User Manual

• Drop‐downboxes–Theseareforattributeswhichhaveasetnumberofpossibleselections,suchaswhich
pilotamodelfeaturesinitscockpit.Tochangethis typeofattribute,clickonthedrop‐downboxtoopenit
andselectanewoptionfromthelistthatappears.
• Check‐boxes – These are for attributes which only have a single enabled/disabled value. Change these by
left‐clicking once on the check‐box to toggle it. Sometimes checkboxes will enable or disable other
attributes/setsofattributeswheremarked.
• Colour swatches – These are for colour attributes such as display ‐smoke colour on fixed‐wing models. To
changea colour attribute, left‐click on the colour swatchtoopenthe Colour Selector,selectanewcolour,
thenclickfinished.
Enabled/disabledattributes
Someattributesinthelistmaybedisabledbydefault.Thesearerecognisedbybeinggreyed‐outwhencomparedto
anormal,enabled,attribute.
Usually these attributes are enabled by toggling another  check‐box which will usually be above the disabled
attribute(s). When this is the case, it will be explained in the detailed tooltip which appears when you hover your
mousecursoroverthedisabledattribute.
Colourscheme
To the right of the attribute list, below the preview pane is the colour scheme drop‐down box. When alternative
colourschemesarefoundforthecurrentlyselectedmodeltheywillappearinthisboxforyoutochoose.
Variantsettingsandcontrols
BelowtheColourSchemedrop‐downboxarethecontrolsforcreatingandorganisinganyvariantsattached tothis
model.Theleft‐mostdrop‐downboxcontainsalistofallvariantscurrentlyavailableforthemodelyouareediting.
Whenyoueditamodel,anewvariantisautomaticallycreatedandwillappearinthislist.
To the right of this drop‐down box is the Variant Name edit‐box.Ifyouhaveacustom‐madevariant selected, this
boxwillbecomeactive,lettingyourenameyournewvarianttoamoreeasilyrecognisableID.Pleasenotethatyou
cannotrenamesystem/presetvariants(markedwithacogicon).
Thebuttontotherightoftheedit‐boxistheCreateNewVariantbutton.Thisletsyoucreateanewvariant,copying
the attributes of whichever setup you currently have selected. You can then edit this using the Attribute List, or
renameitusingtheedit‐boxtotheleft.
Thefar‐rightbuttoninthisgroupistheDeleteVariantbutton.Thisletsyoudeleteacustom variant.Pleasenotethat
youcannotdeleteasystem/presetvariant(markedwithacogicon).
Changeunits
Clicking this button opens the System >Program SetupmenutotheUnitssection.Fromhere you can change the
unitsofmeasurementsthatPhoenixusesthroughouttheEditModelmenuandtherestoftheprogram.
InflightTuning
ClickingthisbuttonenablesInflightTuning.Inflight tuningisaninnovativefeaturethatletsyouselectoneormore
attributesfromtheAttributeList,whicharethendisplayedwhenyoureturntotheMainViewintheInflightTuning
Toolbar.Youcanthenadjusttheseattributeswhileyouflyyourmodel,withoutneedingtoreturntotheEditModel
menu,makingitmuchfastertoapplysmallchangestothemodelandachievethecorrectfeel.