From a blank site to a costed one

Place vertices, close the ring, and read live edge lengths as you go. Covers the line and wall tools.

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

Trace a boundary with the pencil, convert it to a clean N-point polygon, and simplify to a metre tolerance.

Split one area into two with a cut line, rotate with the corner handles, and insert vertices where you need them.

Give an area an elevation and watch the ground grade up to meet it. Explains the datum and ground zero.

Tilt a plateau by angle and direction, or let the two-point calculator work the slope out from two heights.

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

Select an area and get the volume between its lid and the ground below — pond capacity, hole, or fill required.

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

Drop labelled markers with a height or a note, so measurements survive outside your head.

Capture named viewpoints and set an orbit focus point, so every review starts from the same shot.

Turn a 3D viewport frame into a photoreal image that keeps your geometry, and keep the results in a gallery.