Biga42 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 How it works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) It measures direction and distance between two points. Or it can create a new point an input direction and distance from a given point. Take Instant Action, Easy mission and active pause (LShift-Pause) soon after starting. Look at OFFSET page by FUNC-4 (UFC) or the OSET button (CDU). In my example I am looking as CDU page on MPCD but you can use CDU screen as well. As seen when first on page [font=Fixedsys]OFFSET F1 1 D5/B1 ±0 L/L↕ []INIT POSIT MH/DIS:[] 354/0.0 []N41°58.913 ?10◎ []E043°49.623 0[] [█ ][/font]±0 is start point. 0[] is end point. 354/0.0 is direction/distance of from "start" to "end". We change "start" to 5 and "end" to 3. [font=Fixedsys]OFFSET F1 1 D5/B1 ±5 L/L↕ []TANKS MH/DIS:[] 278/14.7 []N42°10.753 ?10◎ []E043°43.727 3[] [█ ][/font]From 5 TANKS it is direction/distance 278° 14.7nm to 3. Maybe we want to know measurement from 5 to N42°12.345, E048°55.543 instead. [font=Fixedsys]OFFSET F1 1 D5/B1 ±5 L/L↕ [/font][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][]TANKS MH/DIS:[] [/font][/font][/font][/font] 073/222 []N42°12.345 ?10◎ []E048°55.543 ****[] [█ ][/font]It is 73° 222nm from 5 to these coordinates. **** means these coordinates are not any waypoint in memory. Lastly you can type in MH/DIS value to create a new point "end" which is MH/DIS from "start". Maybe we wish to find new point 090° 123nm from 5 TANKS. [font=Fixedsys]OFFSET F1 1 D5/B1 ±5 L/L↕ [/font][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][]TANKS MH/DIS:[] [/font][/font][/font][/font] 090/123 []N41°34.953 ?10◎ []E046°39.244 ****[] [█ ][/font]If ?10◎ is pressed then a new waypoint 10 is created at this "end" point. [font=Fixedsys]OFFSET F1 1 D5/B1 ±5 L/L↕ [/font][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][font=Fixedsys][]TANKS MH/DIS:[] [/font][/font][/font][/font] 090/123 []N41°34.953 ?11◎ []E046°39.244 10[] [█ ][/font] Edited November 9, 2018 by Frederf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yurgon Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 As seen when first on page [...] Wow, brilliant explanation! I just learned several new things about this CDU page. Thanks a lot! :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaltokri Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Hi Frederf, how did you create the ANSI-Art CDU Code Snipplets? Manually or with a tool? Thank you for the information. I will try and practice it today. SYSTEM: Mainboard MSI MEG X570 | CPU Ryzen 7 5800X @ 4.5 GHz | RAM 64 GB @ 3200 MHz | GPU GIGABYTE RTX 4090 | 1 TB SSD | Win 10 x64 DEVICES: ASUS 27" LCD | TrackIR 5 | LukeClip | Quest 3 | PointCTRL | Virpil HOTAS | MFG Crosswind | TableMount MonsterTech MODULES: To much to list. But I stopped buying more, because of too much bugs in e.g. A-10C(II). @ED: Fix the bugs and I spend money on modules again. Promised. PROJECTS: OpenFlightSchool: DE / EN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Manually. Nice thing about code tag is fixed(ish) width font. I didn't get the exact number of characters right I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroReady Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 OK I can make an offset waypoint from bullseye. If I want to the edit the DOT to that waypoint, do just set the knob back to steer point, select the waypoint I just made, and edit it from there like normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 DTOS is a waypoint or waypoint-as-flight-plan-point attribute. You'd either edit the waypoint DTOS or the flight plan entry DTOS if your waypoint isn't/is part of your flight plan the same as you would for any other waypoint not created by offset. Once the waypoint created it's the same as any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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