OK, so Air Manager on the PC gives me the choice of panels / controls to use with the sim that may not be built in, or space desk lets the iPads run as additional monitors and POM helps with the placement of popouts from the std flight controls on a particular plane?
I have an 2nd small (non touch) monitor on my sim PC, I used the right alt & popped out the PFD (172 / G-1000) and dragged it to that monitor just fine, although none of the soft keys came with it. I assume the goal on a touch screen is to have the soft keys around the border - does Air Manager let me do that?