Flight Path
This is the maximum height of the trajectories above the surface of the sphere.
The splines of the trajectories are automatically displayed via a sweep function and as polygon geometry. This radius is used for an n-corner that is used as profile for this sweep function of the trajectories.
This is the number of vertices at the n vertex used as the profile for the sweep function of the trajectories.
This percentage value can be used to animate the construction of the flight routes. The structure of each flight route follows the order of the place names as they were entered for the "focus elements".
Here you can assign a material from the Material Manager to be used for the trajectories.
If activated, pins and place names will only be displayed where flight connections have also been defined via the "focus elements".
In this area, enter the place names separated by commas that are to be connected to flight routes. The exemplary specification of location1,location2,location1,location3 then leads to the creation of two flight connections which, starting from location1, fly to locations 2 and 3 respectively. The animation of the parameter Flight route animation from 0% to 100% then leads to the creation of the flight route between location1 and location2 first. The flight path between location1 and location3 is then created. If you want to animate both flight routes at the same time, use two focus element entries and enter there e.g., Location1,Location2 at the first focus element and Location1,Location3 and at the second focus element. In this way, any number of flight routes can be planned by configuring the required number of focus elements using the Append and Shorten buttons.
Use these buttons to get the desired number of inputs for the description of the flight routes.
Enter here the place names from your file to be associated with flights. For a flight route to be created, at least two different place names must be entered for a focus element. The place names are to be separated from each other by commas. More than two place names can also be entered for stopover flights. The flight then leads from A to B and then further from B to C (A,B,C). However, forked flights are also possible if, for example, A,B,A,C is entered. Two independent flight routes are then calculated, leading from location A to locations B and C respectively.
Use the "Append" and "Shorten" buttons to have the required number of focus elements available for your flight routes.