Scenery Apprentice

Scenery Apprentice - Frequently Asked Questions

Scenery Apprentice is a super simple way to make 3D scenery objects for Flight Simulator.

Below are some of these F.A.Q.s about this new nifty tool.

Please read through the FAQs to see if we aleady have the answer to your question. If your particular question is not answered, send an email to our tech support staff.

How is Scenery Apprentice different from FS Design Studio PRO?

How does Autosave work?

I am unable to use the map function. After I choose an airport, Scenery Apprentice tells me that there are 0 files imported and 0 parts. What is the problem?

Answers to your Frequently Asked Questions

Question: How is Scenery Apprentice different from FS Design Studio PRO?

Answer: While these two programs share many common features, there are significant differences.

Scenery Apprentice contains a subset of the larger set of features found in FS Design Studio PRO (FSDS).

The target audience for Scenery Apprentice is a user that has less experience using CAD (computer aided design) software and wants a tool that is exceptionally easy to use. With this audience in mind, the following feature set was selected for Scenery Apprentice.

Features
Scenery Apprentice FS Design Studio

Position 3D objects using Latitude/Longitude
yes yes

Position 3D objects using Flight Sim scenery
yes no

Position 3D objects using Flight Sim airport data
yes no

Floating toolbar
no
yes

Custom parameters for "primitve parts"
no
yes

Edit cross sections (structured parts)
no yes

Add points to a part
no yes

Create parts with templates - extrusion
no yes

Edit parts while maintaining symmetry
no yes

Support for plug-ins
no yes

Create SCASM source code
no yes

Create RAW BGL code
no yes

Create flyable aircraft BGL
no yes

Hide/unhide selected and/or reference parts
no
yes

Animated textures
no yes

Support for "display conditions"
no yes

Price
$19 $49

How does Autosave work?
If you're working on a project and have not saved the project within the past ten minutes, FSDS will make a copy of this project. The project is copied to a file named "autosave.fsc" and is located in your main FSDS folder.
Keep in mind that this file represents the state of your project at the time it was automatically saved and will not have all of the changes that you subsequently make to the project. We suggest that you save the project often using a filename other than autosave.fsc.

I am unable to use the map function. After I choose an airport, Scenery Apprentice tells me that there are 0 files imported and 0 parts. What is the problem?
The problem is related to your FS2000 installation. Scenery Apprentice reads the scenery directly from your hard drive, not the CD-ROM. To remedy this, you'll have to reinstall FS2000 and choose Custom Install to copy all of the scenery to your hard drive. Once you do this, run Scenery Apprentice and forece the Scenery File Scan option.

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