What is everyone using to build 3d api's for Airport?

[BigH]

LAST EDITED ON Jan-29-02 AT 10:54PM (EDT)[p]To All
What 3D design program are most airport designers using to build their airports with? I have been using Nova and getting mixed results. Square polygons made into api's import just fine into airport and are easy to place. If I build an MSO macro with something other than square parts I get a very distorted shape which is very hard to place. The following image is gate ramp designed in Nova and imported as an API in Airport for Windows.


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This screen shot is what I mean.
Once I compile my design in airport it appears as designed. Is there a work around or am I doing something wrong?



Any help or advice would be appreciated

Thanks

version Airport for Windows 2.6 build 135

[Barney]

I've used Raphael's two versions of VOD, and a trial version of NOVA 2000 when it first came out while employing the MSO method. I don't remember ever encountering what you portray here. And I'm not familiar at all with the current edition of NOVA.

The past while, I've been using EOD pretty much exclusively.

What I have run into, and it seems to be a case with whatever program you use, is Scasm not able to compile some shapes if their size is too small. My solution to this is to design the object about 4 times what I want and then reduce the scale to .25 within the compilation program (Apt 2.60).

Barney

[Bagman]

I use FSDS and Easy object designer to make macros.

Brian


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[BigH]

Thanks for all your replys. It gives me something to go on.

Harald