What it does
Visualization draws a massing study of a real lot: what the rules allow on it, in 3D, with the figures that bind — floor area, floors, units — next to what stands there today. You can change the rules it is drawn under in one line, and take the study out as a PDF, images or a 3D model.
When to use it
Use it to see a site before you pay for a design: a pitch to a landowner, a first look at density, a slide for a deck. For what the land is worth and which approval path to take, run Feasibility.
Do not treat it as a design or a planning opinion: it is a massing of what the rules read allow.
How to use it
- Open Visualization under Decks in the left list. The screen opens on Studies you can open now: real lots that open instantly and cost nothing.
- Or type in the command line An address, a BBL, or an override — far 4.0 and press Run.
- Change the rules in the same line. What it reads lists every command: an address or a lot number, far 4.0 or far commercial, height 120 ft, 10 stories, unit 850 sf, masterplan or tower.
- Switch views: 3D, Site plan, Master plan, Photoreal, Building.
- Generate makes a photoreal image (golden hour, overcast or night) or a 3D model; Take it out exports it.
What you get back
- The scheme: GFA, floors, units and what binds the massing, beside Standing today.
- A button that counts the figures with no source behind them, so you see them before anyone else does.
- From Take it out: a PDF study (A4, six pages), a PNG of this frame, a PNG of the render, and OBJ + GLB models.
Your studies are listed under Recent. They are kept in this browser, so another machine will not have them.
Time and cost
Opening a study and drawing the massing are free, and identical every time. Photoreal images and 3D models are paid requests, one per press; a 3D model takes one to three minutes.