AviPLAN Airside Pro 2024 Help
When the Group Path tool is first run, the Path tab is in the Start Path mode. In this mode, parameters can be defined for commencing the path simulation.
The top row in the Start Path tab controls the drawing X,Y plane on which the Group Path session is to be placed. A drawing X,Y plane elevation can be specified in the corresponding box.
The second row in the Start Path tab provides controls to select an existing AviPLAN Airside Pro 2024 Path session as the basis for the Group Path simulation and to determine the Insertion Point.
Existing Path or Fillet sessions can be selected as the basis for the Group Path simulation. If you select a Fillet session, a dialog box will display for you to indicate which of the routes should be used.
Note: The Group Path tool supports the selection of Path sessions which use one construction point only, either Cockpit or Nose gear.
This is the point with which the airplanes will be placed in the drawing: Cockpit, Nose gear, or Most critical. If you select the latter, AviPLAN Airside Pro 2024 will automatically select the insertion point which is the farthest from the main gear. In the drawing, the insertion point is represented by the pointer.
After the object has been placed at the desired position in the drawing tab, the Start Path tab changes to the Path tab. During the design process, it is possible to switch between the various tabs (for example, to add or change airplanes or run conflict analysis).
The Path tab contains the parameters for performing accurate group path construction. Specific settings that may not be altered frequently can be found by clicking the More button.
Select the construction point in the Construction Point list. This is the point that is used to construct the path.
Note: The selected construction point will be applied to the entire path.
To comply with (FAA) regulations conceived to prevent excessive tire scrubbing while turning through taxiway intersections, a limit can be set to the amount of effective steering angle used by any airplane in the group during path construction.
There are two options:
Setting a limit in degrees will result in a different percentage of used nose gear angle per airplane. Setting the limit by percent will result in a different maximum nose gear angle per airplane. If both limits are applied, AviPLAN Airside Pro 2024 will use the most restrictive one. The results can be viewed in the Results or Reports dialog boxes which can be opened from the Quick Access toolbar.
Select the Apply Asymmetric thrust / differential braking checkbox to account for the effect of asymmetric thrust and differential braking resulting in an increase of the maximum effective steering angle.
Note: Asymmetric thrust / differential braking data is not available for all airplanes.
As Group Path is intentionally an analysis tool, and the results are based purely on geometry, so there is no speed setting. A nominal (low speed) default value is used for the entire path.
Click the More button to access parameters that are likely to be edited infrequently.
Useful link: Steering Angles, Speed and Turning Radii
Layers/levels to be used during the process of following lines and other entities can be defined under Follow layers. The layer/level on which the object is inserted at the start of the path is automatically recognized and added to the list of layers/levels shown in the box below. Two methods are available to add further layers:
All layers/levels will be added to the list of layers/levels.
A layer/level can be removed from the Follow layer list by clicking it in the list and then clicking the Remove Layer button.