Where can I find this option? → Left side menu → Settings → 3D Layouts

Below we will see each of the editable options that we will find in this tab, it is divided into two main sections:

Editor

1. Anchoring option . This is a drop-down selector where we will choose which option we want to appear by default when drawing a new building. These options help us to draw each building more accurately based on guides or aids. We will see each of these options below:
   
1. None. This option disables drawing aids, meaning we can draw freely without receiving suggestions from the platform.
   
2. To line. This option gives us a line on our map. This appears once the second point has been drawn and it does so respecting the creation of a right angle by default. This option is very useful given the usual symmetry of houses, which tend to be square or rectangular.

1. To vertex. This option allows us to draw the roof from its vertices, that is, it will not offer us to finish the building by default but we will have to draw each vertex.

1. Remote. Once the first point has been drawn, this option offers us a circle with a given radius (5 metres by default, modifiable in the panel on the left). This option is very useful if we have the exact measurements of the house or if, for example, the client has made an extension of x metres and it does not yet appear on maps.

1. To grid. This option offers us, as its name indicates, a grid on our map. It is a grid through which we will see our home at all times as an aid to drawing, allowing us to place the vertices only on the line itself.
   

Remember that all these options can be detailed in the Quoting Tool itself in the drop-down menu that appears on the left. In addition, we can see, in the same drop-down menu mentioned above, a small legend to make drawing even easier for us.

1. X grid offset.   It is only editable if we choose the "to grid" option in "anchoring option". This distance determines how far from the edge of our map screen the horizontal grid begins.
2. Y Grid Offset. Only editable if you choose the "to grid" option in "docking option". This distance determines how far from the edge of your map screen the vertical grid starts.
3. Grid size. This is a text field where we can indicate the size of the grid in meters if this option is selected by default in "anchoring option".
4. Enable "Distance to next point" . It is only editable if we choose the "distance" option in "anchor option". With this option we deactivate the default distance and we will center the aids only on a default angle.
   
5. Enable "Calculate angle relative to edge" . It is only editable if we choose the "at distance" option in "anchor option". With this option we deactivate the default angles and we will center the aids only on a default distance.
6. Radius distance. It is only editable if we choose the "at distance" option in "anchor option". It is the default distance that the radius of the circle will have to place the next point.
7. Enable "Line Angle". It is only editable if we choose the "at a distance" option in "anchor option". This option limits the next point that we are going to place based on the angle that it will form with the previous one.
   

If this option is not enabled, it will allow us to place the next point anywhere on the circumference, that is, we will not be limited by the angle.

1. Defines the angle distance. It is only editable if we choose the "distance" option in "anchor option" and we have enabled the previous point (Enable "Line angle"). This option allows us to limit by default the degrees that our angle will have (see previous video).
2. Step size. This is a text field where we can indicate in meters the distance we will move when using the arrow keys. This affects several points of the Lay Out, such as moving a building, moving a subarea or moving modules in the subarea view.
   

Others

1. Default building height . This is a text field where we can indicate in meters the default height of buildings in the Quoting Tool.
   
2. Fill with modules automatically. This is a selector where we can indicate whether we want the modules to be automatically generated by default when creating a new design in the Quoting Tool and what it will do, if selected, is generate all the possible modules for that space and then we can edit them.
3. Autogenerate building textures. This is a selector where we can indicate whether we want the first screenshot to be automatic. This affects us when creating a new building in the Quoting Tool. If selected, each building we draw will appear, by default, with the corresponding texture, that is, it will clone the map background onto the roof of the building we draw. If it is deselected, the roofs of the buildings we draw will appear in a solid color by default.
4. Auto-generate screenshots. This is a selector where we can indicate whether we want the first screenshot to be automatic. This affects us when creating a new design in the Quoting Tool. Its main function is to always have an image of the design appear in the offer summary and, if we generate a report that should contain this image and has not generated it, it always appears filled in.
5. Default module. This is a drop-down selector where, by clicking on it, we will see a list of all the modules that we have available on the platform. This affects us when creating a new offer in the Quoting Tool in the module selector. If we leave it blank, it will appear empty and we will have to complete it manually to be able to continue, as it is mandatory information.
   

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