From a blank site to a costed one

Sign in, make a model the size of your site, and see where it is saved — nothing else to set up.

The plan, the 3D view, the tool rail and the sidebar — what each part of the screen is for, and how to move around in each.

Pick a shape tool, draw an area on the plan, give it an altitude, and watch the ground rise in 3D.

Pick shapes on the plan or in the list, drag them, resize and rotate with the grips, or type their position and size exactly.

Take any change back, step forward again, and restore the whole model to how it was an hour ago.

Rectangle, ellipse, circle and triangle: how each is drawn, what Shift does, and how to get exact sizes.

Set a grid step so points land on round numbers, and learn when to switch snapping off.

Click out any outline one corner at a time, close it, then move, add and remove points with the same tool.

Trace a boundary with the pencil, choose fill or strip, then tidy the stroke into a clean outline with a metre tolerance.

Use the polyline for paths, walls and edges — open lines drawn point by point on the paths band.

Drop a survey, plan or satellite image behind the plan, set its scale from one known distance, lock it and draw over it.

Assign materials to areas and terrain, and paint regions that recolour the ground without raising it.

Capture named viewpoints of the 3D view, set a focus point to orbit around, and save a still of any of them.

Frame a shot in the 3D view, choose the lighting, and let the AI repaint it as a photograph that keeps your geometry.

Invite someone to view or edit a model, download it as a file, export the 3D model as OBJ, and bring a model back in.

Terrain, structures, plants, paths and light objects: what belongs on each, which tools each offers, and how to move things between them.

Name shapes, hide and lock them, gather them into folders, and set which draws on top of which.

Give drawn areas their levels and watch the ground grade up to meet them. Explains ground zero and how levels fuse.

Draw an area with a negative altitude, give it a water texture, and read the volume it holds.

Tilt an area by angle and direction, or click two points with known altitudes and let the editor work the slope out.

Rounding, mesh detail and the filler ground: the settings that decide how the surface between your areas looks.

Draw a section line across the site and read the ground profile beneath it, with the contour map alongside.

Cut an area in two, open its outline, grow or trim it with a brush, offset a parallel copy, and combine shapes with join, subtract and fit.

Compare your design to the ground as it stands and read how much soil is dug, brought in, or balanced on site.

On the structures band, draw a footprint, give it a wall height and pick a roof — a house, sauna, shed or retaining wall in a minute.

Open the object library, put a bench, boulder or tree on the ground, then size it, sink it or raise it.

Draw beds and borders on the plants band, place plant markers where each specimen goes, and name the species.

Describe a one-off object in chat and let the AI model it, generate a building or a bench from your own photos, or upload a 3D file of your own.

Read lengths with the tape, altitudes and slopes with a tap in 3D, and keep the measurements on the plan.

Drop labelled markers with a comment or an altitude, so notes and levels stay on the plan instead of in your head.