Simple Panel Design. This browser-based, Internet style, ten lesson tutorial on panel and gauge design covers FS98 through FSX. The only software tools required design panels are the Windows accessory programs "Notepad" and "Paint". The tutorial explains in detail what's in an aircraft's panel configuration file (PANEL.CFG), how to edit that file and other Flight Simulator configuration files. It explains the difference between GAU and XML gauges, how to extract ,edit, and create your own XML gauges, how to use Windows "Notepad" to add, change, and reposition gauges on an instrument panel, and how to use Windows "Paint" to change the look, color, and size of instrument panels. The tutorial lessons are linked to hands on, step-by-step exercises. Screen captures illustrate examples in the lessons and exercises. Requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or other equivalent XML-enhanced web browser. For beginner through advanced intermediate users. Ken Smith. Filename: PDToot.zip

Honeywell Radio Management Unit RM-85 FSC's for use in Virtual Panels/Cockpits. Used in Primus 1000 Avionics Suite Learjet 45. FSDS FSC & BMP format. By Pedro Caldeira. 314K

Honeywell Corporation MFD Display FSC's for use in Virtual Panels/Cockpits. The 4x4 " MFd is used in the F-16, Etc. The 6x6 " is used in AH-64 Apache, but may be suitable for many other projects. FDFS FSC & BMP formats. . By Pedro Caldeira. 582K

Panel Design Tutorial. The purpose of this tutorial is to give people a BASIC idea on how to design panels in Paint Shop Pro 7.You must have Paint Shop Pro before starting to read the tutorial and making panels. Download a trial version at jasc.com. This tutorial gives you a better undertanding of how panel designing is done. It does not deal with the addition of gauges, only design. (I plan to make another tutorial specifically on Gauges) Also included in the .zip is a 'template' panel.cfg that must be modified depending on the panel. The tutorial is in Rich text format (Word). Tutorial by Havoc Wreaker (Zone). 718K

Find GAU! Version 1.0.0 by Bill Yiannakos,Copyright (c) 2002,ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.THIS PROGRAM IS FREEWARE. Find GAU! searches MSFS panel.cfg files and finds which gauges are mentioned in them and so, which gauges are included in the linked panel. Very useful for panel disigners. 35K

FS2000 gauge lighting utility.(makepink11.zip) FS2000 gauge lighting utility. Adds the soft pink night lighting to FS98/CFS gauges. Version 1.1 works with more gauges, including the large CFS "clustered" GAU files. A new option adds FS98-style night lighting to unlit gauges. An added utility changes the FS2000 GPS gauge background lighting. Requires Visual Basic 4.0 driver files. By Chuck Dome.

Scalemaker: A utility for FS98\2000 panel designers. This program makes it easy to create scales for round dial gauges for FS98/2000. The user only has to enter six parameters into the program for it to draw and display the scale on screen. The scale can be saved as a bitmap and edited using any paint program. FREEWARE by Scott Macmillan. 150K

FS2000 gauge hacking utility. Displays raw numbers so that gauge designers may discover new variables in the absence of a new SDK. By Chuck Dome. 68K

FS98/CFS/FS2000 GAU to BMP utility. Extracts bitmaps from gauge files and reinserts them after repainting. Requires Visual Basic 5.0 drivers (SP3 version). By Chuck Dome. 145K

FS98/CFS Gauges and Panel.cfg Uninstaller This an application that allow you to delete a "Panel.cfg" file with the gauges files used by it. Will not delete gauges used by other panels. This application was developed in Visual Basic. It doesnt require any file. By Manuel Ambulo . 2.9MB