Quick start
DashEditor v0.4 · about 2 minutes
DashEditor makes AIM dashboards look the way you want — coloured boxes, gradient bars, icons — then hands the config back to RaceStudio 3 to send to the device. It's layout only: channels, alarms and shift lights stay in RaceStudio 3.
The loop (never changes)
RaceStudio 3 → DashEditor → RaceStudio 3 → dash.
- In RaceStudio 3, build your channels and Save the config.
- In DashEditor, File → Open that
.zconf2and lay it out. - File → Save As… (keep the original safe).
- Import back into RaceStudio 3 and Transmit to the device.
Five things you'll do most
- Move / resize — click an element and drag; grab a corner to resize; or type exact X / Y / Width / Height in the right-hand panel.
- Add something —
Ctrl+I(Insert Element): pick a type (Numeric value, Bar, Static label, Multi-value box, Icon), choose a channel, insert. - Style a box — right-click a value → Box style… → set a Color and a Caption (the little header tag, e.g.
OIL P). - Colour the RPM bar — right-click an RPM bar → Color bar (green→amber→red). Set the bar's Max to your redline for a shift-bar feel.
- Layer things — right-click → Bring to Front / Send to Back when elements overlap.
One gotcha worth knowing: a single-value box moves anywhere on the page, but if you click a cell inside a multi-value box it only moves within that box. To move the whole group, click the box's edge or use the element list on the left.
Two more you'll hit
- Yellow ⚠️ in RS3? The channel isn't in that config — add/enable it in RaceStudio 3, or rebind the box. Not a layout problem.
- Font looks corrupt on the dash? AIM uses fixed bitmap font sizes — stick to the sizes the picker offers.
That's enough to build a clean dash. When you want the detail — multi-value boxes, worked examples, sharing caveats, troubleshooting — read the full How-to guide.