How To Create Ground Layouts for VRC

How To Create Ground Layouts for VRC

A “Quick” tutorial on how to create ground layouts / ASDE-Xs for VRC/Euroscope/etc using AutoCAD

Vatsim Germany Sector File Tools: http://nav.vatsim-germany.org/files/library/public/dxf_convert.zip

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Downloading FAA Charts
01:30 Converting to AutoCAD Format
03:00 Importing into AutoCAD & Cleaning up
04:10 Creating Layers
05:35 Isolating Non-movement Areas
09:10 Dealing with Holes
10:15 Drawing a Complex Movement-area Boundry
13:15 Sorting Hatches into Layers
14:30 Exporting Data from ADE
17:50 Converting ADE Data to AutoCAD
18:55 Aligning Airport Diagram
21:50 Converting AutoCAD to SCT
23:00 Layer Ordering
24:30 Troubleshooting
27:35 Conclusion

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