Author Topic: SODE Jetways Positioning  (Read 1542 times)

miata54

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SODE Jetways Positioning
« on: August 31, 2020, 10:36:03 pm »
Just got Level 2 and have substituted the default animated jetways on a CUSTOM 3rd party terminal. The SODE jetways are all showing but are not making contact with the terminal hubs. Probably missed this, but are the SODE jetways based on the positions of the default jetways? I went to the AFCAD for the airport and moved the default jetways, slightly, but when back in FSX, the SODE jetways had not moved. The only way I can see to adjust the gaps between the jetways and the terminal, is to use Instant Scenery and move the terminal. Just wondering if the SODE's are movable?

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Re: SODE Jetways Positioning
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2020, 10:48:42 pm »
I strongly suggest to take a proper read of the GSX manual, because many of these questions had an answer there.

On default airports, the default jetways are automatically replaced with a SODE model that has exactly the same size of the stock one, including a bridge ( like the stock one ), so when replacing jetways automatically, you can be sure they WILL always touch the terminal, because they have the same insertion center, same size and a bridge of the same length.

This is of course different when you manually replace jetways on a 3rd party airport that used its own models, with bridge of many different sizes, so replacing them with the default model, even if it comes with a bridge, will almost invariably not match the terminal.

Which is why, GSX has an entire collection of bridges in many styles, sizes and colors, some of them slanted ( those with an "S" in their name ), so they can rise to terminals that might be higher than the jetway.

And yes, of course you can move and rotate BOTH the jetway AND the bridge, to match any scenery. This is also fully explained in the manual, look at Pages 46-47, for example.

miata54

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Re: SODE Jetways Positioning
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2020, 12:58:46 am »
Thanks Umberto for the page numbers! Trying to find a specific solution or explanation can sometimes be daunting.  :o ;D