RF Studio 0.12.0-beta is the biggest beta so far: it brings a new Airport mode, custom 3D parts and several new editor tools. Projects and data from previous versions are kept – simply install the new version over the old one.
Airport mode
Airports are now part of the project. Take one over from X-Plane (Custom Scenery, Global Airports) or from the Scenery Gateway, or create a new one – an airport, a heliport or a seaplane base.
Edit runways, paved surfaces, markings, lighting, ramp starts, signs, PAPI and more directly in the editor; every change can be undone. The taxi route network for ATC and ground traffic is drawn like any other item.
Airport check points out problems by the WED rules before you export, and offers a Fix for many of them.
The export writes the airport into the scenery package (apt.dat) and for WED. For a new paved surface Studio adds a base scenery exclusion by itself, so no trees grow on it in X-Plane.
Custom parts
New part… – build a building or another object from materials and building elements; Studio saves it as an X-Plane object.
Import model… – converts a 3D model (glTF/GLB, OBJ, STL, FBX) into an X-Plane object and optimises it: textures are packed into one atlas, levels of detail are added and dense scans are simplified.
Hard surfaces – a roof, helipad, platform, pier or bridge an aircraft can touch down on; part checks and Show in place – you see the part in 3D on the terrain before saving it.
New tools
Scatter – many objects at once along a line, in an area or in a grid; it stays one editable item.
Power line – draw a route and Studio builds poles or pylons with wires the way X-Plane draws them.
Fences – a fence, wall or hedge along a line; plus garden items, facades and windows in any size.
Building – a building from any footprint with a roof, windows and materials; the OSM import can build custom buildings from heights and roof shapes.
Faster work in the editor
Bulk edits – find and replace a part, select by filter and group templates.
Command palette (Ctrl+K) and custom keyboard shortcuts, including profiles like WED or Blender.
A gizmo for moving and rotating, snapping and alignment.
The Library with categories and icons switches to match the selected tool.
Water
The terrain tools no longer change the water level; the bank slope of new water is adjustable, also after filling.
Beaches, roads and bridges at changed water are written correctly, and the edit output is a finished X-Plane scenery package.
The license agreement (EULA) is unchanged in content – version 1.2 now applies to all RF Studio beta versions.
Please post your feedback and problems in the Beta testing & bug reports subforum; send the file from the Report a problem window (it contains logs from your computer) only by e-mail to RFstudio@simulators.cz. Thank you!
RF Studio 0.12.0-beta is the biggest beta so far: it brings a new Airport mode, custom 3D parts and several new editor tools. Projects and data from previous versions are kept – simply install the new version over the old one.
Airport mode
Custom parts
New tools
Faster work in the editor
Water
The license agreement (EULA) is unchanged in content – version 1.2 now applies to all RF Studio beta versions.
Please post your feedback and problems in the Beta testing & bug reports subforum; send the file from the Report a problem window (it contains logs from your computer) only by e-mail to RFstudio@simulators.cz. Thank you!