TerraPlan overview and the screen layoutWhat TerraPlan does and where everything sits on the screen, from the tool rail to the number pad.Start a new planTerraPlan opens on your projects. Start a new project at the job address, save it, and find and open it again later.Draw wallsPress, drag and let go for each wall, watch the guides that keep lines straight, and close the outline.Type exact lengths with the number padEnter feet, inches and fractions on the number pad, pick which end of the wall moves, or type a length and direction on the drawing bar.Draw a room in one step (rectangle, L or U)Drag once to draw a whole closed room as a rectangle, an L or a U, then type its real lengths.Select, move and edit wallsPick up a wall or anything else on the plan, drag it, move its corners, and change its type, thickness and lengths in the Edit panel.Face dimensions and inside or outside measurementsHow TerraPlan shows outside and inside lengths of walls, and how to type the length you actually measured on either face.T-walls, wall spacing and offsetsJoin an interior wall to another wall, slide it to an exact distance with the green labels, and make offset copies.Mirror, rotate, extend and trimFlip or mirror part of a plan, turn it by an exact angle, run a wall on to the next wall, and cut out the piece between two walls.Set a corner angleType the exact angle at any corner of a wall run or outline, for bay walls, angled corners and houses that aren't square.Curve a wallBow a straight wall into an arc for a rounded bay, a curved porch or a radius corner, and set how far it curves out.Lock a dimension, an item or a layerKeep measured lengths, finished walls and whole layers from changing by accident.Layers, groups and pagesHide parts of the drawing with layers, keep items together as a group, and use pages for the crawl space, basement or site plan.Add piers and space themPlace piers one at a time or in an evenly spaced row, set their type, spacing and numbers, and mark existing piers.Take floor readings and mark cracksType elevation readings straight from your laser or ZipLevel, correct them for floor finishes, and mark cracks with where, how bad and how wide.Volume zones and the takeoffDraw foam lift, void fill, slab patch and concrete zones with a depth, see the cubic yards or cubic feet, and count everything on the page with Takeoff.Build an estimate and use the price bookTurn the drawing into priced line items, set up your company price book once, offer options, and create the proposal PDF.Print or export the crew install sheetGive the field crew a one-page PDF with the plan, every pier and where it goes, and a checklist of the other work. Also covers the other exports.Add a background photo or satellite imagePut a photo, county sketch, PDF plan or the satellite view of the address behind your drawing, set its scale, and trace over it.Use TerraPlan on a phone or iPad, and offlineTouch gestures, the phone layout, Apple Pencil, adding TerraPlan to your home screen, and drawing in a crawl space with no signal.Keyboard shortcutsEvery keyboard and mouse shortcut in TerraPlan, for drawing on a laptop or an iPad with a keyboard.My walls won't draw straightWhy a wall comes out crooked or lands in the wrong spot, and how to fix it.
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