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Everything new- Type an instrument's position, and measure point to point9 Nov 2026 · Panel DesignerPut an instrument exactly where you want it by typing its position.
- Ready-made add-on pieces5 Nov 2026 · Panel DesignerThe Add-on panel tool has ready-made pieces.
- A colored panel's inside lines shown as flange lines5 Nov 2026 · Panel DesignerA template's inside lines now show on a colored panel.
- Joining goes straight to your designs2 Nov 2026 · Panel DesignerCreate an account now takes you to My designs, ready to start a panel.
- The Flightcom DVR 300i2 Nov 2026 · Panel DesignerThe Flightcom DVR 300i is in the library, the panel clock that records cockpit audio, for a 2 1/4 in.
- The Kanardia Nesis IV and Amigo2 Nov 2026 · Panel DesignerThe Kanardia Nesis IV is in the library, 10.1 in.
Panel Designer42 articles
- Panel Designer features overviewWhat the Panel Designer can do, where each tool is, and which article tells you more.
- Create a new panel designStart a new design on your aircraft's panel template.
- Open a panel designFind a saved design on My designs and open it in the designer.
- Save a panel designSave your design, how the 15-minute autosave works, and how changes that did not save are kept and restored.
- Rename, copy and delete panel designsRename, copy or delete a design from its card on My designs.
- Add a single instrumentFind an instrument in the search and put it on your panel by clicking or double-clicking.
- Add several instruments at oncePut down a row or a block of the same instrument at the spacing you set.
- Select, group and ungroup instrumentsSelect one instrument or several, with Shift, Select several or a box dragged around them, and group them to move as one.
- Send to back, bring to frontChoose which of two overlapping instruments is on top.
- Lock and unlock instrumentsLock an instrument in place so it cannot be moved by accident, and unlock it.
- Snap-toTurn Snap-To on or off so a dragged instrument snaps into line with the panel, instruments and lines.
- Construction linesAdd horizontal and vertical guide lines to line up instruments, and move or hide them.
- Center an instrument on the panelPut an instrument in the exact center of the panel template with Center On Panel.
- Move instruments by direction and distanceMove or space the selection by an exact direction and distance, in inches.
- Move an instrument straight across or straight up and downHold Shift while you drag to keep an instrument moving only across or only up and down.
- Align two instruments on their centersLine up two instruments on their centers with Align Centers.
- Align and distribute instrumentsLine up edges or centers with the Align buttons, and space a row evenly with Distribute.
- Export and share a design imageMake a picture of your design to save, copy a link to, or share.
- Bill of materialsEverything on your design and what it needs, with prices and totals; change any line, add your own items, and download it as a PDF or a CSV file.
- Upload your own panel templates and instrumentsAsk us to add a panel template or instrument, or upload your own.
- Phones and tabletsWhat works on a phone or a tablet, and how wide a screen the designer needs.
- Pop-up blockedOpen the Bill of materials or a CAD, Cut, Paint & Label request when your browser blocks the new tab.
- Request a quote: CAD, cut, paint and labelSend a finished design to our shop to be drawn in CAD, cut, painted and labeled, and follow the quote.
- Zoom and scrollZoom in for fine placement and scroll around the panel.
- Support: report a problem or ask for a featureReport a problem or ask for a feature from the Support button in the designer.
- Panel templates by aircraftBrowse the panel templates for each aircraft and start a design from one.
- PlacardsPut words on the panel or on an instrument, in the font, colors and border you choose.
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery key the Panel Designer answers to, in one list.
- Add-on panelsSize your own panel pieces, such as a center console or switch panel, and place them beside the panel.
- Measure distances on your panelDraw dimension lines from an item to the panel's edges and between items, without changing the design.
- Make a numbered picture of your panel for your POHMake a numbered picture of your panel and a list of its instruments for your POH.
- Choose a display's size, model and screenChoose a display's size, orientation, model and screen when you add it, or change them later.
- Panel colorSee your panel in the color it will be painted, from four finishes or any color you choose.
- Flange linesShow or hide the dashed lines that mark the panel's flanges and the room an instrument needs behind it.
- Add to my buildPut your design's instruments on your aircraft's equipment list, and its picture in your Builders Log.
- Toggle switches and circuit breakersChoose a toggle switch's color and lever position, a circuit breaker's rating, a knob's size or a Rocker Switch Pros custom switch's cap, words, lens, switch and…
- Undo and redoStep back and forward through your changes with Undo and Redo, or with the keyboard.
- Tours of new toolsA new tool pulses until you take its short tour on your own panel or close it.
- Change the template of a designPut a different panel template under a design; everything keeps its place measured from the center of the panel.
- Mirror an instrument across the panel's centerPut a second instrument the same distance on the other side of the panel's center as the first.
- Import a panel drawingTurn a panel maker's PDF drawing into a design, with an instrument proposed for every cutout.
- Avionics systems and configuratorsConfigure a whole avionics system, see its parts list, and have it laid out on your panel template.
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