Every mission must have at least one phase, and can have as many phases as you desire. You can select a specific set of performance models to use with each phase, allowing you perform one mission with multiple performance characteristics.
You can use the Phases toolbar or right-click an existing phase to create and define phases for the mission.
Phase Properties
When you click Phase Properties or when you create a new phase, the Phase Properties window is opened, allowing you to set the performance models that will be used in the currently selected or new phase. If you make no performance model selections at all, the default performance model set for the aircraft will be used.
The Phase Properties window displays all of the performance model types in STK's Aviator capability in a table format. If the aircraft model doesn't have an instance of a performance model type defined for it, that table entry will be grayed out. The Model Type field displays the performance model type, while the Model Name field displays the name of the specific performance model that is currently selected for the phase.
The Source field displays the source of the performance model. Link to Catalog indicates that the performance model is stored in the Catalog Manager; changes made to the performance model within the catalog will propagate to this phase of the mission. Separate Object indicates that the performance model is a local scenario copy and will be unaffected by changes to the catalog copy; in addition, you can make changes to a separate object performance model without altering the catalog copy.
The Ceiling field displays the maximum altitude defined for that performance model; all procedures in the phase will be constrained by the lowest ceiling value of the active performance models. The Required? field indicates if a performance model of that type is required by Aviator or if it is optional.
Actions within the Phase Properties window are performed with a right-click menu; this menu is defined in the following table:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Link to Catalog... | Select the performance model from the catalog for the aircraft and link to it. |
| Copy from Catalog... | Select the performance model from the catalog for the aircraft and make a copy of it that will be applied to this mission only. |
| Create New... | Create a new performance model and make a copy of it that will be applied to this mission only. |
| Delete | Remove the performance model from the phase. |
| Rename | Rename the performance model; this command is unavailable if the performance model is a catalog link. |
| Properties... | Open the properties window for the performance model. You will be able to edit any of the performance models defined for the aircraft this way, but the current model selections in the Phase Properties window will not be changed, no matter which model is selected in the properties window when you close it. |
Click Copy Performance Models to save the current selection of performance models to the clipboard. Click Paste Performance Models to define the selection of performance models for this phase using the selection of performance models currently saved to the clipboard. Click Set Default Perf Models to save the current selection of performance models as the default selection for all new phases that you create in this mission.