Export to AC3D (.ac) format

[ghost]

Add possibility for export whole model or each part to AC3D (.ac) format, that can include assembly and parts in single file.

• https://www.inivis.com/ac3d/man/ac3dfileformat.html
• https://sites.google.com/view/ac3dfileformat/home

References

• https://github.com/NikolaiVChr/Blender-AC3D
  • http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=13442
• http://developer.x-plane.com/tools/ac3d-plugin/

Additionaly

• https://github.com/jcmellado/hangar
• https://github.com/epatel/ac3dreader
• http://code.j3d.org/impl/ac3d_loader.html

[ramcdona]

What are you trying to accomplish with the AC3D file? It looks like its uses are very similar to those we try to cover with X3D files. Have you tried one of those?

This is a well formed issue (though possibly short on background like the above) with lots of great links, but I don't always check the issues here very often. If you want to discuss a suggestion, most of that activity happens on the Google Group.

[HaoLi111]

What are you trying to accomplish with the AC3D file? It looks like its uses are very similar to those we try to cover with X3D files. Have you tried one of those?

This is a well formed issue (though possibly short on background like the above) with lots of great links, but I don't always check the issues here very often. If you want to discuss a suggestion, most of that activity happens on the Google Group.

It is worthy to note that .ac is a straightforward input to FlightGear flight simulator. With a simple yasim xml file stating the physical parameters and a .ac for geom. We can start to try our plane in the simulator. Such thing can also be useful for testing coordinatins of ai pilot with the aircraft concept.

[ghost]

It is worthy to note that .ac is a straightforward input to FlightGear flight simulator

Yeah, and that's why Blender-AC3D designed by FlightGear users

• http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=13442

[ramcdona]

The desire for an easy path from OpenVSP to various flight simulation programs is understood. So far, none of the sponsors that fund OpenVSP development have made it a priority.

If someone from the community wants to work in this direction, I will be happy to help them out. In the meantime, I'm closing this issue as it doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

As usual, general discussions are best held in the OpenVSP Google Group -- reserving this list as a place for specific bugs with reproducible steps.