PD Suite manual

Photo mode and scale

Upload a backyard photo or use the sample yard. The shell lies on the ground plane. A symmetric ground quad keeps a zero-degree pool square to the house across the back of the yard.

Backyard photo with the pool on the lawn
  1. Enter a known edge length under Scale & site measurements.
  2. Choose Mark two points and click the two ends of that edge on the photo.
  3. Drag the pool to move it. Drag the R handle to rotate it. Hold Shift while dragging to snap to 15 degrees.
  4. Adjust ground corners if the lawn quad needs a nudge.