Aurora Sector Studio
Alpha 5 · Map tools

Alpha 5 map tools: quick start

Draw your first arc, try a point edit and learn when changes reach disk. Use a copy of a sector project with an existing SID or STAR for practice.

1. Choose a procedure

Open the project and Map tab. Show Airports panel, select the airport, then SID or STAR and a procedure/runway variant. Choose Fit selection.

Click a vertex to select one source row, or a segment to select its endpoints. Orange marks your selection. Double-click or use Open source to see those rows in the editor. Select a longer range there when needed.

2. Draw a practice arc

  1. Use Draw procedure… on the toolbar and choose Arc.
  2. Keep the airport as the centre, or Pick centre nearby. Leave the endpoint option unchecked.
  3. Enter radius 3 NM, start radial 0, end radial 90, reference True and direction Clockwise (right). These radials point outward from the centre.
  4. Set maximum chord error 0.01 NM, minimum segments 12, and Replace rows = 0. The default insertion position appends to the procedure.
  5. Choose Preview. Check the quarter-circle from north to east, both joins to the existing route, and Before/After source.
  6. Choose Apply to document. The editor changes; disk does not change yet.
  7. In the source tab, try Undo, then Redo. Use Save or Save All to keep the result. Close the drawing window before opening another tool.

3. Try the right-click menu

Select one literal point and right-click it. Choose Move point…, then Pick position, click a new location and review the preview before Apply. You can also use Drag on map in the movement window: grab the gold handle, release inside the map, then review and apply the returned proposal.

Right-clicking inside a selected range preserves the range. Named points offer explicit conversion rather than Move/Delete. Pinned references require Activate for editing. Shift+F10 opens the menu for the current selection when the map has focus.

4. Choose your next tool

Goal Start here
Draw an arc between selected endpoints Right-click segment/range → drawing submenu → Endpoint arc…; supply its centre.
Draw a hold or procedure turn Draw procedure… → Shape.
Calculate a radius from TAS and bank Expand TAS / bank-angle turn calculator → calculate → Use radius in drawing.
Fit a turn to VOR radials and DME Shape → Chart base-turn calculator.
Insert a point Right-click a segment → Insert point….
Reverse or resample a curve Select its literal rows in the editor; use the range's right-click menu.
Copy, paste or explicitly convert named points Coordinates... or Coordinate clipboard….
Keep another procedure visible Compare... or Pin for comparison.
Investigate geometry Double-click a warning in Problems.

Remember these three steps

Preview → Apply → Save. Review the whole route and its joins. An arrow shows coordinate order; Reverse generated sequence or Reverse selected… changes it. Input/source changes can clear a preview, so preview again when Apply is unavailable. Escape on the map cancels picking or dragging.

The tools create coordinate-based display geometry. Check your saved/exported sector in the target IVAO Aurora setup before sharing it.

Read the full map guide for step-by-step workflows, both calculators, source preservation, warnings and troubleshooting.