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		+	[[File:CPTrackDesignerSettings.gif|right]] This control panel is a little difficult to understand at first, but it is '''VERY IMPORTANT''' to get it right. Otherwise your weather routing and track designs will be wrong and you may not know it.
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		+	Here is what it does: When you have weather loaded VRToool has access to wind data starting from the beginning of the first forecast right through to the end of the last.  When you place a point on the chart to start a new track VRTool needs to know which point in this weather continuum to applies to the start of the track.
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		+	The three options available are:<br style="clear: both" />
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		+	[[File:CPTrackDesignerSub1.gif|right]][[File:CtrlOption.gif]] '''time from last wind update'''.
		+	: This option starts applying weather from the '''beginning''' of the available wind data, which is the weather that was current at the time of the last wind update.  This is only useful if you are starting a track from your position you were at when the
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		+	[[File:CPTrackDesignerSub2.gif|right]][[File:CtrlOption.gif]] '''windgrid timestamp + a time zone'''.
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		+	[[File:CPTrackDesignerSub3.gif|right]][[File:CtrlOption.gif]] '''a given date/time'''.
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	==Global settings==		==Global settings==
	==Raster chart Images==		==Raster chart Images==
	==Monochrome bitmap==		==Monochrome bitmap==

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Revision as of 07:13, 14 October 2014

The following control panels are on the Other tab:

Track designer settings

This control panel is a little difficult to understand at first, but it is VERY IMPORTANT to get it right. Otherwise your weather routing and track designs will be wrong and you may not know it.

Here is what it does: When you have weather loaded VRToool has access to wind data starting from the beginning of the first forecast right through to the end of the last. When you place a point on the chart to start a new track VRTool needs to know which point in this weather continuum to applies to the start of the track.

The three options available are:

time from last wind update.

This option starts applying weather from the beginning of the available wind data, which is the weather that was current at the time of the last wind update. This is only useful if you are starting a track from your position you were at when the

windgrid timestamp + a time zone.

a given date/time.

Global settings

Raster chart Images

Monochrome bitmap