Drawing Modes

Layout Planner includes drawing modes suited to your project type such as driveways, patios, pools, etc. Fixed width shapes such as rectangles and squares can be created quickly by entering length and width or complex shapes can be drawn freehand using a mouse.

Desiging a layout for certain types of areas, such as swimming pools, requires the use of cut-outs. Cut-outs are used to exclude stone from the layout area, saving material and shipping costs.

Specify the Area

This option will create a rectangular shape based on an exact length and width.

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• Click Specify under Dimensions
• Enter the Height in feet and inches
• Enter the Length in feet and inches
• Click OK to use these values or Cancel

Draw the Area

This option allows free-form creation of any polygon shape.

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• Click Draw Using Grid under Dimensions
• Click Region under Drawing Controls
• Determine your starting point and click it on the grid (it becomes a small circle)
• Click another point on the grid to create a line segment
• Click other points to create more segments
• Click the starting point circle to finish drawing the shape

Cut-outs

To create any number of cut-outs in your shape:

• Click Cut-out under Drawing Controls
• Draw the cut-out using the same process as above

Making Changes

• Click Undo Line under Drawing Controls to erase the latest line (repeat as needed)
• Click Clear Grid under Drawing Controls to erase the entire drawing