the Elements checkboxes shows or hides graphic elements in the drawing in accordance with the level of hierarchy selected in the Session column. For example, if Group Lead-in is selected in the Session column, and Airplane is selected in the Elements column, the individual outline drawings for all airplanes in the session will display.
Set the properties for the selected elemen (e.g. color, line width, etc.). Some elements can be filled with color by selecting the Fill checkbox and clicking Apply. Clicking the color icon will display the color table where you can select the desired color and level of transparency.
Note: Certain properties are shared by multiple elements (identified by the 
icon). Moving the pointer over this icon provides a tooltip listing the elements which share the given property value.