AC3D and X-Plane

This is the definitive download web page for the latest AC3D XPlane plugin. It will be updated when new versions are available.

X-Plane Plugins

X-Plane plugins for AC3D 9.0 (4.0b0) X-Plane 12

    - updated for X-Plane 12 (requires AC3D 9 min)
        - extra _bb and _pm lights added
        - added lit_nits (brightness) value to attr_light (default 1000)
        - light parameter labels are updated with correct field labels (from the data in lights.txt)
        - The number of max selected objects/panels open at once can be increased up to 9 (not larger) by editing MAX_SEL in the tcl file.
        - light-type popup menu changed to a more compact combobox.
        - dref pulldowns have been made longer
        - "cd" value in lights now imported and exported correctly

X-Plane plugins for AC3D 9.0 (3.5b3) (XPlane 11 only)

Updated for AC3D 9.0
 - Mac - window types changed to prevent stacking problems
 - searches for datarefs and commands.txt files automatically
 - bug fix to texture image data handling

X-Plane plugins for AC3D 8.5/8.6 (3.5b1)

X-Plane plugins for AC3D 8.3 (3.4b3)

Here is the X-Plane plugin (3.3b3) for AC3D 8.0

. This adds support for exporting TEXTURE_NORMAL lines. Download AC3D X-Plane plugin for Windows
Download AC3D X-Plane plugin for Mac
Download AC3D X-Plane plugin for Linux
*** Mac users should not use the previous version 3.3b2 - there's a nasty divide-by-zero bug in it which can cause a crash. Update to the above version. ***

For AC3D 7.5:

This version 3.3b1. It adds support for the new X-Plane 10.50 Manipulators.

Windows
Mac

Installation Instructions

AC3D does not come with the X-Plane plugin included. You''ll need to download and install it. Along with the plugin file and the .tcl file, you'll also need some data refs files.

On the Mac,

AC3D 8.3 and later: you must open the AC3D.app bundle and put them in the plugins folder. Either CTRL+left click, or right-click on the AC3D app icon to get a popup menu and select "Show package contents". Copy the files into the plugins folder.

How to check what version of the X-Plane plugin you have Within AC3D, go to the Help menu and select "About Plugins". It's usually at the bottom "OBJ8 X-Plane".

To check that the plugin is installed and running If it's all fine, you'll see and X-Plane menu on the right end of the main AC3D menu.

Documentation

A tutorial on using the plugin to create X-Plane animations Thanks to Ray Hill for this document which describes how to build 3D cockpits for X-Plane using AC3D: Manipulators