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This article shall give an overview of how to add a canvas based EFIS to an airliner. | This article shall give an overview of how to add a canvas based EFIS to an airliner. | ||
== Introduction / recommended reading == | == Introduction / recommended reading == | ||
For an introduction to Electronic Flight | For an introduction to Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) please read the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flight_instrument_system EFIS] and | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine-indicating_and_crew-alerting_system EICAS] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine-indicating_and_crew-alerting_system EICAS] | ||
article on Wikipedia. | article on Wikipedia. | ||
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* [[Canvas]] | * [[Canvas]] | ||
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It is assumed that you have an existing aircraft and you wish to add a canvas/nasal based EFIS to it. | It is assumed that you have an existing aircraft and you wish to add a canvas/nasal based EFIS to it. | ||
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* Include the [[Canvas EFIS Framework]] into your aircraft and configure it | * Include the [[Canvas EFIS Framework]] into your aircraft and configure it | ||
* Add nasal code for animating the pages | * Add nasal code for animating the pages | ||
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This article shall give an overview of how to add a canvas based EFIS to an airliner.
Introduction / recommended reading
For an introduction to Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) please read the EFIS and EICAS article on Wikipedia.
Things you should probably have read about:
High level workflow overview
It is assumed that you have an existing aircraft and you wish to add a canvas/nasal based EFIS to it.
You will roughly have to perform the following steps:
- Create a 3D model for your display unit(s), e.g. in Blender.
- Add this display units as needed into your 3D cockpit (edit some model XML files)
- Create SVG images for the different EICAS pages (e.g. with inkscape)
- Include the Canvas EFIS Framework into your aircraft and configure it
- Add nasal code for animating the pages