Introduction
Welcome to Albion 6
Changes
License Agreement
Installation Guide
Documentation Layout
The User Interface
Main Albion User Interface
Albion User Interface for technical programs
Integrated Albion GIS Menu
Integrated Albion CAD Menu
Integrated Albion DTM Menu
Albion 6 Quick Start Guide
Getting started
Albion CAD: step-by-step
Opening and viewing existing drawing
Finding the CAD menus and icons
Creating new layers
Drawing circle entities
Drawing line entities
Drawing polyline entities
Editing polyline entities
Inserting text entities
Saving and printing the drawing
Albion GIS: step-by-step
Finding the GIS menus and icons
Opening a polygon shapefile
Viewing the layer data
Querying the layer data
Changing the style of the shapefile
Changing the rendering of the shapefile
Editing the layer data
Editing shape vertices
Saving changes made to shapefile
Albion 6 Tutorials
Getting started
Albion CAD Tutorial: Advanced CAD Exercise
Goal of excercise
Overview of steps to create drawing
Execution of steps to complete drawing
Albion GIS Tutorial: Advanced GIS Excercise
Importing spatial data
Database processing and spatial data editing
Exploring spatial data results
Albion Tutorial: Advanced Printing Exercise
Loading background template drawing
Loading GIS projects
Setting up style and rendering
Defining legend to be inserted into paper space
Setting up Paper Space drawings
Printing to PDF
Albion 6 CAD User Guide
Getting Started
Background
The User Interface
Comparison to AutoCAD
Creating Objects
Selecting and Editing Objects
How To...
User Interface Elements
Edit Properties
Layer Control
Quick Access Bar
Text Properties
Status and Command Bars
Right-click Menus
Selected CAD Entity
Quick Access Bar
Drawing
Entering Input
About Layers
Snaps
Properties and Texture
Common Properties
Textured Brushes
View Control
Working With Bitmaps
Inserting Symbols
Drawing Tables
Printing
Printing
Paper Space
Editing Viewports in Paper Space
Batch Printing
Modifying
Moving Objects
Rotating Objects
Scaling Objects
Converting Objects
Tools
Map Books
Workflow
Template Drawing
Configuration
Setup
Default Keyboard Shortcuts
Miscellaneous
Bitmap Tiling
Tips and Tricks
Toolbars
Create Objects Bar
Text
Numbered Text
Line
Polyline
Polygon
Multi-part Polyline
Multi-part Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle
Point
Arrow
Insert Block
Insert Bitmap
Construction Aids
Dimensions
File Handling Bar
New Drawing
Open Drawing
Save Drawing
Page Setup
Print
Edit Bar
Undo
Redo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Objects Control Bar
Move
Scale
Rotate
View Control Bar
Zoom Window
Zoom Previous
Zoom Extents
Zoom to Selected
Query Bar
Measure Area
Measure Distance
Query Entity
Filter Bar
Selection Filter
Modify Objects Bar
Explode
Implode
Array
Break
Offset
Polygon Boolean
GIS Layer Manager Bar
Quick Access Bar
Edit Properties Bar
Edit Properties
Status and Command Bars
Main Menu
File
New Drawing
Open Drawing
Merge Drawing
Close Drawing
Save Drawing
Save Drawing As...
Save All Drawings
Export to Bitmap
Template Drawing
Print
Print
Page Setup
Batch Print
Switch Layout View
Define Named View
Recent Drawings
Authorize
Exit
GIS
Maps
Open Street Maps
Bing Maps
Edit
Undo
Redo
Clone
Copy As...
Copy With Base Point
Copy to Bitmap or Metafile
Copy
Cut
Paste
Find Text
Replace Text
Regenerate Drawing
Select All
Invert Selection
Invert Selection on Layer
Drawing Options
Preferences
Insert
Block Part / Symbol
Bitmap
Import Text
Map Grid
Paper Space Objects
Viewport
Coordinate Label
Scale Bar
Tools
Layer Manager
Fix to Coordinates
Dump Text
Projection Calculator
Cleanup
Select Duplicates
Remove Duplicates
Extract Polygons
Extract Symbols
Convert Polylines to Arcs
Delete Empty Text
Delete Invalid Geometry
Snap Vertices
Polyline Cleanup
Snap Settings
Selection Filter
Show/Hide Layers in all Layouts
Manage Tables
DTM
Load DTM
Save DTM
Export Regular Grid
Unload DTM
Generate from CAD
Generate Contours
Show Points
Spot Height
Draw
Text
Numbered Text
Line
Polyline
Polygon
Multi-part Polyline
Multi-part Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle
Point
Arrow
Symbol
Symbol: Insert
Symbol: Define
Construction Aids
Dimensions
Modify
Edit Properties
Edit Text
Erase
Move
Scale
Rotate
Join Lines
Cut into Line Segments
Geometry
Polygon Boolean
Boundary (Convex Hull)
Buffer
Simplify
Voronoi Cells from Object Centers
Extract Vertices as Points
Extract Centroids as Points
Adjust Projection
Align
Offset
Crop
Split Lines at Segment Length
Split Lines at Intersections
Explode
Implode
Array
Mirror
Trim
Extend
Chamfer
Fillet
Break
Order
Move to Top
Move Up
Move Down
Move To Bottom
Convert To
Query
Measure Distance
Measure Area
Measure Summed Area
Query Entity
Coordinate Query
View
Zoom Extents
Zoom Previous
Zoom Window
Zoom to Selected
Zoom to Paper
Define Named View
Regen
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Help
Albion 6 GIS User Guide
Frequently Asked Questions
General CAD related questions
Getting Started
Background
When is My Data Saved to Disk?
Layers
User Interface Elements
GIS Layer Manager
Database Table
Edit Database
Menus
Database Table
File
Save
Save Selected
Add Field
Close
Edit
Undo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Find
Find and Replace
Select by Expression
Select Null values
Select Non-Null values
Invert Selection
Select...
Text
Delete Record(s)
Clear
Fill Value
Execute Lua Script
Create Unique Indices
Create Dynamic Field
Generate GUIDs
Remove All Filters
Utilities
Apply Height Field To Geometry
Dissolve (Merge Parts by Field)
Fill with Polygon Geometry
Fill with Point Geometry
Fill with Line Geometry
Table Configure
Configure Columns
Layouts
New Layout
Delete Current
Load
Save
Save as Default
Reset
Execute SQL
Select Query - (Create Table/Report)
Update Query - (Update/Append to Table)
Insert/Update Selected CAD to Column
Select Highlight Records Query
Cross Table LookUp (VLookUp)
Custom Advanced
Configure
SQL Name Generation
Right-click Menus
GIS Layer Manager
Assign Projection
Convert Projection
Render Settings
Refresh Render Settings
Copy Style
Paste Style
Style Files
Insert Legend
Zoom Extents
Select by Expression
Select
Edit Database
Save to..
Save as..
Change Data Source
Clone
Divorce From GIS
Rename
Remove
Delete Layer
Open Folder Location
Database Table
Columns
Configure Columns
No Sorting (in grid)
Sort Ascending
Sort Descending
Add
Delete...
Delete this field
Rename / Restructure
Ensure Unique
Auto Increment
Add Filter
Remove Filter
Rows
Cut
Copy
Copy with Geometry
Paste
Paste with Geometry
Delete Records
Clear
Fill
Cell Selection
Cut
Copy
Copy with Geometry
Paste
Paste with Geometry
Clear
Fill
Selected GIS Entity
Toolbars
GIS Layer Manager Bar
Edit Properties Bar
Edit Database
Main Menu
GIS
Project
Open Project
Save Project
Save Project As...
Save Copy of Region
Add Additional (Merge) Project
Close Project
Data
Create Empty Layer
Create Merge Layer from CAD
Add File Data
Comma Seperated Values
Add Geometric File Data
Add Data
Create Joined Table
Create Chained Joined Table
Save Layer
Save Layer As...
Assign Projection
Convert Projection
Selection from Expression
Save Selection
Save Entire Database To...
Remove Layer
Appearance
Zoom to Layer Extents
Render Settings
Style Files
Find & Replace in Scripts
Tools
Click Set
Find/Replace for Record
Spatial Correlation
Snap Points To Lines
Spatial, Geometry and Data Comparison
Convert External GIS
Change Log
Synchronize
Network Topologies
Add/Remove/Configure Network
Network Cleanup
Network Flow Direction
Show Intersecting Links
Show Unlinked Nodes
Show/Remove Floating Nodes
Show/Remove Duplicate Vertices
Show/Remove Duplicate Links
Show/Remove Looped Links
Move/Slide Node
Convert Node to Vertex
Insert Node
Isolate Common Connected Items
Edit Database
Settings
Appendix
APPENDIX A: Scripting in Albion GIS
Sample SQL Queries
Sample Lua Text Scripts
Sample Lua Freeform Scripts
Lua Manual
Lua
APPENDIX B: Acknowledgement of third-party licenses