Getting Started with Surveyor--A Guide for the Novice User

1. How To Use This Guide

This guide is intended to get the new user of Surveyor running as quickly as possible, as well to act as a refresher for the occasional user.

Look through the description of each section below, and select the sections which look like they will be of the most use to you.

2. Surveyor Concepts

This section briefly describes the concepts and definitions important to Surveyor. If you are a first time user, or have trouble understanding some surveyor concepts or terminology, you should start here.

For example, what is meant by a world as opposed to a state.

3. Running Surveyor

This section takes you through all the essential parts of Surveyor, from how to start it from the command line through defining your surveyor world, to making your first animation.

4. Command Reference

The command reference is a comprehensive description of the buttons and menus in Surveyor and what they do. This is a good section in which to look when you have specific questions about the interface. If you are a novice user, you should see Running Surveyor first.


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