1 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:03,740 Imagine you are planning a home for your family. 2 00:00:04,460 --> 00:00:08,620 Start with the land documents, a measured site drawing and a list of what 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,440 your family needs. In this lesson, we will go through the actual Aakar Studio 4 00:00:13,460 --> 00:00:19,360 questions. We will explain what to choose, where the information comes from, and what 5 00:00:19,380 --> 00:00:23,380 the answer changes. You can pause and use the chapter list. 6 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:28,680 Different choices need different amounts of space; the studio may ask you to revise 7 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:29,980 a request that cannot fit. 8 00:00:33,293 --> 00:00:37,093 Choose the municipality where you will build, then enter the ward. 9 00:00:37,813 --> 00:00:39,673 You can search in English or Nepali. 10 00:00:40,533 --> 00:00:44,433 Use the address on your land records and confirm it with the ward office 11 00:00:44,593 --> 00:00:48,513 if needed. This selects the rule profile the software checks. 12 00:00:49,153 --> 00:00:52,873 A place that is not listed can be typed, but it may use a 13 00:00:52,913 --> 00:00:58,693 broader fallback. Read the rule note; selecting a municipality is not permission to build. 14 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,020 Some municipalities show this extra question. 15 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:10,580 Choose Yes only if the plot is inside the protected old-town core, No if 16 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,790 you have confirmed it is outside, or Not sure if you do not know. 17 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:20,520 Ask the municipality or ward office rather than judging by the age of nearby 18 00:01:20,540 --> 00:01:25,200 houses. Core areas can have special height, roof and facade rules. 19 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,580 Not sure keeps these matters on the review list; it does not confirm that 20 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:32,780 ordinary rules are enough. 21 00:01:36,107 --> 00:01:39,627 If Find your plot on the map is available, you may place or move 22 00:01:39,647 --> 00:01:44,127 a pin, open the place in Google Maps or Google Earth, or remove the 23 00:01:44,147 --> 00:01:49,187 pin and continue. A supported ward map can fill in the municipality and ward, 24 00:01:49,207 --> 00:01:50,947 but check the answers yourself. 25 00:01:51,347 --> 00:01:54,067 The pin is saved with the survey and drawings. 26 00:01:54,327 --> 00:01:58,307 It locates the site; it does not measure the boundary or replace the land 27 00:01:58,327 --> 00:01:59,607 survey. You may skip it. 28 00:02:03,043 --> 00:02:05,383 First choose how to describe the plot. 29 00:02:05,743 --> 00:02:08,603 Rectangle is suitable when the boundary really is rectangular. 30 00:02:09,563 --> 00:02:11,383 Draw the plot is for a different outline. 31 00:02:12,103 --> 00:02:15,023 Trace your site plan uses a photo or PDF as a guide. 32 00:02:16,063 --> 00:02:19,423 A value such as five aana tells us how much land there is, but 33 00:02:19,443 --> 00:02:23,543 not its shape: the same area can be wide, narrow or irregular. 34 00:02:24,423 --> 00:02:28,103 Use the best measurements you have, and keep an early sketch separate from a 35 00:02:28,123 --> 00:02:29,023 verified survey. 36 00:02:32,330 --> 00:02:34,610 Choose Metres when you know the rectangle's measured dimensions. 37 00:02:35,890 --> 00:02:38,590 Width along the road is the length of the front edge. 38 00:02:39,310 --> 00:02:42,450 Depth from the road goes from that edge towards the back. 39 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:47,810 For example, a twelve-metre width and ten-metre depth make a different planning space from 40 00:02:47,830 --> 00:02:51,610 a ten-metre width and twelve-metre depth, even though both have the same area. 41 00:02:52,710 --> 00:02:56,830 These dimensions set the boundary the planner works within; they are not the requested 42 00:02:56,850 --> 00:02:57,750 house size. 43 00:03:00,610 --> 00:03:05,410 You can enter ropani, aana, paisa and daam, or switch to bigha, kattha and 44 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:09,790 dhur. Enter the parts shown on your land record, then the measured width along 45 00:03:09,810 --> 00:03:15,010 the road. The software converts the area and calculates a rectangular depth by dividing 46 00:03:15,130 --> 00:03:17,970 area by width. Read the live size preview. 47 00:03:18,690 --> 00:03:22,650 This is useful for a rectangular starting model, but an aana value plus width 48 00:03:22,670 --> 00:03:25,270 cannot recover the true corners of an irregular plot. 49 00:03:29,300 --> 00:03:32,780 Open Trace your site plan and choose a clear photo or PDF of the 50 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:35,480 site drawing. For a PDF, select the correct page. 51 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,000 Turn or crop the image so the plot is easy to see. 52 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,180 If a photograph was taken at an angle, use the paper-straightening tool only when 53 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,280 you can identify the paper corners and size. 54 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:52,760 Tracing follows your source: a blurry, stretched or outdated drawing can still give a 55 00:03:52,780 --> 00:03:53,680 wrong boundary. 56 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,480 Mark each boundary corner in order and close the outline. 57 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:03,080 Undo or move a corner when needed. 58 00:04:03,820 --> 00:04:05,500 Then give the drawing a real size. 59 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:11,060 You can use one known side, all the written side lengths, the printed map 60 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,660 scale, or a scale bar. 61 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,580 Metres and feet are length units here. 62 00:04:16,540 --> 00:04:20,820 A line on a photo has no real-world length until the size is established. 63 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,940 Check any suggested text readings against the original drawing yourself. 64 00:04:28,493 --> 00:04:32,393 For a printed scale, choose the correct ratio or enter another scale. 65 00:04:33,113 --> 00:04:35,973 A scanned image may also need its scan resolution. 66 00:04:36,053 --> 00:04:41,713 A correctly sized PDF page or straightened paper can supply the paper size instead. 67 00:04:42,793 --> 00:04:48,593 Set the road, neighbours and north, then inspect the final outline, lengths and area. 68 00:04:49,833 --> 00:04:52,813 If a detected rectangle is offered, use it only when appropriate. 69 00:04:54,213 --> 00:04:56,053 Apply the checked plot to the survey. 70 00:04:56,813 --> 00:05:00,473 The drawing stays on this device; the traced outline and sizes are used. 71 00:05:03,993 --> 00:05:08,393 In Draw the plot, begin at corner A and enter the boundary sides in 72 00:05:08,413 --> 00:05:11,973 order. Choose metres or feet for all side lengths. 73 00:05:12,893 --> 00:05:17,153 Inside corner angle means the angle within the plot; a square corner is ninety 74 00:05:17,173 --> 00:05:22,633 degrees. Direction mode instead describes the direction of each side relative to the first 75 00:05:22,653 --> 00:05:24,613 side. These are different answers. 76 00:05:25,213 --> 00:05:28,913 Use angles or directions from the survey drawing, rather than guessing them from a 77 00:05:28,933 --> 00:05:32,573 picture. Add or remove side rows to match the real boundary. 78 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,640 Side lengths alone may not fix an irregular shape. 79 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:43,400 If the survey gives diagonals, choose Side lengths and diagonals. 80 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,280 A diagonal joins two non-adjacent corners inside the plot. 81 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,320 Choose the named diagonal, or its starting corner, and enter the measured length. 82 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:56,360 A triangle needs no diagonal because its three sides fix it. 83 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,700 For larger plots, enter the requested diagonals. 84 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,760 The software checks whether the triangles fit; do not invent a diagonal just to 85 00:06:04,780 --> 00:06:05,840 make an error disappear. 86 00:06:09,277 --> 00:06:11,457 You can also click to place corners for an early sketch. 87 00:06:12,617 --> 00:06:16,777 Check the resulting lengths rather than treating each click as a surveyed point. 88 00:06:17,697 --> 00:06:19,737 Close the plot and remove empty rows. 89 00:06:19,817 --> 00:06:23,477 A crossing boundary or a closing gap means something needs correcting. 90 00:06:24,657 --> 00:06:28,557 Compare the calculated area with the land record when available, and mark a road 91 00:06:28,577 --> 00:06:33,617 side. Use this plot in the brief applies the outline and its side information; 92 00:06:34,317 --> 00:06:35,477 Cancel leaves that work unapplied. 93 00:06:39,773 --> 00:06:44,753 For each side, choose Road, Neighbour's house, Open land or Not sure. 94 00:06:45,693 --> 00:06:50,073 Mark the actual access road and enter its width in metres from reliable site 95 00:06:50,093 --> 00:06:54,773 or road records. If the plot has roads on two sides, mark both; do 96 00:06:54,793 --> 00:06:57,473 not describe a corner plot as having only one road. 97 00:06:58,613 --> 00:07:01,733 Road sides affect the frontage and boundary checks and are shown in the site 98 00:07:01,753 --> 00:07:06,613 context. This value describes the road, not your gate width or a promise of 99 00:07:06,633 --> 00:07:07,533 legal access. 100 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,440 Choose Neighbour's house where a building stands, and enter its height if you know 101 00:07:14,460 --> 00:07:19,060 it. A missing height uses a simple nine-metre preview box in the rectangle form, 102 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:24,640 not a measured neighbour. Open land can look like a green field, rice field 103 00:07:24,660 --> 00:07:29,660 or bare ground. Those choices describe the surroundings picture; they do not give you 104 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,480 ownership or permission to build there. 105 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,160 Use Not sure when information is missing, and check the result's assumptions. 106 00:07:40,147 --> 00:07:41,887 Choose where north points on this drawing. 107 00:07:42,167 --> 00:07:47,207 Up, down, left, right and the diagonal choices refer to the screen, not to 108 00:07:47,227 --> 00:07:50,607 the road's name. Use the survey's north arrow when available. 109 00:07:51,307 --> 00:07:54,767 In the tracer, turn the arrow to match the source; if the source has 110 00:07:54,787 --> 00:07:56,967 no arrow, state that you set it yourself. 111 00:07:57,867 --> 00:08:01,547 This orientation is carried into the site information and direction-based planning. 112 00:08:02,807 --> 00:08:05,947 A guessed north direction should not be presented as a surveyed one. 113 00:08:09,893 --> 00:08:13,773 This asks which house wall must stand directly on a non-road boundary. 114 00:08:14,653 --> 00:08:17,033 Tick a side only when that is your intended arrangement. 115 00:08:17,593 --> 00:08:21,053 It becomes a fixed requirement in the planner, with a shared or blind wall 116 00:08:21,073 --> 00:08:24,273 and no windows there. Road sides cannot be chosen here. 117 00:08:25,193 --> 00:08:30,673 Leaving sides unticked lets the planner compare boundary arrangements; it does not promise a 118 00:08:30,693 --> 00:08:33,013 detached house with space on every side. 119 00:08:33,113 --> 00:08:38,033 The current local planning system still chooses boundary contact and checks opening clearance. 120 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,360 Let the planner choose gives it freedom to place the house. 121 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,080 Towards the front means closer to the road; Towards the back means the other 122 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:53,020 end of the plot. A front or back choice is treated as a requirement, 123 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:54,780 not just a label on the picture. 124 00:08:55,420 --> 00:08:58,920 If your rooms cannot fit in that position, the planner should explain the conflict 125 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,800 instead of quietly moving the house. 126 00:09:01,340 --> 00:09:03,840 Choose this separately from how deep you want the front yard. 127 00:09:07,550 --> 00:09:10,050 Choose Flat, Gently sloping or Steep. 128 00:09:10,710 --> 00:09:14,230 For a slope, say which way the ground falls and, if known, the height 129 00:09:14,250 --> 00:09:18,590 difference in metres. Get a measured difference from a site level survey when possible. 130 00:09:19,550 --> 00:09:23,610 The current planner keeps one level ground floor: a stepped plinth for a gentle 131 00:09:23,630 --> 00:09:26,270 slope, or retaining walls and fill for a steep site. 132 00:09:27,150 --> 00:09:28,450 It reports the resulting heights. 133 00:09:29,250 --> 00:09:33,510 It does not yet plan split levels or partial basements, and retaining walls need 134 00:09:33,530 --> 00:09:34,590 engineering design. 135 00:09:38,053 --> 00:09:41,893 For plots of five aana or more, this control normally offers three approaches. 136 00:09:42,873 --> 00:09:45,993 Use the available allowance gives the planner its usual freedom. 137 00:09:46,013 --> 00:09:50,813 A target footprint asks for a percentage of the plot under the ground-floor house. 138 00:09:51,373 --> 00:09:53,353 This is not the total area of all floors. 139 00:09:53,553 --> 00:09:56,773 Setbacks, access and room requirements still matter. 140 00:09:57,473 --> 00:10:01,913 The displayed seventy-percent cap is this system's working allowance, not a universal legal 141 00:10:01,933 --> 00:10:05,273 limit, and rooms are not automatically shrunk to meet your target. 142 00:10:08,983 --> 00:10:12,143 Choose a yard in front and enter the depth from the road boundary to 143 00:10:12,163 --> 00:10:16,443 the house. Prefer this depth asks the planner to try it, but it can 144 00:10:16,463 --> 00:10:19,083 return to the usual front setback if the rooms cannot fit. 145 00:10:20,203 --> 00:10:24,403 Keep at least this depth is stricter: the planner must keep that minimum, or 146 00:10:24,423 --> 00:10:25,903 explain why no plan fits. 147 00:10:26,563 --> 00:10:28,303 More yard can mean less room for the house. 148 00:10:29,203 --> 00:10:33,683 Neither option replaces the municipality's setback and access checks. 149 00:10:38,047 --> 00:10:40,187 Recorded plot area is optional. 150 00:10:40,987 --> 00:10:47,467 Enter the area on the lalpurja and choose the matching unit: aana, ropani, paisa, 151 00:10:47,487 --> 00:10:50,087 daam, square metres or square feet. 152 00:10:51,087 --> 00:10:54,467 Keep it separate from the area calculated from your boundary measurements. 153 00:10:55,307 --> 00:10:59,867 A difference is a reason to recheck the inputs, not to stretch the corners 154 00:10:59,887 --> 00:11:04,387 until the numbers agree. The site preview reflects your answers. 155 00:11:04,687 --> 00:11:09,247 It is a site diagram, not an approved building envelope or a generated house. 156 00:11:12,313 --> 00:11:16,393 Choose how many storeys you need: one up to four and a half in 157 00:11:16,413 --> 00:11:21,013 this form. A half means a partly built top floor with an open roof 158 00:11:21,033 --> 00:11:23,213 terrace, not a room with half its height. 159 00:11:24,133 --> 00:11:30,273 More storeys change the room arrangement, stairs, structure and likely cost; they still need 160 00:11:30,293 --> 00:11:32,273 to fit the plot and local checks. 161 00:11:33,053 --> 00:11:38,533 In More options, leave the partial-top-floor area blank to size it around its rooms, 162 00:11:38,553 --> 00:11:40,893 or enter an area within the displayed limit. 163 00:11:44,743 --> 00:11:48,323 Turn on rental floors only if the house has at least two full storeys. 164 00:11:49,403 --> 00:11:54,003 Choose how many lower floors to rent, then one, two or three bedrooms in 165 00:11:54,023 --> 00:11:59,143 each rental flat. Those flats receive their own living room, kitchen and toilet. 166 00:11:59,863 --> 00:12:03,643 The shared stair reaches them without passing through another household's rooms. 167 00:12:04,263 --> 00:12:08,303 The next bedroom and bathroom totals describe your own home, so do not add 168 00:12:08,323 --> 00:12:10,223 the tenants' rooms to those totals again. 169 00:12:13,550 --> 00:12:17,170 Enter the total bedrooms and bathrooms or toilets your household needs. 170 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:21,710 A living room and a kitchen with dining are already included; the planner tries 171 00:12:21,730 --> 00:12:23,790 different ways to place the rooms across floors. 172 00:12:24,890 --> 00:12:29,250 Tick the ground-floor bedroom if someone should sleep downstairs, for example an elderly 173 00:12:29,270 --> 00:12:33,990 parent. This is a real planning requirement, not just a bed shown in 3D. 174 00:12:34,950 --> 00:12:37,670 Check each result for usable access and bathroom locations. 175 00:12:38,730 --> 00:12:42,130 This short survey does not show a separate attached-bathroom question. 176 00:12:45,323 --> 00:12:48,603 Choose a ground-floor shop if you want business space at the road front. 177 00:12:49,403 --> 00:12:52,723 Choose one to four shutters, or let the plot decide how many fit. 178 00:12:53,543 --> 00:12:54,883 The shop can have its own toilet. 179 00:12:54,943 --> 00:12:59,623 Its size uses real floor space beside the stair, while the house keeps a 180 00:12:59,643 --> 00:13:03,723 separate entrance. This can reduce space available for rooms or parking. 181 00:13:04,403 --> 00:13:09,183 It does not give permission to operate a business: shop use, access and parking 182 00:13:09,443 --> 00:13:11,043 still need the municipality's checks. 183 00:13:14,467 --> 00:13:17,647 Enter your approximate budget in lakh if you want to compare it with the 184 00:13:17,727 --> 00:13:21,547 estimate later. One lakh means one hundred thousand rupees. 185 00:13:22,127 --> 00:13:25,687 This answer currently does not make the planner choose a smaller or cheaper house. 186 00:13:26,527 --> 00:13:28,387 It is a comparison number in the Cost view. 187 00:13:29,167 --> 00:13:34,387 If the estimate exceeds it, review the rooms, size, specification and local prices with 188 00:13:34,407 --> 00:13:38,547 your designer. Leaving this optional field blank does not prevent you from starting. 189 00:13:41,757 --> 00:13:45,517 Extra rooms add needs to the house, rather than changing a room's colour. 190 00:13:46,097 --> 00:13:51,357 Choose a puja room, guest bedroom, study, store, laundry or separate dining room as 191 00:13:51,377 --> 00:13:55,277 needed. An extra WC means a toilet and basin without a shower. 192 00:13:56,117 --> 00:14:01,117 Home office adds a desk-and-shelf space; family lounge means another family or television 193 00:14:01,137 --> 00:14:05,077 room; recreation asks for play or exercise space. 194 00:14:05,737 --> 00:14:08,397 Every addition needs room in the plot and programme. 195 00:14:08,857 --> 00:14:12,377 A long wish list may need fewer rooms or more buildable space. 196 00:14:15,557 --> 00:14:20,337 For balconies, let the style decide, choose none, or select the living room, main 197 00:14:20,357 --> 00:14:23,097 bedroom, other bedrooms and kitchen service side. 198 00:14:23,717 --> 00:14:26,817 These are upper-floor requests; ground-floor rooms use the yard. 199 00:14:27,497 --> 00:14:31,517 A separate choice lets upper rooms project toward the road, or keeps floor edges 200 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:32,677 in line with the frame. 201 00:14:33,437 --> 00:14:37,737 The current planner limits these projections and checks open space, columns and door 202 00:14:37,757 --> 00:14:42,477 clearance. Choosing a projection is not proof that it is permitted or structurally approved. 203 00:14:43,097 --> 00:14:44,657 Read what each result actually fitted. 204 00:14:48,047 --> 00:14:50,887 Enter how many cars and motorbikes must fit inside the plot. 205 00:14:51,587 --> 00:14:55,467 These numbers reserve parking space and affect the entrance arrangement; they are not just 206 00:14:55,487 --> 00:14:56,947 decoration for the 3D model. 207 00:14:57,127 --> 00:15:01,067 A car also needs a route from the road, a wide-enough boundary gate and 208 00:15:01,087 --> 00:15:05,907 manoeuvring space. Parking can compete with a shop, a downstairs bedroom or a larger 209 00:15:05,927 --> 00:15:10,307 living room. Compare the parking notes and drawn access on the results, rather than 210 00:15:10,327 --> 00:15:12,607 assuming a vehicle symbol means access is solved. 211 00:15:15,990 --> 00:15:20,290 For window grills, a covered entrance sit-out and a roof drying place, choose yes, 212 00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:22,690 no, or let the planner follow the house style. 213 00:15:23,250 --> 00:15:27,010 If you ask for grills, choose plain bars, a square lattice or a decorative 214 00:15:27,030 --> 00:15:30,930 pattern. The entrance sit-out needs clear space within the plot. 215 00:15:31,550 --> 00:15:34,310 The drying place uses a suitable part of the roof terrace. 216 00:15:34,950 --> 00:15:38,410 These items are added only where they fit, and do not move rooms. 217 00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:41,690 Check the option notes for anything that could not be included. 218 00:15:45,173 --> 00:15:50,153 For backup power, choose none, an inverter with batteries, or an inverter with rooftop 219 00:15:50,173 --> 00:15:53,133 solar. You can also let the house style choose its default. 220 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:57,973 This records the intended household equipment and roof-space needs where supported. 221 00:15:58,613 --> 00:16:03,553 It is not a finished electrical design, a battery-size calculation or a guarantee of 222 00:16:03,573 --> 00:16:04,853 how long the lights will run. 223 00:16:05,673 --> 00:16:10,433 Give the equipment supplier your actual loads and backup hours, and have the wiring, 224 00:16:10,593 --> 00:16:12,373 protection and roof mounting reviewed. 225 00:16:15,537 --> 00:16:20,197 In More options, floor-to-floor height means the vertical distance from one floor level to 226 00:16:20,257 --> 00:16:23,997 the next. It is not the clear room height below the slab or a 227 00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:29,197 false ceiling. Changing it affects the building's height and vertical arrangement, so use your 228 00:16:29,217 --> 00:16:34,857 designer's intended value. Enter the underground water tank capacity in litres; the current 229 00:16:34,877 --> 00:16:36,717 input starts at five thousand litres. 230 00:16:37,397 --> 00:16:42,417 This is a storage request, not proof of groundwater conditions, safe excavation or a 231 00:16:42,437 --> 00:16:43,477 completed tank design. 232 00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:50,333 The main bedroom can have a standard wardrobe, a walk-in wardrobe, or none. 233 00:16:50,933 --> 00:16:54,333 A walk-in needs usable space; it is not just a different cupboard front. 234 00:16:55,153 --> 00:16:57,393 The separate tick asks for wardrobes in other bedrooms. 235 00:16:58,213 --> 00:17:02,333 For stairs, a half-turn with landing turns back through one hundred and eighty degrees; 236 00:17:02,733 --> 00:17:04,813 a quarter-turn with landing turns ninety degrees. 237 00:17:05,513 --> 00:17:07,613 These change the route and footprint of the stair. 238 00:17:08,253 --> 00:17:12,193 Compare the actual landing, room connections and headroom notes in the plan. 239 00:17:15,317 --> 00:17:18,697 In Exterior look, search for a house style or filter by family. 240 00:17:19,417 --> 00:17:24,417 The catalogue includes established contemporary and brick looks, budget and rental houses, 241 00:17:24,437 --> 00:17:30,137 heritage-inspired looks, regional references, glass villas, courtyard-and-garden ideas, and 242 00:17:30,157 --> 00:17:35,717 other contemporary designs. Search and family filters only help you find a card; selecting 243 00:17:35,737 --> 00:17:37,357 a card chooses the character. 244 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:40,057 Read its explanation as well as its picture. 245 00:17:40,817 --> 00:17:46,017 A glass-focused villa does not turn shared boundary walls into glass, and a courtyard 246 00:17:46,037 --> 00:17:48,617 label alone does not create an open court. 247 00:17:52,297 --> 00:17:55,297 Plan for this style is different from applying a colour scheme. 248 00:17:56,137 --> 00:18:01,657 When on, the planner can adjust front-window sizes, balcony requests and the frame alignment 249 00:18:01,677 --> 00:18:04,837 needed by that style, where the plot and structure allow. 250 00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:10,337 When off, it applies the look while keeping planned rooms, openings and balconies. 251 00:18:11,357 --> 00:18:14,697 Read What this style changes and the result's fit report. 252 00:18:15,417 --> 00:18:20,957 Some identities are only compact interpretations; features marked as not yet buildable, such 253 00:18:20,977 --> 00:18:24,177 as a complete court in some styles, are not silently promised. 254 00:18:28,327 --> 00:18:33,707 Keep the house-style palette, or choose ivory and red, terracotta and cream, sage and 255 00:18:33,727 --> 00:18:39,667 white, cream and brown, pure white and gold, slate, ochre, or dusty rose. 256 00:18:40,767 --> 00:18:43,047 These set the appearance, not the room arrangement. 257 00:18:43,987 --> 00:18:47,467 Brick and Newari looks also offer matte or satin-looking brick. 258 00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:52,947 Brick placement can cover the road front, piers, room bays with a plaster stair 259 00:18:52,967 --> 00:18:56,107 volume, all outside walls, or just the stair volume. 260 00:18:57,127 --> 00:19:01,767 These are surface and composition choices; do not assume every decorative change is priced 261 00:19:01,787 --> 00:19:02,687 in the estimate. 262 00:19:06,083 --> 00:19:11,483 Timber window finish follows the style or uses dark-stained, warm natural, or light-painted 263 00:19:11,503 --> 00:19:17,803 timber. For screens, choose none, brick jali, perforated metal or timber slats. 264 00:19:18,603 --> 00:19:23,783 If a screen is chosen, select balcony fronts, a blank feature wall, road-side terrace 265 00:19:23,803 --> 00:19:25,923 edges or the stair-window wall. 266 00:19:26,943 --> 00:19:28,823 These screens have openings you can see through. 267 00:19:29,623 --> 00:19:32,963 Balcony and terrace screens keep a separate safety railing behind them. 268 00:19:33,683 --> 00:19:37,523 A decorative wall screen belongs on a wall without windows; it should not hide 269 00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:39,623 an opening or replace a designed guard. 270 00:19:43,033 --> 00:19:48,833 The 3D material detail choice switches between original studio materials and photographic 271 00:19:48,853 --> 00:19:54,733 ambientCG materials. The photographic set can show more surface texture in the model. 272 00:19:55,233 --> 00:19:56,833 It still follows the house style. 273 00:19:56,853 --> 00:20:02,973 It does not change room dimensions, the selected construction assemblies or their quantities. 274 00:20:03,533 --> 00:20:08,173 Use it to compare how a surface may look, then specify real products with 275 00:20:08,313 --> 00:20:14,353 your designer. A texture on a screen does not certify the supplier's product, waterproofing, 276 00:20:14,753 --> 00:20:16,253 durability or installation method. 277 00:20:19,887 --> 00:20:25,867 Window design can follow the house style or use sliding aluminium, a side-hung casement, 278 00:20:26,007 --> 00:20:32,427 paired French casements, picture glass, a fixed pane, a bathroom ventilator, timber transom 279 00:20:32,447 --> 00:20:35,727 divisions or a Newari-inspired timber lattice. 280 00:20:36,287 --> 00:20:39,447 These change frames and divisions in the planned window opening. 281 00:20:40,027 --> 00:20:43,347 Picture and fixed glass do not become opening windows. 282 00:20:43,587 --> 00:20:48,767 Ventilation, privacy and safe opening clearances still depend on the plan and technical 283 00:20:48,787 --> 00:20:54,107 review. The Newari lattice is an inspired model detail, not a measured copy of 284 00:20:54,127 --> 00:20:55,027 historic carving. 285 00:20:58,543 --> 00:21:03,943 Door design can follow the style, use panelled wood, glazed timber, a plain flush 286 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:07,683 leaf, crafted timber panels or a metal security leaf. 287 00:21:08,483 --> 00:21:12,083 Double timber asks for two leaves only where the entrance is already wide enough; 288 00:21:12,543 --> 00:21:14,163 a narrow room door stays single. 289 00:21:14,903 --> 00:21:17,123 These choices preserve the planned aperture and swing. 290 00:21:18,063 --> 00:21:22,383 Glazed timber adds a glass panel, while crafted panels add relief rather than a 291 00:21:22,403 --> 00:21:28,123 larger room. Check security, privacy, door hardware and the clear walking width when choosing 292 00:21:28,143 --> 00:21:29,043 the actual product. 293 00:21:32,803 --> 00:21:38,863 For the boundary gate, choose horizontal slats, vertical bars, closed privacy panels, timber 294 00:21:38,883 --> 00:21:42,203 slats, ornamental steel or perforated lattice. 295 00:21:42,223 --> 00:21:46,323 These change the infill of the same planned access gate; they do not make 296 00:21:46,343 --> 00:21:48,363 a second gate or enlarge the opening. 297 00:21:48,963 --> 00:21:54,103 The compound wall can follow the style or look plastered, brick-faced, stone-faced or 298 00:21:54,123 --> 00:21:57,283 concrete. Stone facing still needs attachment review. 299 00:21:57,923 --> 00:22:01,523 A visual gate choice does not prove a car can enter: check the planned 300 00:22:01,543 --> 00:22:03,543 width, driveway and turning space separately. 301 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:12,700 Outside wall finish can follow the house style or show painted plaster, brick, stone, 302 00:22:13,020 --> 00:22:15,220 timber cladding or a concrete appearance. 303 00:22:15,740 --> 00:22:19,920 Concrete appearance does not replace the house with a different structural system, and timber 304 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:23,240 or stone facing needs weather, fire and fixing details checked. 305 00:22:24,540 --> 00:22:28,980 Indoor wall paint can follow the interior family or use pure white, warm white, 306 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,400 sage, clay or soft grey. 307 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:36,700 These choices preserve the walls and openings; they are not permission to remove structural 308 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,000 walls or columns. 309 00:22:40,643 --> 00:22:47,043 The kitchen options show a concrete counter with wood cabinets, modular laminate, timber 310 00:22:47,063 --> 00:22:51,723 fronts, a steel utility look, or a two-tone contemporary finish. 311 00:22:51,743 --> 00:22:55,403 They change the appearance of the fitted counter runs and worktops. 312 00:22:55,903 --> 00:23:00,163 They do not add an island, move the sink or stove, rearrange the room 313 00:23:00,183 --> 00:23:03,103 or create extra cabinets outside the planned space. 314 00:23:03,743 --> 00:23:08,543 Choose the look here, then review the actual layout, worktop material, storage, appliance 315 00:23:08,563 --> 00:23:11,723 sizes, water and electrical points with your kitchen designer. 316 00:23:15,650 --> 00:23:20,610 Balcony shape can follow the style, stay as planned, or request a semicircular front. 317 00:23:21,230 --> 00:23:25,610 The curved option changes the slab outline and matching guards inside a space already 318 00:23:25,630 --> 00:23:30,330 reserved for a balcony. If the finished door clearance cannot fit, the rectangular version 319 00:23:30,350 --> 00:23:33,870 is retained. This does not create a balcony on a new side of the 320 00:23:33,890 --> 00:23:38,390 house. After planning, the Design control handles a coordinated change to a reserved 321 00:23:38,410 --> 00:23:42,490 projection; asking for a new balcony location means returning to the survey. 322 00:23:46,090 --> 00:23:51,710 Swing options are a timber bench, cushioned bench, metal-frame bench or compact daybed, within 323 00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:53,630 an already reserved terrace space. 324 00:23:54,210 --> 00:23:57,810 No swing removes its visible assembly; it does not give that planning space back. 325 00:23:58,990 --> 00:24:04,310 For ground trees, request one, two or three and choose a small evergreen, compact 326 00:24:04,330 --> 00:24:06,310 fruit tree or small flowering tree. 327 00:24:07,010 --> 00:24:09,390 They are illustrative choices, not exact species. 328 00:24:10,150 --> 00:24:15,290 Safe planting space must fit; mature roots, canopy, care and the local permit condition 329 00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:16,210 still need review. 330 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:24,040 Choose a plain entrance or timber slats, then keep or remove the paved gate-to-door 331 00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:27,200 path and the slab bands, base plinth and rail caps. 332 00:24:27,220 --> 00:24:30,160 These add visual detail where the model allows. 333 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:36,780 For Front windows, balanced openings keep the normal balance; glass-heavy widens living and 334 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,240 dining windows toward the road where columns, doors and furniture allow. 335 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,480 Glass-heavy still keeps solid sills, so it is not floor-to-ceiling glass. 336 00:24:45,060 --> 00:24:48,780 Decorative preview pieces are not automatically included in drawings and estimates. 337 00:24:52,273 --> 00:24:54,813 Interior family sets a coordinated room palette. 338 00:24:55,653 --> 00:24:58,813 Calm uses pale walls and light oak-looking floors. 339 00:24:59,513 --> 00:25:05,513 Warm uses warm-white walls, walnut-looking floors and dark timber slats behind the television 340 00:25:05,533 --> 00:25:11,933 and bed. Formal uses greige walls, polished stone-looking tiles and a stone-looking feature 341 00:25:11,953 --> 00:25:16,173 wall. These are appearance families, not a change to room dimensions. 342 00:25:17,033 --> 00:25:18,573 Kitchens and toilets keep their tile treatment. 343 00:25:19,713 --> 00:25:24,253 Compare the model in useful lighting, and check the actual material specification before 344 00:25:24,273 --> 00:25:25,873 buying anything based on a preview. 345 00:25:29,647 --> 00:25:33,707 A feature wall goes behind the television and main bed only where enough solid 346 00:25:33,727 --> 00:25:36,427 wall remains; it stops around doors and windows. 347 00:25:37,307 --> 00:25:39,687 Study desks are added to bedrooms only where they fit. 348 00:25:40,427 --> 00:25:43,407 The low dining-kitchen divider must not block a walking route. 349 00:25:44,327 --> 00:25:48,967 A child's-room option gives one bedroom a single bed, desk and softer accent wall; 350 00:25:49,547 --> 00:25:51,227 it is not another bedroom added to your total. 351 00:25:52,207 --> 00:25:55,587 Check the real model and option notes to see which of these details could 352 00:25:55,607 --> 00:25:56,507 be placed. 353 00:25:59,707 --> 00:26:04,567 The current survey explains one Vaastu reading based on Jain: kitchen toward the south-east, 354 00:26:05,247 --> 00:26:10,487 puja toward the north-east, toilets away from the north-east and centre, and stairs toward 355 00:26:10,507 --> 00:26:15,247 the south or west. This is an explained planning preference, not a menu of 356 00:26:15,267 --> 00:26:18,127 different Vaastu schools. Accurate north matters. 357 00:26:18,147 --> 00:26:24,687 Space, necessary access, structural safety and local checks can create conflicts, so read the 358 00:26:24,707 --> 00:26:26,927 findings rather than assuming every wish is satisfied. 359 00:26:28,007 --> 00:26:30,887 Ask your designer to review any conflict that matters to your family. 360 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,540 Review your answers before asking for plans. 361 00:26:37,540 --> 00:26:43,500 Check the municipality, plot dimensions, road side, number of floors, bedrooms and parking. 362 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,340 A field marked as missing or a conflict needs attention. 363 00:26:48,140 --> 00:26:50,280 Generate only after these describe your real needs. 364 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,880 The engine searches for layouts that fit its current checks. 365 00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:58,100 If no layout fits, read the reason and change the relevant request. 366 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:02,560 Do not keep entering a larger plot or fewer rooms just to hide an 367 00:27:02,580 --> 00:27:03,840 error in the real brief. 368 00:27:07,613 --> 00:27:10,273 Each option is a different proposed layout for the same brief. 369 00:27:11,153 --> 00:27:14,213 Choose an option, then use the floor buttons to inspect every level. 370 00:27:15,353 --> 00:27:19,653 Read the room names, dimensions, door swings, windows and stair direction. 371 00:27:20,433 --> 00:27:22,833 All floors helps you check how the levels line up. 372 00:27:23,713 --> 00:27:26,093 The site plan shows where the building sits inside the plot. 373 00:27:27,033 --> 00:27:31,293 These are proposed designs to review with your architect; the presence of a drawing 374 00:27:31,313 --> 00:27:33,293 is not municipal permission to build it. 375 00:27:36,773 --> 00:27:39,673 Open Compare options to review the alternatives together. 376 00:27:40,353 --> 00:27:46,033 Look at usable rooms, routes through the house, privacy, outdoor connections and the findings 377 00:27:46,053 --> 00:27:50,093 shown for each design. A larger room may leave less space somewhere else. 378 00:27:51,133 --> 00:27:54,833 Choose priorities that match how your family lives rather than treating one score as 379 00:27:54,853 --> 00:28:00,613 the whole answer. Open the option you prefer, inspect its individual floors, and keep 380 00:28:00,673 --> 00:28:02,153 the other options until you are sure. 381 00:28:02,853 --> 00:28:05,533 A comparison cannot replace checking the actual drawing. 382 00:28:09,313 --> 00:28:11,973 Details explains the selected house and its review findings. 383 00:28:12,993 --> 00:28:15,513 Edit plan opens the available editing tools. 384 00:28:16,413 --> 00:28:20,193 Start with a small change and read the preview or validation message before accepting 385 00:28:20,213 --> 00:28:24,173 it. The accepted drawing remains the source for coordinated outputs. 386 00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:28,793 If a change fails, it should not silently become the house you download. 387 00:28:29,613 --> 00:28:32,273 Use the available undo or history controls when needed. 388 00:28:33,353 --> 00:28:37,273 Changing survey answers is a different action: those answers change the plan only when 389 00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:38,233 you generate again. 390 00:28:41,697 --> 00:28:42,917 Open 3D for the selected option. 391 00:28:44,077 --> 00:28:45,117 Let the model finish loading. 392 00:28:45,777 --> 00:28:49,757 Orbit to see the house from outside, zoom for details, and use the floor 393 00:28:49,777 --> 00:28:51,517 or roof controls to look inside. 394 00:28:52,377 --> 00:28:55,817 Check the entrance, parking, balconies and windows against the plan. 395 00:28:56,377 --> 00:29:00,397 The surroundings help you understand the site, but illustrative neighbours and landscape are 396 00:29:00,417 --> 00:29:04,377 not a land survey. A lighter viewer may appear on some devices. 397 00:29:04,737 --> 00:29:08,117 Its controls and available tour features can differ from the desktop viewer. 398 00:29:11,270 --> 00:29:15,930 The exterior and surroundings controls let you explore the appearance choices supported by 399 00:29:15,950 --> 00:29:21,230 this house. Look at the actual result instead of assuming a style name guarantees 400 00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:27,370 a particular photograph. Check the walls, window treatment, balcony, boundary and landscaping. 401 00:29:28,530 --> 00:29:32,130 Use the lighting controls where available to inspect the model at different times. 402 00:29:33,130 --> 00:29:37,870 Decorative objects help explain a mood; they do not automatically become measured items in 403 00:29:37,890 --> 00:29:42,350 the estimate. Apply a supported change and wait for the accepted model to update. 404 00:29:45,693 --> 00:29:47,833 Walking mode puts you closer to a person's view. 405 00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:52,373 Follow the viewer's on-screen movement instructions and enter through the doorway. 406 00:29:53,433 --> 00:29:57,953 Look at how the living room connects to the kitchen, stairs, bedrooms and outdoors. 407 00:29:58,693 --> 00:30:00,853 Check whether furniture leaves a useful route. 408 00:30:01,973 --> 00:30:06,353 This visual walk is not an accessibility certificate or a structural inspection. 409 00:30:06,913 --> 00:30:08,793 Return to orbit if you lose your place. 410 00:30:09,613 --> 00:30:13,633 On a small device, use the available lighter controls or open the desktop viewer 411 00:30:13,653 --> 00:30:15,573 for the supported walking experience. 412 00:30:19,420 --> 00:30:23,000 House tour plays an automatic camera journey when the current viewer supports it. 413 00:30:23,860 --> 00:30:25,980 It is a different action from walking yourself. 414 00:30:26,820 --> 00:30:30,260 Use its playback controls to watch the spaces that the tour includes. 415 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,960 Video creation may depend on the device, account and available service. 416 00:30:35,580 --> 00:30:39,520 A high-quality film request, where offered, is a separate rendered production. 417 00:30:40,060 --> 00:30:43,480 Do not assume every room appears in a short tour or that the browser 418 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,760 tour has the same lighting and detail as the high-quality film. 419 00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:54,167 The large cost range is a planning estimate for this house, using its built-up 420 00:30:54,187 --> 00:31:01,147 area. Basic, Standard and Premium change the assumed tiles, doors, windows, fittings, ceilings 421 00:31:01,167 --> 00:31:05,487 and facade. A simpler finish does not remove the structure or services. 422 00:31:06,467 --> 00:31:10,327 Your separate budget rate lets you compare your budget with the estimate; it does 423 00:31:10,347 --> 00:31:12,407 not force the plan to fit that price. 424 00:31:13,007 --> 00:31:16,487 Read the range as a range, not a contractor's fixed quotation. 425 00:31:19,963 --> 00:31:23,363 Open Where the money goes, then open a group and an item. 426 00:31:24,063 --> 00:31:27,583 A measured item shows its quantity, unit, rate and source. 427 00:31:27,603 --> 00:31:31,283 An allowance is money set aside for work whose full details are not yet 428 00:31:31,303 --> 00:31:37,103 measured or priced. The location panel explains district adjustments and any fallback rates. 429 00:31:38,083 --> 00:31:43,463 The whole-house headline includes VAT, while the priced materials subtotal excludes VAT and 430 00:31:43,483 --> 00:31:45,063 covers only part of the house. 431 00:31:45,663 --> 00:31:48,263 These two totals should not be compared as if they covered the same work. 432 00:31:51,583 --> 00:31:57,563 Under Adjust takeoff assumptions, brick length, width, height and the mortar joint describe 433 00:31:57,603 --> 00:31:59,423 the brick module used for counting. 434 00:32:00,303 --> 00:32:04,923 Brick waste adds an allowance for losses; tile waste does the same for cutting 435 00:32:04,943 --> 00:32:10,563 and breakage. Plaster thickness and the mortar mix affect estimated material needs. 436 00:32:11,223 --> 00:32:14,823 Cement bag mass tells the calculator how much cement is in one bag. 437 00:32:15,583 --> 00:32:21,323 Use the actual specified products and the estimator's reviewed assumptions, then press Apply 438 00:32:21,343 --> 00:32:25,703 assumptions. Defaults are starting values, not proof of what your site needs. 439 00:32:28,953 --> 00:32:34,233 Paint coverage, paint coats and putty use change the estimated finishing materials. 440 00:32:34,253 --> 00:32:37,893 Check them against the chosen product and surface preparation. 441 00:32:38,693 --> 00:32:43,553 The current takeoff assumes bathroom wall tiles reach the full clear wall height, and 442 00:32:43,573 --> 00:32:46,893 it excludes tiled walls and ceilings from paint quantities. 443 00:32:47,513 --> 00:32:52,533 Preliminary slab thickness affects a concept quantity; it is not permission to thin a 444 00:32:52,553 --> 00:32:56,513 slab. Concrete supply grade selects a price specification. 445 00:32:56,993 --> 00:33:01,393 The engineer's structural concrete grade is a separate design input and must agree before 446 00:33:01,493 --> 00:33:02,673 you rely on the estimate. 447 00:33:05,637 --> 00:33:10,737 If a quantity surveyor or engineer has measured more detail, use Add separately measured 448 00:33:10,757 --> 00:33:16,037 quantities. Choose the matching material or labour rate, confirm its unit and specification, 449 00:33:16,057 --> 00:33:17,797 and enter the measured quantity. 450 00:33:18,317 --> 00:33:21,517 Do not enter kilograms into an item priced by the tonne. 451 00:33:22,017 --> 00:33:26,737 The structural quantity template is another route for reviewed foundations and complete bar 452 00:33:26,757 --> 00:33:30,157 lengths. Load it only for the matching house revision and frame. 453 00:33:30,557 --> 00:33:35,617 The estimate replaces related allowances where supported, so inspect the breakdown instead of 454 00:33:35,637 --> 00:33:36,777 adding the same work twice. 455 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,740 The schedule starts from the BS day, month and year you choose, with the 456 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,280 matching AD date beside it. 457 00:33:45,980 --> 00:33:49,140 Teams of each trade controls how many crews are available. 458 00:33:49,540 --> 00:33:52,720 Tiling and painting teams controls finishing crews separately. 459 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:58,440 Site productivity changes the assumed daily output between a typical private site and the 460 00:33:58,460 --> 00:34:04,440 government norm. Extra crews can shorten some work, but they cannot remove curing time, 461 00:34:04,460 --> 00:34:06,700 inspections or tasks that must finish first. 462 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,620 Use the contractor's realistic crew availability rather than the fastest-looking setting. 463 00:34:15,087 --> 00:34:17,807 Calendar settings decide which days count as working days. 464 00:34:18,407 --> 00:34:23,867 Saturdays off removes Saturdays. You can include national holidays, local holidays and 465 00:34:23,887 --> 00:34:25,827 holidays for particular groups separately. 466 00:34:26,667 --> 00:34:30,047 If crews go home for Dashain and Tihar, enable that break and set the 467 00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:32,207 extra days before Phulpati and after Tihar. 468 00:34:33,047 --> 00:34:36,407 These choices move work around the calendar; they do not change the amount of 469 00:34:36,427 --> 00:34:41,467 construction. Check the calendar with your actual crew and location, because a listed holiday 470 00:34:41,487 --> 00:34:43,487 and your site's working arrangement can differ. 471 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,340 Cement chooses the model's OPC or PPC curing assumption. 472 00:34:51,140 --> 00:34:55,600 Rain and monsoon can slow outdoor work, and the cold-month option keeps props longer. 473 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,480 Separate settings control the wait after a slab pour before upper columns, upper formwork 474 00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:05,540 and prop removal. Another setting allows time for the plinth inspection and permanent permit. 475 00:35:06,580 --> 00:35:10,680 These are planning assumptions for coordination, not instructions to remove supports or build 476 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:15,440 sooner. Ask the responsible engineer and contractor to confirm the waits for your design, 477 00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:16,380 concrete and site conditions. 478 00:35:20,220 --> 00:35:23,880 Select an activity in the schedule to see its dates, measured quantity, crew and 479 00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:28,120 assumed daily output. Waits for shows what must happen before it can start. 480 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,720 Spare time shows how far it can move within this programme. 481 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,800 Work on the critical path can push the final completion date when it slips. 482 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,240 Read the milestones and shaded weather or festival periods as well. 483 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,360 This helps you discuss the sequence with a contractor, rather than treating every bar 484 00:35:43,380 --> 00:35:44,700 as an independent promise. 485 00:35:47,943 --> 00:35:51,863 Cash needed by month spreads the same selected estimate over the construction schedule. 486 00:35:52,723 --> 00:35:55,743 Wages are paid lets you compare month-end wages with every Friday. 487 00:35:56,643 --> 00:36:01,303 Days ahead materials are bought brings purchases forward before the work; ready-mix follows 488 00:36:01,323 --> 00:36:07,063 its pour day. If a labour contractor takes an advance or retains money, enable 489 00:36:07,083 --> 00:36:10,943 that arrangement and enter the advance and retention percentages. 490 00:36:11,723 --> 00:36:14,303 These settings mainly move payment timing. 491 00:36:14,323 --> 00:36:19,063 They do not add new building area or make an unaffordable house cheaper. 492 00:36:22,530 --> 00:36:27,110 In hand at the start is the money already available when construction begins. 493 00:36:27,630 --> 00:36:30,850 Each month is the amount you expect to add regularly. 494 00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:36,110 The chart compares incoming money with the planned payments and carries the balance forward. 495 00:36:37,010 --> 00:36:39,330 Most cash marks the busiest spending month. 496 00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:43,650 Short warns where the entered funding falls behind the modelled spending. 497 00:36:44,290 --> 00:36:48,830 It is a useful budgeting conversation, but it is not a bank approval, loan 498 00:36:48,850 --> 00:36:53,710 repayment plan or promise that actual costs will stay within the forecast. 499 00:36:57,007 --> 00:37:01,747 Before using the figures, read Not included anywhere in this estimate and the items 500 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:07,267 beside the total. A boundary, gate or fee can be shown separately; driveway paving 501 00:37:07,287 --> 00:37:09,687 and landscaping are not automatically priced. 502 00:37:10,207 --> 00:37:13,127 Some measured design work can still be awaiting prices. 503 00:37:13,887 --> 00:37:18,267 Net quantities and verification provides the quantity ledger and evidence downloads. 504 00:37:18,767 --> 00:37:23,307 The software currently states that accuracy has not been checked against independent project 505 00:37:23,327 --> 00:37:29,067 BOQs. So do not describe these quantities or costs as verified within five percent. 506 00:37:32,993 --> 00:37:36,533 Soil type and safe bearing capacity answer different questions. 507 00:37:37,193 --> 00:37:40,973 Soil type helps describe how the ground affects earthquake shaking. 508 00:37:41,493 --> 00:37:46,173 Safe bearing capacity describes the pressure the foundation may use under the reviewed ground 509 00:37:46,193 --> 00:37:52,053 conditions. Get both from a project geotechnical investigation and the responsible engineer. 510 00:37:52,973 --> 00:37:58,913 Rock-looking ground, a neighbour's house or a place name cannot reliably supply these values. 511 00:37:58,933 --> 00:38:03,353 If you do not have the information yet, ask the engineer what investigation is 512 00:38:03,373 --> 00:38:05,853 needed instead of guessing to unlock a download. 513 00:38:09,383 --> 00:38:15,123 The optional test-pit list offers hard, medium, soft and weak ground descriptions when a 514 00:38:15,143 --> 00:38:21,243 bearing value is missing. Those choices trigger built-in preliminary assumptions; they are not 515 00:38:21,263 --> 00:38:24,523 a replacement for a professional soil investigation. 516 00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:30,863 Brick-drop impression is another optional input for a properly performed and interpreted test. 517 00:38:31,863 --> 00:38:35,883 Do not invent a number or try to choose the strongest result. 518 00:38:36,643 --> 00:38:40,943 Ask the engineer whether either method is appropriate for the site and current requirements. 519 00:38:41,943 --> 00:38:45,843 Weak ground can require a different foundation investigation and design. 520 00:38:48,847 --> 00:38:54,927 Concrete grade describes a specified concrete strength, not how luxurious the finish looks. 521 00:38:55,527 --> 00:39:01,807 The structure panel offers its code-minimum setting and explicit M20, M25 or M30 choices. 522 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:07,707 The responsible engineer must confirm the suitable grade for this building and exposure. 523 00:39:08,547 --> 00:39:11,807 Trial column size is an optional starting dimension for the analysis. 524 00:39:12,847 --> 00:39:17,547 A larger number can affect room space, weight and cost, and it still needs 525 00:39:17,567 --> 00:39:22,767 checks. Neither selecting a stronger grade nor entering a wide column proves the whole 526 00:39:22,787 --> 00:39:23,687 building is safe. 527 00:39:26,903 --> 00:39:30,303 Structure type changes the load-carrying system, not just its colour. 528 00:39:31,263 --> 00:39:34,043 RC frame uses reinforced-concrete framing. 529 00:39:34,783 --> 00:39:38,763 RC with a steel top storey changes the uppermost storey to steel. 530 00:39:39,363 --> 00:39:43,443 RC with a steel portal roof uses a steel roof frame above the concrete 531 00:39:43,463 --> 00:39:47,763 house. Steel frame uses the steel system offered for this building. 532 00:39:48,183 --> 00:39:52,763 Availability is checked against the current house, and an unavailable choice shows a reason. 533 00:39:53,743 --> 00:39:58,083 Different systems can change weight, member checks, quantities and price assumptions. 534 00:39:58,703 --> 00:39:59,603 Choose with your engineer. 535 00:40:02,843 --> 00:40:07,203 Braced bays are parts of a steel frame where diagonal members help resist sideways 536 00:40:07,223 --> 00:40:11,843 movement. The plan and tick boxes show the available bays along the two directions. 537 00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:14,963 Their placement affects twisting as well as strength. 538 00:40:15,803 --> 00:40:20,603 A brace may conflict with a door, window or circulation, so use the displayed 539 00:40:20,623 --> 00:40:23,843 solid-wall information and the engineer's intended frame system. 540 00:40:24,723 --> 00:40:27,443 Selecting a few boxes is not a substitute for design. 541 00:40:27,683 --> 00:40:32,523 If the panel asks for a braced bay, resolve that requirement before trusting the 542 00:40:32,543 --> 00:40:33,443 resulting checks. 543 00:40:36,847 --> 00:40:40,947 RC walls are load-resisting concrete walls, not ordinary brick partitions. 544 00:40:41,707 --> 00:40:46,087 The interface offers eligible party-wall lines at the plot boundary and a stair core 545 00:40:46,107 --> 00:40:51,007 where supported. Bays with openings can remain masonry instead of becoming concrete walls. 546 00:40:51,927 --> 00:40:56,367 Adding a stiff wall on only one side can increase twisting, so review the 547 00:40:56,387 --> 00:41:00,167 warnings. With a stair core, the stair is carried as weight on that core. 548 00:41:00,547 --> 00:41:06,467 The current software does not combine these above-ground party-wall or stair-core choices with 549 00:41:06,487 --> 00:41:07,387 a basement. 550 00:41:10,550 --> 00:41:15,130 Add a lift with an RC core offers supported shaft positions under Where. 551 00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:20,330 Read which rooms lose floor area and the assumed shaft, load and pit data. 552 00:41:20,930 --> 00:41:24,870 The architect still needs to revise the layout, and the engineer must use the 553 00:41:24,890 --> 00:41:30,590 lift maker's information. Basement storeys offers none or up to three where available. 554 00:41:30,610 --> 00:41:35,830 Its current analysis starts with stated ground assumptions, including no groundwater. 555 00:41:35,950 --> 00:41:40,110 It does not automatically draw a usable basement stair or ramp. 556 00:41:40,710 --> 00:41:44,910 A basement needs a site-specific investigation and coordinated access design. 557 00:41:48,217 --> 00:41:53,757 Room uses tells the structural calculation how a supported floor will be used: Residential, 558 00:41:53,777 --> 00:41:57,557 Shop, Office, Storage or Car parking on a slab. 559 00:41:58,177 --> 00:42:02,837 This changes load assumptions; it does not turn a bedroom into a designed shop 560 00:42:02,857 --> 00:42:06,757 or move its walls. An ordinary household store remains residential. 561 00:42:07,657 --> 00:42:12,797 Roof garden adds the software's stated soil and garden allowance, while Roof water tanks 562 00:42:12,817 --> 00:42:14,837 records litres of water on the roof. 563 00:42:15,437 --> 00:42:20,617 Neither replaces the engineer's actual garden build-up, tank location, support details and 564 00:42:20,637 --> 00:42:21,537 drainage design. 565 00:42:25,047 --> 00:42:28,507 Built with the frame means the stair flights and landings form part of the 566 00:42:28,527 --> 00:42:31,367 frame and affect its stiffness and earthquake forces. 567 00:42:32,187 --> 00:42:36,647 On sliding bearings represents a different support detail, so the stair carries its weight 568 00:42:36,667 --> 00:42:38,507 without bracing the frame in the same way. 569 00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:43,167 These are physical engineering choices, not camera or appearance settings. 570 00:42:43,767 --> 00:42:47,727 The engineer must choose and detail the support arrangement that will actually be built. 571 00:42:48,427 --> 00:42:52,507 If a stair core is active, the software uses its core-supported treatment instead. 572 00:42:55,890 --> 00:43:00,630 When the layout is ready, Structural analysis, then redraw can check and update supported 573 00:43:00,650 --> 00:43:06,510 concrete designs. Checked member sizes can affect the plan, model and related quantities, so 574 00:43:06,530 --> 00:43:09,590 read What changed and the clear room sizes. 575 00:43:10,270 --> 00:43:13,310 Checks pass means the software's preliminary checks passed. 576 00:43:13,910 --> 00:43:20,550 Needs engineer review and Fails the preliminary checks require action; Not redrawn means no 577 00:43:20,570 --> 00:43:23,930 accepted redraw happened. Review every warning. 578 00:43:24,110 --> 00:43:28,750 If you need to return to layout editing, use Undo the structural analysis where 579 00:43:28,770 --> 00:43:34,210 offered. Steel follows its supported checking workflow rather than this concrete redraw. 580 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:42,240 Open the structural calculation to inspect the checks and how the house was analysed. 581 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:46,220 The Word report and structural package collect supported outputs. 582 00:43:46,820 --> 00:43:52,040 ETABS and STAAD.Pro files help an engineer continue in their own analysis tools; the 583 00:43:52,060 --> 00:43:54,560 serviceability model serves its stated separate check. 584 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:58,560 The bar bending schedule is a steel schedule that still needs review. 585 00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:02,820 These files use the accepted house revision and shared structural inputs. 586 00:44:03,380 --> 00:44:05,920 Some exports can be blocked or account-limited. 587 00:44:06,420 --> 00:44:10,380 None is a stamped construction or permit package simply because it downloads. 588 00:44:14,053 --> 00:44:15,793 Open Downloads for the selected option. 589 00:44:15,813 --> 00:44:19,353 Architectural DXF is for CAD work. 590 00:44:19,373 --> 00:44:24,293 DWG is offered only where the required converter is available; otherwise open the DXF 591 00:44:24,313 --> 00:44:25,813 in a suitable CAD program. 592 00:44:26,413 --> 00:44:29,653 The drawing sets and large plan image serve different purposes. 593 00:44:30,053 --> 00:44:32,273 Pick the floor you want before saving an image. 594 00:44:32,293 --> 00:44:36,053 Read any review or missing-information message on a drawing set. 595 00:44:36,773 --> 00:44:40,593 A municipal sheet layout or a large image does not mean the design has 596 00:44:40,613 --> 00:44:42,053 received municipal approval. 597 00:44:45,130 --> 00:44:49,530 For a textured model, the COLLADA download contains the model and its texture files 598 00:44:49,750 --> 00:44:54,550 in a zip. Extract them together, import the DAE in SketchUp, then save it 599 00:44:54,570 --> 00:45:00,290 as an SKP. OBJ is another exchange format; keep its material and texture files 600 00:45:00,310 --> 00:45:05,510 and import in metres. Direct SKP depends on a supported Windows computer with SketchUp. 601 00:45:06,310 --> 00:45:11,030 Changes made later in SketchUp do not automatically update Aakar's plans, quantities or 602 00:45:11,050 --> 00:45:14,670 structural checks. Keep the exported revision clearly named. 603 00:45:18,437 --> 00:45:23,277 IFC carries building elements such as walls, openings, floors and named spaces for BIM 604 00:45:23,297 --> 00:45:27,977 programs. Select the offered IFC schema and follow the import notes for your Revit 605 00:45:27,997 --> 00:45:32,637 version. Check the imported categories, dimensions and openings. 606 00:45:33,197 --> 00:45:37,037 Colours transfer, but rendering materials and textures have limits. 607 00:45:37,197 --> 00:45:40,277 This is not a direct RVT download. 608 00:45:41,137 --> 00:45:45,377 GLB is better suited to viewing the furnished 3D model in compatible programs. 609 00:45:46,037 --> 00:45:50,277 Choose the file for your next task rather than expecting every format to behave 610 00:45:50,297 --> 00:45:51,197 the same way. 611 00:45:54,493 --> 00:45:58,733 Save project file keeps the options and accepted edits in a file that Aakar 612 00:45:58,753 --> 00:46:03,753 Studio can reopen. This is different from saving a picture or an exported CAD 613 00:46:03,773 --> 00:46:06,873 model. Keep a dated copy before major changes. 614 00:46:07,773 --> 00:46:11,833 Your files lists files made during the session; download the ones you need to 615 00:46:11,853 --> 00:46:15,773 keep. When you reopen a project, read the validation messages. 616 00:46:16,173 --> 00:46:19,533 An older project can require rebuilding against the current engine. 617 00:46:20,093 --> 00:46:23,293 Keep the original copy until you have checked the reopened house. 618 00:46:26,427 --> 00:46:30,547 You now have a way to describe the land, the family, the appearance and 619 00:46:30,567 --> 00:46:32,887 the assumptions behind the cost and structure. 620 00:46:33,567 --> 00:46:35,947 Return to any chapter when an answer is unclear. 621 00:46:36,587 --> 00:46:41,007 Keep unknown information marked as unknown and ask the right professional for it. 622 00:46:41,727 --> 00:46:46,927 Share the selected option, project file, drawings and review findings with your architect and 623 00:46:46,947 --> 00:46:52,487 engineer. They still need to confirm the site, local requirements, construction details and 624 00:46:52,507 --> 00:46:56,887 final design before building. The aim is a clearer starting point for your own 625 00:46:56,907 --> 00:46:57,807 home.