Basics tutorial
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Prerequisites
The following prerequisites should be met before starting this tutorial:
- Ensure your organisation's domain administrator has created an account for you.
- This tutorial will involve the creation of a new Project.
Introduction to the Tygron Platform
The Tygron Platform is a server-client application specializing in rapid, parallel calculations and processing of data. Organizations have license which allows access to the software, and a domain which holds all the organization's User accounts and Projects. Each user within an organization that wishes to make use of the software must have an individual User account.
This tutorial assumes a user account has been created with at least EDITOR rights.
Getting started as a new user
Download the Tygron Platform client application. It can be found here:
After the download completes, install it the application, and finally start the application.
If the Tygron Platform has not been run recently on this computer, a prompt may appear for the end-user license agreement. If you agree with the terms, accept it. Note that accepting the EULA is required to continue this tutorial and to use the Tygron Platform in general.
At the login screen, click on "forgot password". Enter the email associated with your account, and click on "Reset".
This will prompt an email to be sent to your email account with a new password, which will allow you to log in.
After resetting, the login screen will have reappeared. As username, enter your email. As password, enter the password sent to you in the mail. Then click on "sign in".
If the Tygron Platform has been freshly (re)installed, the application may take a moment to optimize its internal settings, so that it can maximize performance as necessary. This will force the application to close. When this happens, restart the application, and log in again.
In the main menu, click on "options", and then "my account". This screen will allow you to manage your own account and your own Projects.
Click on "Change my password". A prompt will appear with which you can change your password to one you can remember.
Creating a new Project
In the main menu, click on "Create new Project". This will start the New Project Wizard.
Enter a name for the new Project. A Project name should usually indicate the geographical setting where the Project is located. When creating a new Project for the purpose of experimentation, such as a tutorial, it is generally convention to have the project name indicate the person the Project belongs to, e.g. test-yourname.
The name must be between 3 and 20 characters, and may consist of alphanumeric characters, spaces, and dashes.
When creating a new Project, it is possible to either create a new Project from scratch, or to base the new Project on a pre-existing Project. Ensure the option for creating a new project is selected.
Set the Projects language to the desired language, the currency to the desired currency, and the measurement system to "international".
Proceed to the next screen of the wizard.
This screen allows the selection of the geographical location and size of the new Project.
Use the search bar to locate the general area where the Project is to be located.
Move the map using the right-mouse button.
Use the left mouse button to place the blue selection zone in the appropriate location. Everything within the blue extent will be part of the Project and the 3D visualization. Anything outside the blue extent will not be part of the Project and the 3D visualization.
Click on "Advanced Options". This opens an additional panel in which some specific datasources can be toggled or configured. Some datasources can be explicitly includes or excluded from the process of generating the Project.
Disable the "Ownership" options. This will disable the Tygron Platform from generating a complex ownership situation, which might inhibit the free application of tools for sketching a future situation using Actions. Disabling the import of ownership data is a best-practise.
Click on "Generate". This will start the data import process on the Tygron Platform server.
After the generation process completes, the editor environment and 3D visualization will load.