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Training overview

The training section is a guided curriculum for using Siter end-to-end. It is structured as numbered modules that build on each other — a new user can work through them in order, while an experienced user can drop into a specific topic for a refresher.

Training pages focus on learning objectives and scenario-based exercises. They explain why the application behaves the way it does and how expert QD knowledge maps onto Siter's UI mechanics. For step-by-step reference on a specific feature, see the Capabilities section — each training page links into the matching capability where one exists.

Audience​

This curriculum assumes:

  • Working knowledge of QD criteria application (DoD 4145.26, DESR 6055.09, NATO EdC, etc.)
  • Comfort interpreting analysis codes, K-factors, and required separation distances
  • No prior Siter experience required

Module map​

  1. Calculator fundamentals — how the QD engine resolves inputs into analysis codes and results, in a single-analysis context. This is the conceptual foundation for everything that follows.
  2. Getting set up — request access or install the desktop client, and validate edit permissions.
  3. Projects — create and configure a project, including criteria, attribute defaults, and spatial reference.
  4. Layers — work with QD-visible and background layers, organize them, and bring in imagery.
  5. Features — add, edit, move, and reassign facilities and other map objects.
  6. Your first analysis — run analysis, read the results, and identify violations.
  7. Relationships — assign related facilities, manage relationship groups, and use barricading.
  8. Making site plans — produce forms, result sets, and drawings.
  9. Project management — share, export, copy, and archive projects.
  10. Utility tools — data validation, to-do list, markup, and the digitizer.
  11. Bulk tools — work with the features list and edit many facilities at once.
  12. Placement analysis — preview a new feature's impact before committing it.
  13. Advanced data — bring in shapefiles, GeoJSON, AutoCAD, QGIS exports, and ESS imports.
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Screenshots are intentionally absent from training pages while we finalize the training dataset.