Notes on the X-Plane v810 format support.

X-Plane v810 format is now supported, in addition to v715 format which was already supported. TaxiDraw will save or export the same format that was originally loaded for the airport being edited. Hence you cannot currently use it as a format converter, but can edit and save both formats. Missing glideslope angles for v810 runways or taxiways (the addition in v810) do not crash the program but instead are assumed to be zero. Hence you can convert a .dat file containing 1 custom airport from v715 to v810 by inserting 810 as the initial line of the file, and just putting in the angles for runways with glideslopes. The 0000.0000 for taxiway and other runway entries will be assumed by TaxiDraw, and written out properly on next save. Hopefully that makes some sort of sense! Data files containing more than one custom airport would have to have each airport loaded and re-exported to the file, since the data lines for the non-edited airports are simply passed through without editing. For .tpj files, 810 would need to be added immediately after the [AIRPORT] marker. As an alternative to adding 810, simply add a glideslope angle (0000.0000 allowed) to the first runway line, and v810 will be assumed.

Example: the v715 project in (a) will be saved identically to (a) if loaded and re-saved as is, but if changed to (b) OR (c) in a text editor and loaded in TaxiDraw will be resaved as (d).

(a)

[FORMAT]
X-PLANE
[END-FORMAT]
[AIRPORT]
1 138 0 1 EGBN Nottingham
10 52.919861 -001.077917 09x 88.37 3482 699.0397 0.0000 98 121121 01 0 1 0.25 1
10 52.919862 -001.076528 03x 28.83 2659 0.0000 0.0000 75 111111 01 0 1 0.25 1
10 52.919266 -001.080319 xxx 326.60 1320 0.0000 0.0000 70 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0
10 52.917795 -001.081165 xxx 326.60 400 0.0000 0.0000 80 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0
14 52.918983 -001.080831 30.00 1 Tower Viewpoint
15 52.918991 -001.080431 238.00 EGBN Nottingham Ramp #1
18 52.920399 -001.077942 1 Light beacon
19 52.920265 -001.085859 1 Windsock
54 13487 A/G VOICE RDO

(b)

[FORMAT]
X-PLANE
[END-FORMAT]
[AIRPORT]
810
1 138 0 1 EGBN Nottingham
10 52.919861 -001.077917 09x 88.37 3482 699.0397 0.0000 98 121121 01 0 1 0.25 1
10 52.919862 -001.076528 03x 28.83 2659 0.0000 0.0000 75 111111 01 0 1 0.25 1
10 52.919266 -001.080319 xxx 326.60 1320 0.0000 0.0000 70 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0
10 52.917795 -001.081165 xxx 326.60 400 0.0000 0.0000 80 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0
14 52.918983 -001.080831 30.00 1 Tower Viewpoint
15 52.918991 -001.080431 238.00 EGBN Nottingham Ramp #1
18 52.920399 -001.077942 1 Light beacon
19 52.920265 -001.085859 1 Windsock
54 13487 A/G VOICE RDO

(c)

[FORMAT]
X-PLANE
[END-FORMAT]
[AIRPORT]
1 138 0 1 EGBN Nottingham
10 52.919861 -001.077917 09x 88.37 3482 699.0397 0.0000 98 121121 01 0 1 0.25 1 0000.0000
10 52.919862 -001.076528 03x 28.83 2659 0.0000 0.0000 75 111111 01 0 1 0.25 1
10 52.919266 -001.080319 xxx 326.60 1320 0.0000 0.0000 70 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0
10 52.917795 -001.081165 xxx 326.60 400 0.0000 0.0000 80 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0
14 52.918983 -001.080831 30.00 1 Tower Viewpoint
15 52.918991 -001.080431 238.00 EGBN Nottingham Ramp #1
18 52.920399 -001.077942 1 Light beacon
19 52.920265 -001.085859 1 Windsock
54 13487 A/G VOICE RDO

(d)

[FORMAT]
X-PLANE
[END-FORMAT]
[AIRPORT]
1 138 0 1 EGBN Nottingham
10 52.919861 -001.077917 09x 88.37 3482 699.0397 0.0000 98 121121 01 0 1 0.25 1 0000.0000
10 52.919862 -001.076528 03x 28.83 2659 0.0000 0.0000 75 111111 01 0 1 0.25 1 0000.0000
10 52.919266 -001.080319 xxx 326.60 1320 0.0000 0.0000 70 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0 0000.0000
10 52.917795 -001.081165 xxx 326.60 400 0.0000 0.0000 80 111111 02 0 0 0.25 0 0000.0000
14 52.918983 -001.080831 30.00 1 Tower Viewpoint
15 52.918991 -001.080431 238.00 EGBN Nottingham Ramp #1
18 52.920399 -001.077942 1 Light beacon
19 52.920265 -001.085859 1 Windsock
54 13487 A/G VOICE RDO