WEBVTT 00:00:01.880 --> 00:00:03.740 Imagine you are planning a home for your family. 00:00:04.460 --> 00:00:08.620 Start with the land documents, a measured site drawing and a list of what 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:13.440 your family needs. In this lesson, we will go through the actual Aakar Studio 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:19.360 questions. We will explain what to choose, where the information comes from, and what 00:00:19.380 --> 00:00:23.380 the answer changes. You can pause and use the chapter list. 00:00:24.100 --> 00:00:28.680 Different choices need different amounts of space; the studio may ask you to revise 00:00:28.700 --> 00:00:29.980 a request that cannot fit. 00:00:33.293 --> 00:00:37.093 Choose the municipality where you will build, then enter the ward. 00:00:37.813 --> 00:00:39.673 You can search in English or Nepali. 00:00:40.533 --> 00:00:44.433 Use the address on your land records and confirm it with the ward office 00:00:44.593 --> 00:00:48.513 if needed. This selects the rule profile the software checks. 00:00:49.153 --> 00:00:52.873 A place that is not listed can be typed, but it may use a 00:00:52.913 --> 00:00:58.693 broader fallback. Read the rule note; selecting a municipality is not permission to build. 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:05.020 Some municipalities show this extra question. 00:01:05.160 --> 00:01:10.580 Choose Yes only if the plot is inside the protected old-town core, No if 00:01:10.600 --> 00:01:15.790 you have confirmed it is outside, or Not sure if you do not know. 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.520 Ask the municipality or ward office rather than judging by the age of nearby 00:01:20.540 --> 00:01:25.200 houses. Core areas can have special height, roof and facade rules. 00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:31.580 Not sure keeps these matters on the review list; it does not confirm that 00:01:31.880 --> 00:01:32.780 ordinary rules are enough. 00:01:36.107 --> 00:01:39.627 If Find your plot on the map is available, you may place or move 00:01:39.647 --> 00:01:44.127 a pin, open the place in Google Maps or Google Earth, or remove the 00:01:44.147 --> 00:01:49.187 pin and continue. A supported ward map can fill in the municipality and ward, 00:01:49.207 --> 00:01:50.947 but check the answers yourself. 00:01:51.347 --> 00:01:54.067 The pin is saved with the survey and drawings. 00:01:54.327 --> 00:01:58.307 It locates the site; it does not measure the boundary or replace the land 00:01:58.327 --> 00:01:59.607 survey. You may skip it. 00:02:03.043 --> 00:02:05.383 First choose how to describe the plot. 00:02:05.743 --> 00:02:08.603 Rectangle is suitable when the boundary really is rectangular. 00:02:09.563 --> 00:02:11.383 Draw the plot is for a different outline. 00:02:12.103 --> 00:02:15.023 Trace your site plan uses a photo or PDF as a guide. 00:02:16.063 --> 00:02:19.423 A value such as five aana tells us how much land there is, but 00:02:19.443 --> 00:02:23.543 not its shape: the same area can be wide, narrow or irregular. 00:02:24.423 --> 00:02:28.103 Use the best measurements you have, and keep an early sketch separate from a 00:02:28.123 --> 00:02:29.023 verified survey. 00:02:32.330 --> 00:02:34.610 Choose Metres when you know the rectangle's measured dimensions. 00:02:35.890 --> 00:02:38.590 Width along the road is the length of the front edge. 00:02:39.310 --> 00:02:42.450 Depth from the road goes from that edge towards the back. 00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:47.810 For example, a twelve-metre width and ten-metre depth make a different planning space from 00:02:47.830 --> 00:02:51.610 a ten-metre width and twelve-metre depth, even though both have the same area. 00:02:52.710 --> 00:02:56.830 These dimensions set the boundary the planner works within; they are not the requested 00:02:56.850 --> 00:02:57.750 house size. 00:03:00.610 --> 00:03:05.410 You can enter ropani, aana, paisa and daam, or switch to bigha, kattha and 00:03:05.430 --> 00:03:09.790 dhur. Enter the parts shown on your land record, then the measured width along 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:15.010 the road. The software converts the area and calculates a rectangular depth by dividing 00:03:15.130 --> 00:03:17.970 area by width. Read the live size preview. 00:03:18.690 --> 00:03:22.650 This is useful for a rectangular starting model, but an aana value plus width 00:03:22.670 --> 00:03:25.270 cannot recover the true corners of an irregular plot. 00:03:29.300 --> 00:03:32.780 Open Trace your site plan and choose a clear photo or PDF of the 00:03:32.820 --> 00:03:35.480 site drawing. For a PDF, select the correct page. 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:39.000 Turn or crop the image so the plot is easy to see. 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:44.180 If a photograph was taken at an angle, use the paper-straightening tool only when 00:03:44.200 --> 00:03:46.280 you can identify the paper corners and size. 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:52.760 Tracing follows your source: a blurry, stretched or outdated drawing can still give a 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:53.680 wrong boundary. 00:03:57.160 --> 00:04:00.480 Mark each boundary corner in order and close the outline. 00:04:01.100 --> 00:04:03.080 Undo or move a corner when needed. 00:04:03.820 --> 00:04:05.500 Then give the drawing a real size. 00:04:06.480 --> 00:04:11.060 You can use one known side, all the written side lengths, the printed map 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:12.660 scale, or a scale bar. 00:04:13.600 --> 00:04:15.580 Metres and feet are length units here. 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:20.820 A line on a photo has no real-world length until the size is established. 00:04:21.520 --> 00:04:24.940 Check any suggested text readings against the original drawing yourself. 00:04:28.493 --> 00:04:32.393 For a printed scale, choose the correct ratio or enter another scale. 00:04:33.113 --> 00:04:35.973 A scanned image may also need its scan resolution. 00:04:36.053 --> 00:04:41.713 A correctly sized PDF page or straightened paper can supply the paper size instead. 00:04:42.793 --> 00:04:48.593 Set the road, neighbours and north, then inspect the final outline, lengths and area. 00:04:49.833 --> 00:04:52.813 If a detected rectangle is offered, use it only when appropriate. 00:04:54.213 --> 00:04:56.053 Apply the checked plot to the survey. 00:04:56.813 --> 00:05:00.473 The drawing stays on this device; the traced outline and sizes are used. 00:05:03.993 --> 00:05:08.393 In Draw the plot, begin at corner A and enter the boundary sides in 00:05:08.413 --> 00:05:11.973 order. Choose metres or feet for all side lengths. 00:05:12.893 --> 00:05:17.153 Inside corner angle means the angle within the plot; a square corner is ninety 00:05:17.173 --> 00:05:22.633 degrees. Direction mode instead describes the direction of each side relative to the first 00:05:22.653 --> 00:05:24.613 side. These are different answers. 00:05:25.213 --> 00:05:28.913 Use angles or directions from the survey drawing, rather than guessing them from a 00:05:28.933 --> 00:05:32.573 picture. Add or remove side rows to match the real boundary. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.640 Side lengths alone may not fix an irregular shape. 00:05:39.380 --> 00:05:43.400 If the survey gives diagonals, choose Side lengths and diagonals. 00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:47.280 A diagonal joins two non-adjacent corners inside the plot. 00:05:48.200 --> 00:05:52.320 Choose the named diagonal, or its starting corner, and enter the measured length. 00:05:53.260 --> 00:05:56.360 A triangle needs no diagonal because its three sides fix it. 00:05:57.200 --> 00:05:59.700 For larger plots, enter the requested diagonals. 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:04.760 The software checks whether the triangles fit; do not invent a diagonal just to 00:06:04.780 --> 00:06:05.840 make an error disappear. 00:06:09.277 --> 00:06:11.457 You can also click to place corners for an early sketch. 00:06:12.617 --> 00:06:16.777 Check the resulting lengths rather than treating each click as a surveyed point. 00:06:17.697 --> 00:06:19.737 Close the plot and remove empty rows. 00:06:19.817 --> 00:06:23.477 A crossing boundary or a closing gap means something needs correcting. 00:06:24.657 --> 00:06:28.557 Compare the calculated area with the land record when available, and mark a road 00:06:28.577 --> 00:06:33.617 side. Use this plot in the brief applies the outline and its side information; 00:06:34.317 --> 00:06:35.477 Cancel leaves that work unapplied. 00:06:39.773 --> 00:06:44.753 For each side, choose Road, Neighbour's house, Open land or Not sure. 00:06:45.693 --> 00:06:50.073 Mark the actual access road and enter its width in metres from reliable site 00:06:50.093 --> 00:06:54.773 or road records. If the plot has roads on two sides, mark both; do 00:06:54.793 --> 00:06:57.473 not describe a corner plot as having only one road. 00:06:58.613 --> 00:07:01.733 Road sides affect the frontage and boundary checks and are shown in the site 00:07:01.753 --> 00:07:06.613 context. This value describes the road, not your gate width or a promise of 00:07:06.633 --> 00:07:07.533 legal access. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.440 Choose Neighbour's house where a building stands, and enter its height if you know 00:07:14.460 --> 00:07:19.060 it. A missing height uses a simple nine-metre preview box in the rectangle form, 00:07:19.080 --> 00:07:24.640 not a measured neighbour. Open land can look like a green field, rice field 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:29.660 or bare ground. Those choices describe the surroundings picture; they do not give you 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:31.480 ownership or permission to build there. 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:36.160 Use Not sure when information is missing, and check the result's assumptions. 00:07:40.147 --> 00:07:41.887 Choose where north points on this drawing. 00:07:42.167 --> 00:07:47.207 Up, down, left, right and the diagonal choices refer to the screen, not to 00:07:47.227 --> 00:07:50.607 the road's name. Use the survey's north arrow when available. 00:07:51.307 --> 00:07:54.767 In the tracer, turn the arrow to match the source; if the source has 00:07:54.787 --> 00:07:56.967 no arrow, state that you set it yourself. 00:07:57.867 --> 00:08:01.547 This orientation is carried into the site information and direction-based planning. 00:08:02.807 --> 00:08:05.947 A guessed north direction should not be presented as a surveyed one. 00:08:09.893 --> 00:08:13.773 This asks which house wall must stand directly on a non-road boundary. 00:08:14.653 --> 00:08:17.033 Tick a side only when that is your intended arrangement. 00:08:17.593 --> 00:08:21.053 It becomes a fixed requirement in the planner, with a shared or blind wall 00:08:21.073 --> 00:08:24.273 and no windows there. Road sides cannot be chosen here. 00:08:25.193 --> 00:08:30.673 Leaving sides unticked lets the planner compare boundary arrangements; it does not promise a 00:08:30.693 --> 00:08:33.013 detached house with space on every side. 00:08:33.113 --> 00:08:38.033 The current local planning system still chooses boundary contact and checks opening clearance. 00:08:41.760 --> 00:08:44.360 Let the planner choose gives it freedom to place the house. 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:49.080 Towards the front means closer to the road; Towards the back means the other 00:08:49.100 --> 00:08:53.020 end of the plot. A front or back choice is treated as a requirement, 00:08:53.280 --> 00:08:54.780 not just a label on the picture. 00:08:55.420 --> 00:08:58.920 If your rooms cannot fit in that position, the planner should explain the conflict 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:00.800 instead of quietly moving the house. 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:03.840 Choose this separately from how deep you want the front yard. 00:09:07.550 --> 00:09:10.050 Choose Flat, Gently sloping or Steep. 00:09:10.710 --> 00:09:14.230 For a slope, say which way the ground falls and, if known, the height 00:09:14.250 --> 00:09:18.590 difference in metres. Get a measured difference from a site level survey when possible. 00:09:19.550 --> 00:09:23.610 The current planner keeps one level ground floor: a stepped plinth for a gentle 00:09:23.630 --> 00:09:26.270 slope, or retaining walls and fill for a steep site. 00:09:27.150 --> 00:09:28.450 It reports the resulting heights. 00:09:29.250 --> 00:09:33.510 It does not yet plan split levels or partial basements, and retaining walls need 00:09:33.530 --> 00:09:34.590 engineering design. 00:09:38.053 --> 00:09:41.893 For plots of five aana or more, this control normally offers three approaches. 00:09:42.873 --> 00:09:45.993 Use the available allowance gives the planner its usual freedom. 00:09:46.013 --> 00:09:50.813 A target footprint asks for a percentage of the plot under the ground-floor house. 00:09:51.373 --> 00:09:53.353 This is not the total area of all floors. 00:09:53.553 --> 00:09:56.773 Setbacks, access and room requirements still matter. 00:09:57.473 --> 00:10:01.913 The displayed seventy-percent cap is this system's working allowance, not a universal legal 00:10:01.933 --> 00:10:05.273 limit, and rooms are not automatically shrunk to meet your target. 00:10:08.983 --> 00:10:12.143 Choose a yard in front and enter the depth from the road boundary to 00:10:12.163 --> 00:10:16.443 the house. Prefer this depth asks the planner to try it, but it can 00:10:16.463 --> 00:10:19.083 return to the usual front setback if the rooms cannot fit. 00:10:20.203 --> 00:10:24.403 Keep at least this depth is stricter: the planner must keep that minimum, or 00:10:24.423 --> 00:10:25.903 explain why no plan fits. 00:10:26.563 --> 00:10:28.303 More yard can mean less room for the house. 00:10:29.203 --> 00:10:33.683 Neither option replaces the municipality's setback and access checks. 00:10:38.047 --> 00:10:40.187 Recorded plot area is optional. 00:10:40.987 --> 00:10:47.467 Enter the area on the lalpurja and choose the matching unit: aana, ropani, paisa, 00:10:47.487 --> 00:10:50.087 daam, square metres or square feet. 00:10:51.087 --> 00:10:54.467 Keep it separate from the area calculated from your boundary measurements. 00:10:55.307 --> 00:10:59.867 A difference is a reason to recheck the inputs, not to stretch the corners 00:10:59.887 --> 00:11:04.387 until the numbers agree. The site preview reflects your answers. 00:11:04.687 --> 00:11:09.247 It is a site diagram, not an approved building envelope or a generated house. 00:11:12.313 --> 00:11:16.393 Choose how many storeys you need: one up to four and a half in 00:11:16.413 --> 00:11:21.013 this form. A half means a partly built top floor with an open roof 00:11:21.033 --> 00:11:23.213 terrace, not a room with half its height. 00:11:24.133 --> 00:11:30.273 More storeys change the room arrangement, stairs, structure and likely cost; they still need 00:11:30.293 --> 00:11:32.273 to fit the plot and local checks. 00:11:33.053 --> 00:11:38.533 In More options, leave the partial-top-floor area blank to size it around its rooms, 00:11:38.553 --> 00:11:40.893 or enter an area within the displayed limit. 00:11:44.743 --> 00:11:48.323 Turn on rental floors only if the house has at least two full storeys. 00:11:49.403 --> 00:11:54.003 Choose how many lower floors to rent, then one, two or three bedrooms in 00:11:54.023 --> 00:11:59.143 each rental flat. Those flats receive their own living room, kitchen and toilet. 00:11:59.863 --> 00:12:03.643 The shared stair reaches them without passing through another household's rooms. 00:12:04.263 --> 00:12:08.303 The next bedroom and bathroom totals describe your own home, so do not add 00:12:08.323 --> 00:12:10.223 the tenants' rooms to those totals again. 00:12:13.550 --> 00:12:17.170 Enter the total bedrooms and bathrooms or toilets your household needs. 00:12:17.770 --> 00:12:21.710 A living room and a kitchen with dining are already included; the planner tries 00:12:21.730 --> 00:12:23.790 different ways to place the rooms across floors. 00:12:24.890 --> 00:12:29.250 Tick the ground-floor bedroom if someone should sleep downstairs, for example an elderly 00:12:29.270 --> 00:12:33.990 parent. This is a real planning requirement, not just a bed shown in 3D. 00:12:34.950 --> 00:12:37.670 Check each result for usable access and bathroom locations. 00:12:38.730 --> 00:12:42.130 This short survey does not show a separate attached-bathroom question. 00:12:45.323 --> 00:12:48.603 Choose a ground-floor shop if you want business space at the road front. 00:12:49.403 --> 00:12:52.723 Choose one to four shutters, or let the plot decide how many fit. 00:12:53.543 --> 00:12:54.883 The shop can have its own toilet. 00:12:54.943 --> 00:12:59.623 Its size uses real floor space beside the stair, while the house keeps a 00:12:59.643 --> 00:13:03.723 separate entrance. This can reduce space available for rooms or parking. 00:13:04.403 --> 00:13:09.183 It does not give permission to operate a business: shop use, access and parking 00:13:09.443 --> 00:13:11.043 still need the municipality's checks. 00:13:14.467 --> 00:13:17.647 Enter your approximate budget in lakh if you want to compare it with the 00:13:17.727 --> 00:13:21.547 estimate later. One lakh means one hundred thousand rupees. 00:13:22.127 --> 00:13:25.687 This answer currently does not make the planner choose a smaller or cheaper house. 00:13:26.527 --> 00:13:28.387 It is a comparison number in the Cost view. 00:13:29.167 --> 00:13:34.387 If the estimate exceeds it, review the rooms, size, specification and local prices with 00:13:34.407 --> 00:13:38.547 your designer. Leaving this optional field blank does not prevent you from starting. 00:13:41.757 --> 00:13:45.517 Extra rooms add needs to the house, rather than changing a room's colour. 00:13:46.097 --> 00:13:51.357 Choose a puja room, guest bedroom, study, store, laundry or separate dining room as 00:13:51.377 --> 00:13:55.277 needed. An extra WC means a toilet and basin without a shower. 00:13:56.117 --> 00:14:01.117 Home office adds a desk-and-shelf space; family lounge means another family or television 00:14:01.137 --> 00:14:05.077 room; recreation asks for play or exercise space. 00:14:05.737 --> 00:14:08.397 Every addition needs room in the plot and programme. 00:14:08.857 --> 00:14:12.377 A long wish list may need fewer rooms or more buildable space. 00:14:15.557 --> 00:14:20.337 For balconies, let the style decide, choose none, or select the living room, main 00:14:20.357 --> 00:14:23.097 bedroom, other bedrooms and kitchen service side. 00:14:23.717 --> 00:14:26.817 These are upper-floor requests; ground-floor rooms use the yard. 00:14:27.497 --> 00:14:31.517 A separate choice lets upper rooms project toward the road, or keeps floor edges 00:14:31.537 --> 00:14:32.677 in line with the frame. 00:14:33.437 --> 00:14:37.737 The current planner limits these projections and checks open space, columns and door 00:14:37.757 --> 00:14:42.477 clearance. Choosing a projection is not proof that it is permitted or structurally approved. 00:14:43.097 --> 00:14:44.657 Read what each result actually fitted. 00:14:48.047 --> 00:14:50.887 Enter how many cars and motorbikes must fit inside the plot. 00:14:51.587 --> 00:14:55.467 These numbers reserve parking space and affect the entrance arrangement; they are not just 00:14:55.487 --> 00:14:56.947 decoration for the 3D model. 00:14:57.127 --> 00:15:01.067 A car also needs a route from the road, a wide-enough boundary gate and 00:15:01.087 --> 00:15:05.907 manoeuvring space. Parking can compete with a shop, a downstairs bedroom or a larger 00:15:05.927 --> 00:15:10.307 living room. Compare the parking notes and drawn access on the results, rather than 00:15:10.327 --> 00:15:12.607 assuming a vehicle symbol means access is solved. 00:15:15.990 --> 00:15:20.290 For window grills, a covered entrance sit-out and a roof drying place, choose yes, 00:15:20.310 --> 00:15:22.690 no, or let the planner follow the house style. 00:15:23.250 --> 00:15:27.010 If you ask for grills, choose plain bars, a square lattice or a decorative 00:15:27.030 --> 00:15:30.930 pattern. The entrance sit-out needs clear space within the plot. 00:15:31.550 --> 00:15:34.310 The drying place uses a suitable part of the roof terrace. 00:15:34.950 --> 00:15:38.410 These items are added only where they fit, and do not move rooms. 00:15:38.930 --> 00:15:41.690 Check the option notes for anything that could not be included. 00:15:45.173 --> 00:15:50.153 For backup power, choose none, an inverter with batteries, or an inverter with rooftop 00:15:50.173 --> 00:15:53.133 solar. You can also let the house style choose its default. 00:15:54.053 --> 00:15:57.973 This records the intended household equipment and roof-space needs where supported. 00:15:58.613 --> 00:16:03.553 It is not a finished electrical design, a battery-size calculation or a guarantee of 00:16:03.573 --> 00:16:04.853 how long the lights will run. 00:16:05.673 --> 00:16:10.433 Give the equipment supplier your actual loads and backup hours, and have the wiring, 00:16:10.593 --> 00:16:12.373 protection and roof mounting reviewed. 00:16:15.537 --> 00:16:20.197 In More options, floor-to-floor height means the vertical distance from one floor level to 00:16:20.257 --> 00:16:23.997 the next. It is not the clear room height below the slab or a 00:16:24.017 --> 00:16:29.197 false ceiling. Changing it affects the building's height and vertical arrangement, so use your 00:16:29.217 --> 00:16:34.857 designer's intended value. Enter the underground water tank capacity in litres; the current 00:16:34.877 --> 00:16:36.717 input starts at five thousand litres. 00:16:37.397 --> 00:16:42.417 This is a storage request, not proof of groundwater conditions, safe excavation or a 00:16:42.437 --> 00:16:43.477 completed tank design. 00:16:46.573 --> 00:16:50.333 The main bedroom can have a standard wardrobe, a walk-in wardrobe, or none. 00:16:50.933 --> 00:16:54.333 A walk-in needs usable space; it is not just a different cupboard front. 00:16:55.153 --> 00:16:57.393 The separate tick asks for wardrobes in other bedrooms. 00:16:58.213 --> 00:17:02.333 For stairs, a half-turn with landing turns back through one hundred and eighty degrees; 00:17:02.733 --> 00:17:04.813 a quarter-turn with landing turns ninety degrees. 00:17:05.513 --> 00:17:07.613 These change the route and footprint of the stair. 00:17:08.253 --> 00:17:12.193 Compare the actual landing, room connections and headroom notes in the plan. 00:17:15.317 --> 00:17:18.697 In Exterior look, search for a house style or filter by family. 00:17:19.417 --> 00:17:24.417 The catalogue includes established contemporary and brick looks, budget and rental houses, 00:17:24.437 --> 00:17:30.137 heritage-inspired looks, regional references, glass villas, courtyard-and-garden ideas, and 00:17:30.157 --> 00:17:35.717 other contemporary designs. Search and family filters only help you find a card; selecting 00:17:35.737 --> 00:17:37.357 a card chooses the character. 00:17:37.857 --> 00:17:40.057 Read its explanation as well as its picture. 00:17:40.817 --> 00:17:46.017 A glass-focused villa does not turn shared boundary walls into glass, and a courtyard 00:17:46.037 --> 00:17:48.617 label alone does not create an open court. 00:17:52.297 --> 00:17:55.297 Plan for this style is different from applying a colour scheme. 00:17:56.137 --> 00:18:01.657 When on, the planner can adjust front-window sizes, balcony requests and the frame alignment 00:18:01.677 --> 00:18:04.837 needed by that style, where the plot and structure allow. 00:18:05.717 --> 00:18:10.337 When off, it applies the look while keeping planned rooms, openings and balconies. 00:18:11.357 --> 00:18:14.697 Read What this style changes and the result's fit report. 00:18:15.417 --> 00:18:20.957 Some identities are only compact interpretations; features marked as not yet buildable, such 00:18:20.977 --> 00:18:24.177 as a complete court in some styles, are not silently promised. 00:18:28.327 --> 00:18:33.707 Keep the house-style palette, or choose ivory and red, terracotta and cream, sage and 00:18:33.727 --> 00:18:39.667 white, cream and brown, pure white and gold, slate, ochre, or dusty rose. 00:18:40.767 --> 00:18:43.047 These set the appearance, not the room arrangement. 00:18:43.987 --> 00:18:47.467 Brick and Newari looks also offer matte or satin-looking brick. 00:18:48.327 --> 00:18:52.947 Brick placement can cover the road front, piers, room bays with a plaster stair 00:18:52.967 --> 00:18:56.107 volume, all outside walls, or just the stair volume. 00:18:57.127 --> 00:19:01.767 These are surface and composition choices; do not assume every decorative change is priced 00:19:01.787 --> 00:19:02.687 in the estimate. 00:19:06.083 --> 00:19:11.483 Timber window finish follows the style or uses dark-stained, warm natural, or light-painted 00:19:11.503 --> 00:19:17.803 timber. For screens, choose none, brick jali, perforated metal or timber slats. 00:19:18.603 --> 00:19:23.783 If a screen is chosen, select balcony fronts, a blank feature wall, road-side terrace 00:19:23.803 --> 00:19:25.923 edges or the stair-window wall. 00:19:26.943 --> 00:19:28.823 These screens have openings you can see through. 00:19:29.623 --> 00:19:32.963 Balcony and terrace screens keep a separate safety railing behind them. 00:19:33.683 --> 00:19:37.523 A decorative wall screen belongs on a wall without windows; it should not hide 00:19:37.543 --> 00:19:39.623 an opening or replace a designed guard. 00:19:43.033 --> 00:19:48.833 The 3D material detail choice switches between original studio materials and photographic 00:19:48.853 --> 00:19:54.733 ambientCG materials. The photographic set can show more surface texture in the model. 00:19:55.233 --> 00:19:56.833 It still follows the house style. 00:19:56.853 --> 00:20:02.973 It does not change room dimensions, the selected construction assemblies or their quantities. 00:20:03.533 --> 00:20:08.173 Use it to compare how a surface may look, then specify real products with 00:20:08.313 --> 00:20:14.353 your designer. A texture on a screen does not certify the supplier's product, waterproofing, 00:20:14.753 --> 00:20:16.253 durability or installation method. 00:20:19.887 --> 00:20:25.867 Window design can follow the house style or use sliding aluminium, a side-hung casement, 00:20:26.007 --> 00:20:32.427 paired French casements, picture glass, a fixed pane, a bathroom ventilator, timber transom 00:20:32.447 --> 00:20:35.727 divisions or a Newari-inspired timber lattice. 00:20:36.287 --> 00:20:39.447 These change frames and divisions in the planned window opening. 00:20:40.027 --> 00:20:43.347 Picture and fixed glass do not become opening windows. 00:20:43.587 --> 00:20:48.767 Ventilation, privacy and safe opening clearances still depend on the plan and technical 00:20:48.787 --> 00:20:54.107 review. The Newari lattice is an inspired model detail, not a measured copy of 00:20:54.127 --> 00:20:55.027 historic carving. 00:20:58.543 --> 00:21:03.943 Door design can follow the style, use panelled wood, glazed timber, a plain flush 00:21:03.963 --> 00:21:07.683 leaf, crafted timber panels or a metal security leaf. 00:21:08.483 --> 00:21:12.083 Double timber asks for two leaves only where the entrance is already wide enough; 00:21:12.543 --> 00:21:14.163 a narrow room door stays single. 00:21:14.903 --> 00:21:17.123 These choices preserve the planned aperture and swing. 00:21:18.063 --> 00:21:22.383 Glazed timber adds a glass panel, while crafted panels add relief rather than a 00:21:22.403 --> 00:21:28.123 larger room. Check security, privacy, door hardware and the clear walking width when choosing 00:21:28.143 --> 00:21:29.043 the actual product. 00:21:32.803 --> 00:21:38.863 For the boundary gate, choose horizontal slats, vertical bars, closed privacy panels, timber 00:21:38.883 --> 00:21:42.203 slats, ornamental steel or perforated lattice. 00:21:42.223 --> 00:21:46.323 These change the infill of the same planned access gate; they do not make 00:21:46.343 --> 00:21:48.363 a second gate or enlarge the opening. 00:21:48.963 --> 00:21:54.103 The compound wall can follow the style or look plastered, brick-faced, stone-faced or 00:21:54.123 --> 00:21:57.283 concrete. Stone facing still needs attachment review. 00:21:57.923 --> 00:22:01.523 A visual gate choice does not prove a car can enter: check the planned 00:22:01.543 --> 00:22:03.543 width, driveway and turning space separately. 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:12.700 Outside wall finish can follow the house style or show painted plaster, brick, stone, 00:22:13.020 --> 00:22:15.220 timber cladding or a concrete appearance. 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:19.920 Concrete appearance does not replace the house with a different structural system, and timber 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:23.240 or stone facing needs weather, fire and fixing details checked. 00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:28.980 Indoor wall paint can follow the interior family or use pure white, warm white, 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:31.400 sage, clay or soft grey. 00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:36.700 These choices preserve the walls and openings; they are not permission to remove structural 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:38.000 walls or columns. 00:22:40.643 --> 00:22:47.043 The kitchen options show a concrete counter with wood cabinets, modular laminate, timber 00:22:47.063 --> 00:22:51.723 fronts, a steel utility look, or a two-tone contemporary finish. 00:22:51.743 --> 00:22:55.403 They change the appearance of the fitted counter runs and worktops. 00:22:55.903 --> 00:23:00.163 They do not add an island, move the sink or stove, rearrange the room 00:23:00.183 --> 00:23:03.103 or create extra cabinets outside the planned space. 00:23:03.743 --> 00:23:08.543 Choose the look here, then review the actual layout, worktop material, storage, appliance 00:23:08.563 --> 00:23:11.723 sizes, water and electrical points with your kitchen designer. 00:23:15.650 --> 00:23:20.610 Balcony shape can follow the style, stay as planned, or request a semicircular front. 00:23:21.230 --> 00:23:25.610 The curved option changes the slab outline and matching guards inside a space already 00:23:25.630 --> 00:23:30.330 reserved for a balcony. If the finished door clearance cannot fit, the rectangular version 00:23:30.350 --> 00:23:33.870 is retained. This does not create a balcony on a new side of the 00:23:33.890 --> 00:23:38.390 house. After planning, the Design control handles a coordinated change to a reserved 00:23:38.410 --> 00:23:42.490 projection; asking for a new balcony location means returning to the survey. 00:23:46.090 --> 00:23:51.710 Swing options are a timber bench, cushioned bench, metal-frame bench or compact daybed, within 00:23:51.730 --> 00:23:53.630 an already reserved terrace space. 00:23:54.210 --> 00:23:57.810 No swing removes its visible assembly; it does not give that planning space back. 00:23:58.990 --> 00:24:04.310 For ground trees, request one, two or three and choose a small evergreen, compact 00:24:04.330 --> 00:24:06.310 fruit tree or small flowering tree. 00:24:07.010 --> 00:24:09.390 They are illustrative choices, not exact species. 00:24:10.150 --> 00:24:15.290 Safe planting space must fit; mature roots, canopy, care and the local permit condition 00:24:15.310 --> 00:24:16.210 still need review. 00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:24.040 Choose a plain entrance or timber slats, then keep or remove the paved gate-to-door 00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:27.200 path and the slab bands, base plinth and rail caps. 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:30.160 These add visual detail where the model allows. 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:36.780 For Front windows, balanced openings keep the normal balance; glass-heavy widens living and 00:24:36.800 --> 00:24:40.240 dining windows toward the road where columns, doors and furniture allow. 00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:44.480 Glass-heavy still keeps solid sills, so it is not floor-to-ceiling glass. 00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:48.780 Decorative preview pieces are not automatically included in drawings and estimates. 00:24:52.273 --> 00:24:54.813 Interior family sets a coordinated room palette. 00:24:55.653 --> 00:24:58.813 Calm uses pale walls and light oak-looking floors. 00:24:59.513 --> 00:25:05.513 Warm uses warm-white walls, walnut-looking floors and dark timber slats behind the television 00:25:05.533 --> 00:25:11.933 and bed. Formal uses greige walls, polished stone-looking tiles and a stone-looking feature 00:25:11.953 --> 00:25:16.173 wall. These are appearance families, not a change to room dimensions. 00:25:17.033 --> 00:25:18.573 Kitchens and toilets keep their tile treatment. 00:25:19.713 --> 00:25:24.253 Compare the model in useful lighting, and check the actual material specification before 00:25:24.273 --> 00:25:25.873 buying anything based on a preview. 00:25:29.647 --> 00:25:33.707 A feature wall goes behind the television and main bed only where enough solid 00:25:33.727 --> 00:25:36.427 wall remains; it stops around doors and windows. 00:25:37.307 --> 00:25:39.687 Study desks are added to bedrooms only where they fit. 00:25:40.427 --> 00:25:43.407 The low dining-kitchen divider must not block a walking route. 00:25:44.327 --> 00:25:48.967 A child's-room option gives one bedroom a single bed, desk and softer accent wall; 00:25:49.547 --> 00:25:51.227 it is not another bedroom added to your total. 00:25:52.207 --> 00:25:55.587 Check the real model and option notes to see which of these details could 00:25:55.607 --> 00:25:56.507 be placed. 00:25:59.707 --> 00:26:04.567 The current survey explains one Vaastu reading based on Jain: kitchen toward the south-east, 00:26:05.247 --> 00:26:10.487 puja toward the north-east, toilets away from the north-east and centre, and stairs toward 00:26:10.507 --> 00:26:15.247 the south or west. This is an explained planning preference, not a menu of 00:26:15.267 --> 00:26:18.127 different Vaastu schools. Accurate north matters. 00:26:18.147 --> 00:26:24.687 Space, necessary access, structural safety and local checks can create conflicts, so read the 00:26:24.707 --> 00:26:26.927 findings rather than assuming every wish is satisfied. 00:26:28.007 --> 00:26:30.887 Ask your designer to review any conflict that matters to your family. 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:36.540 Review your answers before asking for plans. 00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:43.500 Check the municipality, plot dimensions, road side, number of floors, bedrooms and parking. 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:47.340 A field marked as missing or a conflict needs attention. 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:50.280 Generate only after these describe your real needs. 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:53.880 The engine searches for layouts that fit its current checks. 00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:58.100 If no layout fits, read the reason and change the relevant request. 00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:02.560 Do not keep entering a larger plot or fewer rooms just to hide an 00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:03.840 error in the real brief. 00:27:07.613 --> 00:27:10.273 Each option is a different proposed layout for the same brief. 00:27:11.153 --> 00:27:14.213 Choose an option, then use the floor buttons to inspect every level. 00:27:15.353 --> 00:27:19.653 Read the room names, dimensions, door swings, windows and stair direction. 00:27:20.433 --> 00:27:22.833 All floors helps you check how the levels line up. 00:27:23.713 --> 00:27:26.093 The site plan shows where the building sits inside the plot. 00:27:27.033 --> 00:27:31.293 These are proposed designs to review with your architect; the presence of a drawing 00:27:31.313 --> 00:27:33.293 is not municipal permission to build it. 00:27:36.773 --> 00:27:39.673 Open Compare options to review the alternatives together. 00:27:40.353 --> 00:27:46.033 Look at usable rooms, routes through the house, privacy, outdoor connections and the findings 00:27:46.053 --> 00:27:50.093 shown for each design. A larger room may leave less space somewhere else. 00:27:51.133 --> 00:27:54.833 Choose priorities that match how your family lives rather than treating one score as 00:27:54.853 --> 00:28:00.613 the whole answer. Open the option you prefer, inspect its individual floors, and keep 00:28:00.673 --> 00:28:02.153 the other options until you are sure. 00:28:02.853 --> 00:28:05.533 A comparison cannot replace checking the actual drawing. 00:28:09.313 --> 00:28:11.973 Details explains the selected house and its review findings. 00:28:12.993 --> 00:28:15.513 Edit plan opens the available editing tools. 00:28:16.413 --> 00:28:20.193 Start with a small change and read the preview or validation message before accepting 00:28:20.213 --> 00:28:24.173 it. The accepted drawing remains the source for coordinated outputs. 00:28:25.413 --> 00:28:28.793 If a change fails, it should not silently become the house you download. 00:28:29.613 --> 00:28:32.273 Use the available undo or history controls when needed. 00:28:33.353 --> 00:28:37.273 Changing survey answers is a different action: those answers change the plan only when 00:28:37.333 --> 00:28:38.233 you generate again. 00:28:41.697 --> 00:28:42.917 Open 3D for the selected option. 00:28:44.077 --> 00:28:45.117 Let the model finish loading. 00:28:45.777 --> 00:28:49.757 Orbit to see the house from outside, zoom for details, and use the floor 00:28:49.777 --> 00:28:51.517 or roof controls to look inside. 00:28:52.377 --> 00:28:55.817 Check the entrance, parking, balconies and windows against the plan. 00:28:56.377 --> 00:29:00.397 The surroundings help you understand the site, but illustrative neighbours and landscape are 00:29:00.417 --> 00:29:04.377 not a land survey. A lighter viewer may appear on some devices. 00:29:04.737 --> 00:29:08.117 Its controls and available tour features can differ from the desktop viewer. 00:29:11.270 --> 00:29:15.930 The exterior and surroundings controls let you explore the appearance choices supported by 00:29:15.950 --> 00:29:21.230 this house. Look at the actual result instead of assuming a style name guarantees 00:29:21.250 --> 00:29:27.370 a particular photograph. Check the walls, window treatment, balcony, boundary and landscaping. 00:29:28.530 --> 00:29:32.130 Use the lighting controls where available to inspect the model at different times. 00:29:33.130 --> 00:29:37.870 Decorative objects help explain a mood; they do not automatically become measured items in 00:29:37.890 --> 00:29:42.350 the estimate. Apply a supported change and wait for the accepted model to update. 00:29:45.693 --> 00:29:47.833 Walking mode puts you closer to a person's view. 00:29:48.653 --> 00:29:52.373 Follow the viewer's on-screen movement instructions and enter through the doorway. 00:29:53.433 --> 00:29:57.953 Look at how the living room connects to the kitchen, stairs, bedrooms and outdoors. 00:29:58.693 --> 00:30:00.853 Check whether furniture leaves a useful route. 00:30:01.973 --> 00:30:06.353 This visual walk is not an accessibility certificate or a structural inspection. 00:30:06.913 --> 00:30:08.793 Return to orbit if you lose your place. 00:30:09.613 --> 00:30:13.633 On a small device, use the available lighter controls or open the desktop viewer 00:30:13.653 --> 00:30:15.573 for the supported walking experience. 00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:23.000 House tour plays an automatic camera journey when the current viewer supports it. 00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:25.980 It is a different action from walking yourself. 00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:30.260 Use its playback controls to watch the spaces that the tour includes. 00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:34.960 Video creation may depend on the device, account and available service. 00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:39.520 A high-quality film request, where offered, is a separate rendered production. 00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:43.480 Do not assume every room appears in a short tour or that the browser 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:46.760 tour has the same lighting and detail as the high-quality film. 00:30:50.367 --> 00:30:54.167 The large cost range is a planning estimate for this house, using its built-up 00:30:54.187 --> 00:31:01.147 area. Basic, Standard and Premium change the assumed tiles, doors, windows, fittings, ceilings 00:31:01.167 --> 00:31:05.487 and facade. A simpler finish does not remove the structure or services. 00:31:06.467 --> 00:31:10.327 Your separate budget rate lets you compare your budget with the estimate; it does 00:31:10.347 --> 00:31:12.407 not force the plan to fit that price. 00:31:13.007 --> 00:31:16.487 Read the range as a range, not a contractor's fixed quotation. 00:31:19.963 --> 00:31:23.363 Open Where the money goes, then open a group and an item. 00:31:24.063 --> 00:31:27.583 A measured item shows its quantity, unit, rate and source. 00:31:27.603 --> 00:31:31.283 An allowance is money set aside for work whose full details are not yet 00:31:31.303 --> 00:31:37.103 measured or priced. The location panel explains district adjustments and any fallback rates. 00:31:38.083 --> 00:31:43.463 The whole-house headline includes VAT, while the priced materials subtotal excludes VAT and 00:31:43.483 --> 00:31:45.063 covers only part of the house. 00:31:45.663 --> 00:31:48.263 These two totals should not be compared as if they covered the same work. 00:31:51.583 --> 00:31:57.563 Under Adjust takeoff assumptions, brick length, width, height and the mortar joint describe 00:31:57.603 --> 00:31:59.423 the brick module used for counting. 00:32:00.303 --> 00:32:04.923 Brick waste adds an allowance for losses; tile waste does the same for cutting 00:32:04.943 --> 00:32:10.563 and breakage. Plaster thickness and the mortar mix affect estimated material needs. 00:32:11.223 --> 00:32:14.823 Cement bag mass tells the calculator how much cement is in one bag. 00:32:15.583 --> 00:32:21.323 Use the actual specified products and the estimator's reviewed assumptions, then press Apply 00:32:21.343 --> 00:32:25.703 assumptions. Defaults are starting values, not proof of what your site needs. 00:32:28.953 --> 00:32:34.233 Paint coverage, paint coats and putty use change the estimated finishing materials. 00:32:34.253 --> 00:32:37.893 Check them against the chosen product and surface preparation. 00:32:38.693 --> 00:32:43.553 The current takeoff assumes bathroom wall tiles reach the full clear wall height, and 00:32:43.573 --> 00:32:46.893 it excludes tiled walls and ceilings from paint quantities. 00:32:47.513 --> 00:32:52.533 Preliminary slab thickness affects a concept quantity; it is not permission to thin a 00:32:52.553 --> 00:32:56.513 slab. Concrete supply grade selects a price specification. 00:32:56.993 --> 00:33:01.393 The engineer's structural concrete grade is a separate design input and must agree before 00:33:01.493 --> 00:33:02.673 you rely on the estimate. 00:33:05.637 --> 00:33:10.737 If a quantity surveyor or engineer has measured more detail, use Add separately measured 00:33:10.757 --> 00:33:16.037 quantities. Choose the matching material or labour rate, confirm its unit and specification, 00:33:16.057 --> 00:33:17.797 and enter the measured quantity. 00:33:18.317 --> 00:33:21.517 Do not enter kilograms into an item priced by the tonne. 00:33:22.017 --> 00:33:26.737 The structural quantity template is another route for reviewed foundations and complete bar 00:33:26.757 --> 00:33:30.157 lengths. Load it only for the matching house revision and frame. 00:33:30.557 --> 00:33:35.617 The estimate replaces related allowances where supported, so inspect the breakdown instead of 00:33:35.637 --> 00:33:36.777 adding the same work twice. 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:43.740 The schedule starts from the BS day, month and year you choose, with the 00:33:43.760 --> 00:33:45.280 matching AD date beside it. 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:49.140 Teams of each trade controls how many crews are available. 00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:52.720 Tiling and painting teams controls finishing crews separately. 00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:58.440 Site productivity changes the assumed daily output between a typical private site and the 00:33:58.460 --> 00:34:04.440 government norm. Extra crews can shorten some work, but they cannot remove curing time, 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:06.700 inspections or tasks that must finish first. 00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:11.620 Use the contractor's realistic crew availability rather than the fastest-looking setting. 00:34:15.087 --> 00:34:17.807 Calendar settings decide which days count as working days. 00:34:18.407 --> 00:34:23.867 Saturdays off removes Saturdays. You can include national holidays, local holidays and 00:34:23.887 --> 00:34:25.827 holidays for particular groups separately. 00:34:26.667 --> 00:34:30.047 If crews go home for Dashain and Tihar, enable that break and set the 00:34:30.067 --> 00:34:32.207 extra days before Phulpati and after Tihar. 00:34:33.047 --> 00:34:36.407 These choices move work around the calendar; they do not change the amount of 00:34:36.427 --> 00:34:41.467 construction. Check the calendar with your actual crew and location, because a listed holiday 00:34:41.487 --> 00:34:43.487 and your site's working arrangement can differ. 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:50.340 Cement chooses the model's OPC or PPC curing assumption. 00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:55.600 Rain and monsoon can slow outdoor work, and the cold-month option keeps props longer. 00:34:56.400 --> 00:35:00.480 Separate settings control the wait after a slab pour before upper columns, upper formwork 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:05.540 and prop removal. Another setting allows time for the plinth inspection and permanent permit. 00:35:06.580 --> 00:35:10.680 These are planning assumptions for coordination, not instructions to remove supports or build 00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:15.440 sooner. Ask the responsible engineer and contractor to confirm the waits for your design, 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.380 concrete and site conditions. 00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:23.880 Select an activity in the schedule to see its dates, measured quantity, crew and 00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:28.120 assumed daily output. Waits for shows what must happen before it can start. 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.720 Spare time shows how far it can move within this programme. 00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:35.800 Work on the critical path can push the final completion date when it slips. 00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:39.240 Read the milestones and shaded weather or festival periods as well. 00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:43.360 This helps you discuss the sequence with a contractor, rather than treating every bar 00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.700 as an independent promise. 00:35:47.943 --> 00:35:51.863 Cash needed by month spreads the same selected estimate over the construction schedule. 00:35:52.723 --> 00:35:55.743 Wages are paid lets you compare month-end wages with every Friday. 00:35:56.643 --> 00:36:01.303 Days ahead materials are bought brings purchases forward before the work; ready-mix follows 00:36:01.323 --> 00:36:07.063 its pour day. If a labour contractor takes an advance or retains money, enable 00:36:07.083 --> 00:36:10.943 that arrangement and enter the advance and retention percentages. 00:36:11.723 --> 00:36:14.303 These settings mainly move payment timing. 00:36:14.323 --> 00:36:19.063 They do not add new building area or make an unaffordable house cheaper. 00:36:22.530 --> 00:36:27.110 In hand at the start is the money already available when construction begins. 00:36:27.630 --> 00:36:30.850 Each month is the amount you expect to add regularly. 00:36:31.430 --> 00:36:36.110 The chart compares incoming money with the planned payments and carries the balance forward. 00:36:37.010 --> 00:36:39.330 Most cash marks the busiest spending month. 00:36:39.770 --> 00:36:43.650 Short warns where the entered funding falls behind the modelled spending. 00:36:44.290 --> 00:36:48.830 It is a useful budgeting conversation, but it is not a bank approval, loan 00:36:48.850 --> 00:36:53.710 repayment plan or promise that actual costs will stay within the forecast. 00:36:57.007 --> 00:37:01.747 Before using the figures, read Not included anywhere in this estimate and the items 00:37:01.767 --> 00:37:07.267 beside the total. A boundary, gate or fee can be shown separately; driveway paving 00:37:07.287 --> 00:37:09.687 and landscaping are not automatically priced. 00:37:10.207 --> 00:37:13.127 Some measured design work can still be awaiting prices. 00:37:13.887 --> 00:37:18.267 Net quantities and verification provides the quantity ledger and evidence downloads. 00:37:18.767 --> 00:37:23.307 The software currently states that accuracy has not been checked against independent project 00:37:23.327 --> 00:37:29.067 BOQs. So do not describe these quantities or costs as verified within five percent. 00:37:32.993 --> 00:37:36.533 Soil type and safe bearing capacity answer different questions. 00:37:37.193 --> 00:37:40.973 Soil type helps describe how the ground affects earthquake shaking. 00:37:41.493 --> 00:37:46.173 Safe bearing capacity describes the pressure the foundation may use under the reviewed ground 00:37:46.193 --> 00:37:52.053 conditions. Get both from a project geotechnical investigation and the responsible engineer. 00:37:52.973 --> 00:37:58.913 Rock-looking ground, a neighbour's house or a place name cannot reliably supply these values. 00:37:58.933 --> 00:38:03.353 If you do not have the information yet, ask the engineer what investigation is 00:38:03.373 --> 00:38:05.853 needed instead of guessing to unlock a download. 00:38:09.383 --> 00:38:15.123 The optional test-pit list offers hard, medium, soft and weak ground descriptions when a 00:38:15.143 --> 00:38:21.243 bearing value is missing. Those choices trigger built-in preliminary assumptions; they are not 00:38:21.263 --> 00:38:24.523 a replacement for a professional soil investigation. 00:38:25.303 --> 00:38:30.863 Brick-drop impression is another optional input for a properly performed and interpreted test. 00:38:31.863 --> 00:38:35.883 Do not invent a number or try to choose the strongest result. 00:38:36.643 --> 00:38:40.943 Ask the engineer whether either method is appropriate for the site and current requirements. 00:38:41.943 --> 00:38:45.843 Weak ground can require a different foundation investigation and design. 00:38:48.847 --> 00:38:54.927 Concrete grade describes a specified concrete strength, not how luxurious the finish looks. 00:38:55.527 --> 00:39:01.807 The structure panel offers its code-minimum setting and explicit M20, M25 or M30 choices. 00:39:03.007 --> 00:39:07.707 The responsible engineer must confirm the suitable grade for this building and exposure. 00:39:08.547 --> 00:39:11.807 Trial column size is an optional starting dimension for the analysis. 00:39:12.847 --> 00:39:17.547 A larger number can affect room space, weight and cost, and it still needs 00:39:17.567 --> 00:39:22.767 checks. Neither selecting a stronger grade nor entering a wide column proves the whole 00:39:22.787 --> 00:39:23.687 building is safe. 00:39:26.903 --> 00:39:30.303 Structure type changes the load-carrying system, not just its colour. 00:39:31.263 --> 00:39:34.043 RC frame uses reinforced-concrete framing. 00:39:34.783 --> 00:39:38.763 RC with a steel top storey changes the uppermost storey to steel. 00:39:39.363 --> 00:39:43.443 RC with a steel portal roof uses a steel roof frame above the concrete 00:39:43.463 --> 00:39:47.763 house. Steel frame uses the steel system offered for this building. 00:39:48.183 --> 00:39:52.763 Availability is checked against the current house, and an unavailable choice shows a reason. 00:39:53.743 --> 00:39:58.083 Different systems can change weight, member checks, quantities and price assumptions. 00:39:58.703 --> 00:39:59.603 Choose with your engineer. 00:40:02.843 --> 00:40:07.203 Braced bays are parts of a steel frame where diagonal members help resist sideways 00:40:07.223 --> 00:40:11.843 movement. The plan and tick boxes show the available bays along the two directions. 00:40:12.343 --> 00:40:14.963 Their placement affects twisting as well as strength. 00:40:15.803 --> 00:40:20.603 A brace may conflict with a door, window or circulation, so use the displayed 00:40:20.623 --> 00:40:23.843 solid-wall information and the engineer's intended frame system. 00:40:24.723 --> 00:40:27.443 Selecting a few boxes is not a substitute for design. 00:40:27.683 --> 00:40:32.523 If the panel asks for a braced bay, resolve that requirement before trusting the 00:40:32.543 --> 00:40:33.443 resulting checks. 00:40:36.847 --> 00:40:40.947 RC walls are load-resisting concrete walls, not ordinary brick partitions. 00:40:41.707 --> 00:40:46.087 The interface offers eligible party-wall lines at the plot boundary and a stair core 00:40:46.107 --> 00:40:51.007 where supported. Bays with openings can remain masonry instead of becoming concrete walls. 00:40:51.927 --> 00:40:56.367 Adding a stiff wall on only one side can increase twisting, so review the 00:40:56.387 --> 00:41:00.167 warnings. With a stair core, the stair is carried as weight on that core. 00:41:00.547 --> 00:41:06.467 The current software does not combine these above-ground party-wall or stair-core choices with 00:41:06.487 --> 00:41:07.387 a basement. 00:41:10.550 --> 00:41:15.130 Add a lift with an RC core offers supported shaft positions under Where. 00:41:15.910 --> 00:41:20.330 Read which rooms lose floor area and the assumed shaft, load and pit data. 00:41:20.930 --> 00:41:24.870 The architect still needs to revise the layout, and the engineer must use the 00:41:24.890 --> 00:41:30.590 lift maker's information. Basement storeys offers none or up to three where available. 00:41:30.610 --> 00:41:35.830 Its current analysis starts with stated ground assumptions, including no groundwater. 00:41:35.950 --> 00:41:40.110 It does not automatically draw a usable basement stair or ramp. 00:41:40.710 --> 00:41:44.910 A basement needs a site-specific investigation and coordinated access design. 00:41:48.217 --> 00:41:53.757 Room uses tells the structural calculation how a supported floor will be used: Residential, 00:41:53.777 --> 00:41:57.557 Shop, Office, Storage or Car parking on a slab. 00:41:58.177 --> 00:42:02.837 This changes load assumptions; it does not turn a bedroom into a designed shop 00:42:02.857 --> 00:42:06.757 or move its walls. An ordinary household store remains residential. 00:42:07.657 --> 00:42:12.797 Roof garden adds the software's stated soil and garden allowance, while Roof water tanks 00:42:12.817 --> 00:42:14.837 records litres of water on the roof. 00:42:15.437 --> 00:42:20.617 Neither replaces the engineer's actual garden build-up, tank location, support details and 00:42:20.637 --> 00:42:21.537 drainage design. 00:42:25.047 --> 00:42:28.507 Built with the frame means the stair flights and landings form part of the 00:42:28.527 --> 00:42:31.367 frame and affect its stiffness and earthquake forces. 00:42:32.187 --> 00:42:36.647 On sliding bearings represents a different support detail, so the stair carries its weight 00:42:36.667 --> 00:42:38.507 without bracing the frame in the same way. 00:42:39.307 --> 00:42:43.167 These are physical engineering choices, not camera or appearance settings. 00:42:43.767 --> 00:42:47.727 The engineer must choose and detail the support arrangement that will actually be built. 00:42:48.427 --> 00:42:52.507 If a stair core is active, the software uses its core-supported treatment instead. 00:42:55.890 --> 00:43:00.630 When the layout is ready, Structural analysis, then redraw can check and update supported 00:43:00.650 --> 00:43:06.510 concrete designs. Checked member sizes can affect the plan, model and related quantities, so 00:43:06.530 --> 00:43:09.590 read What changed and the clear room sizes. 00:43:10.270 --> 00:43:13.310 Checks pass means the software's preliminary checks passed. 00:43:13.910 --> 00:43:20.550 Needs engineer review and Fails the preliminary checks require action; Not redrawn means no 00:43:20.570 --> 00:43:23.930 accepted redraw happened. Review every warning. 00:43:24.110 --> 00:43:28.750 If you need to return to layout editing, use Undo the structural analysis where 00:43:28.770 --> 00:43:34.210 offered. Steel follows its supported checking workflow rather than this concrete redraw. 00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:42.240 Open the structural calculation to inspect the checks and how the house was analysed. 00:43:42.720 --> 00:43:46.220 The Word report and structural package collect supported outputs. 00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:52.040 ETABS and STAAD.Pro files help an engineer continue in their own analysis tools; the 00:43:52.060 --> 00:43:54.560 serviceability model serves its stated separate check. 00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:58.560 The bar bending schedule is a steel schedule that still needs review. 00:43:59.100 --> 00:44:02.820 These files use the accepted house revision and shared structural inputs. 00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:05.920 Some exports can be blocked or account-limited. 00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:10.380 None is a stamped construction or permit package simply because it downloads. 00:44:14.053 --> 00:44:15.793 Open Downloads for the selected option. 00:44:15.813 --> 00:44:19.353 Architectural DXF is for CAD work. 00:44:19.373 --> 00:44:24.293 DWG is offered only where the required converter is available; otherwise open the DXF 00:44:24.313 --> 00:44:25.813 in a suitable CAD program. 00:44:26.413 --> 00:44:29.653 The drawing sets and large plan image serve different purposes. 00:44:30.053 --> 00:44:32.273 Pick the floor you want before saving an image. 00:44:32.293 --> 00:44:36.053 Read any review or missing-information message on a drawing set. 00:44:36.773 --> 00:44:40.593 A municipal sheet layout or a large image does not mean the design has 00:44:40.613 --> 00:44:42.053 received municipal approval. 00:44:45.130 --> 00:44:49.530 For a textured model, the COLLADA download contains the model and its texture files 00:44:49.750 --> 00:44:54.550 in a zip. Extract them together, import the DAE in SketchUp, then save it 00:44:54.570 --> 00:45:00.290 as an SKP. OBJ is another exchange format; keep its material and texture files 00:45:00.310 --> 00:45:05.510 and import in metres. Direct SKP depends on a supported Windows computer with SketchUp. 00:45:06.310 --> 00:45:11.030 Changes made later in SketchUp do not automatically update Aakar's plans, quantities or 00:45:11.050 --> 00:45:14.670 structural checks. Keep the exported revision clearly named. 00:45:18.437 --> 00:45:23.277 IFC carries building elements such as walls, openings, floors and named spaces for BIM 00:45:23.297 --> 00:45:27.977 programs. Select the offered IFC schema and follow the import notes for your Revit 00:45:27.997 --> 00:45:32.637 version. Check the imported categories, dimensions and openings. 00:45:33.197 --> 00:45:37.037 Colours transfer, but rendering materials and textures have limits. 00:45:37.197 --> 00:45:40.277 This is not a direct RVT download. 00:45:41.137 --> 00:45:45.377 GLB is better suited to viewing the furnished 3D model in compatible programs. 00:45:46.037 --> 00:45:50.277 Choose the file for your next task rather than expecting every format to behave 00:45:50.297 --> 00:45:51.197 the same way. 00:45:54.493 --> 00:45:58.733 Save project file keeps the options and accepted edits in a file that Aakar 00:45:58.753 --> 00:46:03.753 Studio can reopen. This is different from saving a picture or an exported CAD 00:46:03.773 --> 00:46:06.873 model. Keep a dated copy before major changes. 00:46:07.773 --> 00:46:11.833 Your files lists files made during the session; download the ones you need to 00:46:11.853 --> 00:46:15.773 keep. When you reopen a project, read the validation messages. 00:46:16.173 --> 00:46:19.533 An older project can require rebuilding against the current engine. 00:46:20.093 --> 00:46:23.293 Keep the original copy until you have checked the reopened house. 00:46:26.427 --> 00:46:30.547 You now have a way to describe the land, the family, the appearance and 00:46:30.567 --> 00:46:32.887 the assumptions behind the cost and structure. 00:46:33.567 --> 00:46:35.947 Return to any chapter when an answer is unclear. 00:46:36.587 --> 00:46:41.007 Keep unknown information marked as unknown and ask the right professional for it. 00:46:41.727 --> 00:46:46.927 Share the selected option, project file, drawings and review findings with your architect and 00:46:46.947 --> 00:46:52.487 engineer. They still need to confirm the site, local requirements, construction details and 00:46:52.507 --> 00:46:56.887 final design before building. The aim is a clearer starting point for your own 00:46:56.907 --> 00:46:57.807 home.