Uneven terrain doesn’t have to be scary. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to bend slopes, flatten surfaces, and make Scaffcalc understand exactly what kind of ground you’re building on. Step by step, it all starts to make sense.
Follow along and submit your results to continue your certification.
Step by step
- Create a building
- Open the Ground Tools
- Add a sloping ground
- Place a bay to test ground detection
- Combine flat and sloped areas
- Fine-tune slopes
- Test with a new bay
Start by drawing a simple house body. This gives you a clean reference for testing ground levels.
Switch to top view and open the Ground Tools menu. Here you’ll find two options:
– Flat Ground
– Slope
Select Slope, click and drag — exactly like when creating buildings.
Click the slope to adjust its height and angle. Use Shift to rotate in 10-degree steps for precise control.
Drag a bay toward the wall. Scaffcalc will automatically detect the uneven terrain and snap accordingly.
Add one or more Flat Ground sections. Move them, change their height, and create steps, transitions, or “terraces” as needed.
Drag a bay over it again — Scaffcalc shows when something is in the way or on a different level.
Rotate slope sections, reposition them, and adjust height until flat and sloped areas meet cleanly.
(Example: Set both to 3 meters to make them connect.)
Drag a bay across the combined flat and sloped surfaces to see how Scaffcalc interprets your terrain changes.
💡 Tip: Ground Tooling behaves exactly like creating buildings — same gestures, same logic. Once you understand that, the rest is easy.
- Certification step
Take a screenshot of your ground setup — including both flat and sloped areas — and upload it below
Send us your result
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