Testbed tutorial

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites should be met before starting this tutorial:

• This tutorial relies on base knowledge about the editor interface. If you have not yet followed the tutorials related to those subjects please do so first.
• This tutorial can be followed in an empty project area. 

Preparations

Take the following steps as preparation for following this tutorial:

• Create a new, empty project, sized to 500m by 500m. Ensure it's an empty project area, not based on a real world location.

Introduction to testbeds

A testbed is a controlled setup, in which there are as few variables as possible which could influence a given situation.

In the Tygron Platform, whenever you create a project based on real-world data, the project is populated with a wide range of data. Virtually every project area contains numerous constructions, height differentials, and terrain types. If any calculation takes place, especially spatial calculations, all that data can serve as input. That makes it a lot more difficult to see exactly how a specific element factors into a specific result, or where the difference between an expected and actual result comes from.