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MicroPanel Studio
by Sim Systems Pty Ltd

What is MicroPanel Studio?

MicroPanel Studio is a design time and run time environment for creating your own micropanels. A micropanel is a popup information display that can be shown or hidden when flying with Microsoft Flight Simulator. These micropanels can be whatever size, shape and color you wish. They can display any information you require in whatever format you need. There are over 300 different Microsoft Flight Simulator variables available for use. You may have any number of micropanels visible or hidden at any time during your flight. A micropanel is a single self contained file. This means that micropanels can easily be shared with others. We will soon have a collection of micropanels available for free download if you don’t want to create your own...

What MicroPanel Studio is NOT

MicroPanel Studio does not create regular Microsoft Flight Simulator panels, it creates micropanels. MicroPanel Studio does not require any understanding of regular panel design, nor does it require any programming knowledge (although you can if you wish using the MicroPanel Scripting Language). Just to be clear, a micropanel is NOT a normal Flight Simulator panel. It does not require bitmaps, gauges, programming knowledge or the like. It does not have to be installed, there are no config files and they don’t replace regular Flight Simulator panels.

So, what’s it all about?

A micropanel is a small window that can be shown and hidden within Microsoft Flight Simulator. This window is integrated within Flight Simulator so it can be moved around and toggled on and off if required. The information that is displayed in this window is whatever information you want to see. For example, you may want a window containing weather information such as cloud type, wind speed and wind direction. You may want a window displaying aircraft speed, ground speed, altitude and so on. Each of these windows would be a micropanel that you have designed or downloaded. Micropanels are very simple to create and the infomation displayed on them can be textual or graphical, the micropanel itself can be any size and color. Micropanels are created using the MicroPanel Editor that comes with the program, so MicroPanel Studio is the program to design the micropanels and the program to display and update the micropanels when they are running in Flight Simulator.

Is a micropanel a normal panel or gauge?

A micropanel has got nothing to do with normal Flight Simulator panels and gauges. A micropanel sits on top of your Flight Simulator screen, it is not part of a regular panel. This lets you position your micropanels anywhere on the screen, particularly useful if you are in full screen mode with the regular Flight Simulator panel hidden, you may for example, have a small micropanel across the top of the screen just showing the flight information you require.

How are micropanels created?

MicroPanel Studio comes with a powerful micropanel editor. This tool enables you to very very quickly and easily create a micropanel. It is drag and drop with over 300 Flight Simulator variables to choose from. Some of these variables include Groundspeed, Airspeed, Outside Air Temperature, Latitude, Longitude, Engine 1 Temperature and so on and so on. Variables are grouped into categories because there are so many of them. These categories include Autopilot, Control Surfaces, Engines, General, Failures, Fuel, Joystick, Naviagation, Radios, Slew and Weather.

What are the key features?

Some of the features of MicroPanel Studio include:

Complete design time editor and environment

Integrated hotkey control and micropanel selector within Flight Simulator

Over 300 Microsoft Flight Simulator variables available for use

Micropanels can be easily uploaded or downloaded for use by others

No programming knowledge required

No understanding of regular Microsoft Flight Simulator panel design required

Unlimited number of micropanels may be used simultaneously

Micropanels are a single file, so no installation is required to use them

Microsoft Flight Simulator gauge image extractor included so you can use gauge images in your own micropanels

Drag and drop development environment

Micropanel scripting language included for adding further intelligence to micropanels if required

Micropanels can be transparent (Windows 2000 only)

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