Start Park

When the Park command is first launched, the Park tab is in the Start Park mode. When in this mode, parameters can be defined for commencing object placement.

Terrain

The top row in the Start Path tab controls the drawing X,Y plane or terrain on which the Path session is to be placed.

• Unless a terrain object(s) has been added in Drawing Manager -> Terrains, the terrain list will be disabled while the elevation (Z) cell will be active. This allows you to specify a drawing X,Y plane elevation for the session.
• If a terrain object(s) has been added in Drawing Manager -> Terrains, the terrain list will be enabled and this terrain object(s) will be available for selection, in addition to Drawing X,Y plane.

View

The second row in Start Park tab controls the view used when placing the first object. The following choices are available:

• Top view, 2D / 3D view (when the airplane or vehicle selected in the Object tab is available in 3D, selecting this view will permit switching between 2D and 3D visualization in the Session Manager.
• Side view, 2D (when available)
• Front view, 2D (when available)

Note: If Side or Front view is selected for placement of the first object, it will not be possible to switch to the 3D view' in the Park tab or switch to the 3D visualization in the Session Manager.

Insertion Point

The third row in the Start Park tab controls the insertion point with which the object will be placed in the drawing, for example the nose gear or cockpit. For some insertion points it is possible to apply an offset, for example the wing tips. This offset can be defined in the value cell on the right side of the list.

Insertion Method

The bottom row in the Start Park tab controls the method with which the object will be placed in the drawing.

• FreeInsert: Places the object in the drawing at pointer position. The Snap function in the CAD platform may be used. The ghosted image of the object is shown during this process. Click to confirm the position in the drawing where the object shall be placed. Specify the orientation (angle).        
  • Align front: When the default FreeInsert, align front method is used, the elastic band points forwards during the orientation step. Click to confirm the orientation, and the object has been placed.
  • Align rear: When the default FreeInsert, align read method is used, the elastic band points backwards during the orientation step. Click to confirm the orientation, and the object has been placed.
• Target Insert: Places the object on a line or other drawing entity. Use the square pointer to click on the line where the object shall be placed. The ghosted image of the object is shown and the orientation along the line (left or right) can be defined. Click to confirm the orientation, and the object has been placed.
• Parallel Insert: Places the object parallel to a line or other drawing entity. Use the square pointer to click on the line to which the Object shall be parallel. The ghosted image of the object is shown and the orientation along the line (left or right) can be defined. Click to confirm the orientation, and then place the object parallel to the line on the desired position.

Park

After the object has been placed at the desired position in the drawing, the Start Park tab becomes the Park tab.

View

The top row in Park tab controls the view used when placing objects. The following choices are available:

• Top view, 2D / 3D view (when the airplane or vehicle selected in the Object tab is available in 3D, selecting this view will permit switching between 2D and 3D visualization in the Session Manager)
• Side view, 2D (when available)
• Front view, 2D (when available)

Note: If Side view or Front view is selected in Start Park tab or subsequently in the Park tab, it will not be possible to switch to the 3D view' or switch to the 3D visualization in the Session Manager.

Insertion Point

The second row in the Park tab controls the insertion point with which the object will be placed in the drawing, for example the nose gear or cockpit. For some insertion points it is possible to apply an offset, for example the wing tips. This offset can be defined in the value cell on the right side of the list.

Insertion Method

The bottom row in the Park tab controls the method with which the object will be placed in the drawing.

• FreeInsert: Places the object in the drawing at pointer position. The Snap function in the CAD platform may be used. The ghosted image of the object is shown during this process. Click to confirm the position in the drawing where the object shall be placed. Specify the orientation (angle).        
  • Align front: When the default FreeInsert, align front method is used, the elastic band points forwards during the orientation step. Click to confirm the orientation and the object has been placed.
  • Align rear: When the default FreeInsert, align read method is used, the elastic band points backwards during the orientation step. Click to confirm the orientation and the object has been placed.
• Target Insert: Places the object on a line or other drawing entity. Use the square pointer to click on the line where the object shall be placed. The ghosted image of the object is shown and the orientation along the line (left or right) can be defined. Click to confirm the orientation and the object has been placed.
• Parallel Insert: Places the object parallel to a line or other drawing entity. Use the square pointer to click on the line to which the Object shall be parallel. The ghosted image of the object is shown and the orientation along the line (left or right) can be defined. Click to confirm the orientation and then place the object parallel to the line on the desired position.

One or multiple objects of the same type can be placed in the drawing using the Park command.