FS PANEL STUDIO

The "premier" panel design tool

FS Panel Studio

panel design tool that makes panel designing easy. Just drag, drop and stretch your gauges and immediately see the results. No knowledge of programming or panel.cfg file syntax is needed! Design or modify a panel in minutes. You can design or modify CFS, CFS2, FS98, FS2000 and FS2002 panels with true "What you see is what you get" results.

Based on the "award winning" CFGEdit

FS Panel Studio can create panels for Flight Simulator 98, Combat Flight Simulator, CFS2, Flight Simulator 2000 and 2002. Add, delete, move and resize gauges in seconds. Stretch gauge widths or heights independently for a perfect fit. Add windows and set their positions with 1mm accuracy. When you display a panel in FS Panel Studio, it will appear almost exactly like it will in the simulator. Use your mouse to position, resize, add and delete Gauges with immediate visual feedback.

FS Panel Studio can edit FS2002 XML gauges

Display a Gauge's properties in an easy to read Tree format. You can display the structure of these Gauges and edit their bitmaps. Currently, FS2002 Gauge files that can be edited include:

* Beech_Baron
* 747-400
* simicons
* minipanel

Edit FS2002 XML gauge bitmaps

                           Main Panel View                               Main Panel View - Gauge Select and Move

                               Aircraft Selection                                         FS2002 Gauge Edit Mode

                          Panel Window Position                                      Grid Size and Positioning

                          Panel Error Checking                                                   Preferences

FS Panel Studio will extract the bitmap you want to edit, then run your paint program and incorporate the changes on your panel.
* An external Paint program (not supplied) is required.

Add, delete, move and resize gauges

With FS Panel Studio you can browse through your gauge collection to select the perfect one. Then add it to your Panel, move, resize and modify it using your mouse, seeing your changes instantly.

Use FS Panel Studio's tools to precisely position your windows

Position your windows exactly where you want them. FSPS allows you to overlay radio stacks and GPS's to see how they line up in real time.

Fine tune all aspects of your panel with FS Panel Studio

FS Panel Studio can display and modify everything in your panel, and allow you to edit them with a point and click interface.

FS Panel Studio incorporates many features that allow both the novice and Pro panel designer to quickly and accuratly design and modify panels for Microsoft's popular Flight Simulator and Combat Flight Simulator titles.
"Nothing" is quicker, easier, and more accurate than FS Panel Studio.

Upgrades and Support

Current Upgrades:

Upgrades to FS Panel Studio 1.0 will be provided free until the next major release, which is anticipated to occur with the next major release of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
If you have already purchased FS Panel Studio and backed up your unique user keyfile as instructed in the original installation, then your key will work with all 1.X versions of FS Panel Studio.

* Version 1.1 Build 8087 Apr 07/02
* Adds a Wizard to help create new Gauges, using existing XML Gauges as a base.
* Enhancements to the Gauge Editor for XML gauges
* Minor bug fixes
* Editing of Gauge Bitmaps for ALL Gauge types
* Editing of XML data for XML Gauges Display of all bitmaps for XML Gauges
* Hide/Show full screen bitmaps to aid editing
* Improvements to the Gauge Cleaner algorithm
* Improvements to the User Interface
* New Panel Wizard for creating new panels!



* Additional information, upgrades and support can be found at the FS Panel Studio Homepage: FS Panel Studio Home Page

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