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Airport Design Editor Help

Release Notes
- Release Notes 1.76.6715
- Release Notes 1.76.6704
- Release Notes 1.70.6042
- Release Notes 1.70.6036
- Release Notes 1.70.6029
What's New
- Update Reminders and Checking [1.76.6704]
- File Priority Analyzer (1.70)
- Detailed Library Object Footprints (1.70)
- How do I display the Raw Data View for a single object? (ProKey) (1.66)
- How do I know if the Caps Lock is On in the Property Dialog? (1.66)
- How do I Hide Individual Objects from View? (ProKey) - Updated in Version 1.66
- How do I Export List Data to a File? (1.65)
- How do I Find and Open a Project? (1.65)
- How do I use the new Lister? (1.65)
- How do I edit more than one object at a time? (1.65)
- How do I Change the Airport Name or Altitude? (1.65)
- How do I Create a New Non-Stock Airport? (1.65)
- What are ADE Project Files and why do we have them?
- How do I Stop ADE Compiling an Object? (1.65. Requires ProKey)
- How do I see what is below an apron or poly in the ADE display? (1.65)
- How do I Backup my Project? (1.65)
- How do I Make a FSX Runway SurfaceTransparent (1.65)
Articles
- Priority Matters
- What is an ADE Project File?
- How do I add a new airport?
- Why are there are Trees on My Runway!
- What Bgl Files can ADE Create?
Installing ADE
- How do I Install ADE? (1.65)
- Airport Design Editor On-line Updater
The ProKey
- What is the ProKey For?
- How do I Install the ProKey?
- How do I Purchase and Register the ProKey?
Setting ADE Up
- How do I Setup ADE for the First Time? (1.65)
- How do I Import Settings and Data from Another ADE Installation? (1.65)
- How do I Set Compile Options? (1.65)
- Conditional Compile (1.65 Requires ProKey)
Getting Started
- How do I get Help?
- How do I Start Airport Design Editor?
- How do I Open a Stock Airport?
- How do I Save my Airport?
- How do i Connect ADE to the Simulator?
- How do I Connect ADE to the Flight Simulator?
Trouble Shooting
- Why Can't I add Freeway Traffic?
- What is the ADE Issue Manager?
- Quick View of Issues in Issue Manager
- How do I Send You the ADE Log File?
- How do I Set the Logging Level of Detail?
- What can I do if ADE Tells Me that the Arial Narrow Bold Font is Missing?
- What do I do if I Get Compiler Error C1003: Failed to create MSXML object?
- What do I do if I get an Error Like "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"?
- How do I send you the ADE Log (1.65)
- How do I Fix a Missing Bgl Compiler for FSX? (1.65)
- Why is ADE Telling me it Can't Compile to the Compile To Folder? (1.65)
- Could Not Load File or Assembly 'xxxx' or One of its Dependencies (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515)
File Handling
- How Do I Set the Correct Paths to FSX and the FSX SDK?
- How Do I Set Folder Paths in ADE?
- How Do I Set the Folder to Compile To?
ADE Display
- Show/Hide Guideline End Bars
- Add Comments to ADE Display
- Small Library Objects Display
- How do I Show or Hide the Background Display Grid?
- How do I Change the Order in which Objects are Displayed?
- How do I Lock Objects in the Display?
- How do I Show Night Lighting?
- Visual Indicator of Time to Next Autosave
- How do I Select Multiple Objects?
- How do I Add a Background Image?
- How do I Pan the ADE Display?
- How do I Stop Accidental Drag when I select an Object?
Mouse and Keyboard
- Center on Tower View Point from Right Click Menu
- Add or Remove a Vertex
Menus
- Comments Option in View Menu
- Show or Hide Tool Tips
Tools
- How do I Change the Altitude of an Airport?
- How do I Change the Airport Altitude?
- How do I Move an Airport (Requires ProKey)
- Set Path to Thumbnail Folder
- Adding Library Object Information to ADE
- What Third Party Object Libraries are Used in a Project?
- Project Tree to Edit Airport Items
- How do I Rotate the Airport? (Requires the ProKey)
- Importing Stock Data into a Project
Runways
- How do I Make a Runway Transparent in P3D V2?
- How do I Add a Runway?
- How do I Set Runway Lighting?
- How do I Set the Offsets for VASI/PAPI?
- How do I Add an ILS to a Runway?
- How do I Add Start Positions to a Runway?
Taxiways and Parking
- Setting Taxi Link Default Properties
- Airline Codes in Parking Spot Tool tip
- How do I Add Taxi Links to the Existing Network?
- How do I Set the Push Back Direction for Parking Spots?
- How do I Set Taxi Link Draw Flags to Default Values?
- How do I Add a Fuel Trigger?
- How do I Change the Display Width of a Taxi Link?
Airport Comms and ATC
- How do I Add Comms to a New Airport?
- How di I Add ATC to an Uncontrolled Airport?
The Airport
- How do I Reset a Stock Airport with a Revised Altitude Back to the Stock Altitude?
- How do I Add a Tower Viewpoint?
- How do I change the Airport Location Properties?
- How do I Change the Airport IDENT?
- How do I Remove a Stock Airport from the Sim?
Approach Designer
- Loading ILS Approach - The Airport is Stock KHUT
Scenery Objects
- User Model Display and Tooltip
- Changing the Path for a User Model
- Deleting Libraries from the Library Object Manager
- How do I Add a Big Thumbnail Pack to ADE?
- How do I Add a Model (mdl) File to ADE?
Terrain Elements
- How do I Add a Background Polygon to an Airport?
- How do I Create a Sloped Background Polygon
Custom Ground Polys
- How do I change the layer number for Custom GP Objects in ADE?
- Custom Ground Lines and Polys
- Airport Design Editor Custom Ground Lines and Polys
Next Version
- What is this Section For?
- Production Version
- Development Version