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0:00What if you could turn a technical, dry
0:02landscape plan into a rich, stylized
0:05presentation in a fraction of the time?
0:07With a building block library and
0:09material library, you can move from
0:11technical to visual faster than ever and
0:13even create a design detail customizable
0:16library instead of starting from scratch
0:18for each project. Every landscape
0:20project has its own site conditions and
0:22client vision, but your work flow
0:24doesn't have to start from scratch each
0:25time. With a ready-to-use CAD block
0:27library, a built-in material library,
0:30and AI to support your design decisions,
0:32you can move from concept to convincing
0:35live ready presentation much faster. In
0:38this tutorial, I'll walk you through a
0:39complete landscape design process from
0:41[music] start to finish, showing you how
0:44to use these plug-and-play planting
0:45blocks, hardscape modules, and material
0:47palettes to quickly build and refine
0:49your plan without redrawing the common
0:52elements. In Rayon Design, we'll import
0:54a site plan, develop the layout, apply
0:56the materials, and transform this
0:58technical drawing into a rich, [music]
1:00stylized plan that clients and
1:02stakeholders can instantly understand.
1:04You can create a free account using the
1:06link below to follow along and access
1:08[music] the same assets used in the
1:10walk-through. Should we get started?
1:14No matter the scope, refreshing an
1:16existing outdoor space or shaping a
1:19brand new landscape, the starting point
1:21is usually the same, a site drawing. So,
1:23let's get started by importing your DWG
1:26site plan. Okay, let's start by
1:28importing our DWG. So, you can see my
1:30Rayon home screen here. It's a bit of a
1:32mess, I'll admit. Let's go to import,
1:34>> [music]
1:35>> and then I'll go to my downloads folder,
1:37and I can see my DWG there. I just press
1:39okay, and then it comes up with a number
1:42of these toggles. So, make model public,
1:44import hidden layers, import empty
1:46layers, import blocks [music] without
1:47instance. So, I tend to leave these off.
1:49You can see the name of the DWG there,
1:51and I'll press import. This just takes a
1:53second to convert the model, um and it
1:56will open up into a temporary space. So,
1:59you can see there we've got a building,
2:01so it's a, um, sports area, and then we
2:04have the landscape area here. And the
2:06first thing I want to do, it's asking me
2:08to draw a line by clicking on two points
2:10to find a familiar element to make sure
2:12it's to scale. So, let's just find, um,
2:15a single doorway, for example, and I'll
2:18click here and here, and that's coming
2:19out at 0.88
2:21m. [music] So, 880 for a door, that
2:24sounds right. So, we're going to press
2:26continue. So, that really isn't just
2:27asking you how big it is, it's about you
2:29making sure that it is in meters or
2:32millimeters, so it gets it to the right
2:34scale. So, we're going to press
2:35continue. That will then scale the
2:37model, and it will come into our model
2:39space in our new drawing, [music]
2:41ready to work on. Okay, with the base
2:43drawing imported, let's start organizing
2:45the layout, defining those planting
2:47areas and hardscape elements, and
2:49finally building a cohesive mood board
2:51and a clear material direction. Okay, so
2:54now with the DWG imported, I want to do
2:56a couple of things just to clean [music]
2:58up the drawing. So, first of all, I'm
3:00going to go over to the layers tab, and
3:02I'm going to [music] select all of my
3:03layers, and I'm going to create a new
3:05layer, I'm going to call it import, and
3:07then I'm just going to nest, so
3:09literally by dragging and dropping into
3:11that layer, all of those layers inside.
3:13So, then I know all my existing stuff is
3:15on one layer that I can adjust. If you
3:18have a look in there, I still have those
3:19sublayers, so I can still, you know,
3:21adapt and and change them if I wanted
3:23to. Then I'll just create a new layer,
3:25proposed,
3:26>> [music]
3:26>> and just want to go back into those
3:27nested layers, and I want to turn off
3:30the hatches. So, you can see there the
3:32hatches are all on a layer, I just want
3:34to clean that drawing up, and now that's
3:36looking nice and clean. So, then at
3:39least that at least gives us a little
3:40base to start from. So, I can hide that,
3:43and I can even lock it to make sure that
3:45I don't start moving anything. So, the
3:47next step is to start to think about our
3:50different types of finishes, our
3:52different layers, are different
3:53materials that we're going to put into
3:55the landscape. So, let's start by
3:58creating some styles. So, our style
4:00library is over here. So, this is all
4:02the different line types, fill types,
4:04and even wall types. They all live
4:07within the style library, even text and
4:09annotation styles. So, we can use the
4:12original DWG and we could just use the
4:14bucket tool to fill the different
4:16elements. So, let's show you very
4:18quickly how to do that. So, if I choose
4:20the bucket tool, which lives down here
4:22into our editing tools here, you can see
4:24that over here, bucket. I also have a
4:27shortcut, which is BB, which I tend to
4:28use all the time. I can just go round
4:30and start filling, you know, different
4:32elements in, and then I can assign a
4:35fill to those, change the colors, change
4:37the hatches, and go from there. The
4:39problem with that is that these are just
4:41fills. They I don't have those smart
4:42properties. The way that I like to do
4:44things, and I think the better way for
4:46you to do it, is for you to trace these
4:48elements with real [music] walls, which
4:50allows then you to place zones, and
4:53those zones will be smart elements. So,
4:56let's show you how to do that. So, we
4:57want to go down to my wall tool.
4:59>> [music]
4:59>> The wall tool is incredibly helpful in
5:01being able to set a thickness, have a
5:03fill, a stroke length, and then save
5:05that as a style. So, for example, these
5:08wall elements are drawn at 300 mil. So,
5:11I'm to create a new wall style, for
5:13example, and I want to say 0.3 [music]
5:16m, I'll do that as a red color for now.
5:19I'll save that until the boundary
5:21straight.
5:22And then I can just go round, I'll
5:24select my wall, I'll make sure that this
5:26style is selected. I'll just show you
5:28quickly in the style tab, we scroll down
5:31here, you'll see that wall style here,
5:33and I can edit it from there as well,
5:34which is really helpful. And then I can
5:36just very quickly go round and trace
5:38these different elements. Now, if I just
5:40click on once, it will have a straight.
5:43You'll see down here though, I can add
5:44an arc. So, I could find this point,
5:47click, and then pull that out. Exactly
5:49the same thing with the next one. Find
5:50that point, pull it out, [music] and
5:51click. And then onto this next one. So,
5:53you can see that I've just done it as
5:55red to show you, but you know, in
5:57reality, I could go back in and I can
5:59change that by my layers and I can hide
6:02import layer and I just have on [music]
6:04my geometry. So, let's quickly just
6:06finish that shape. Okay, and with that
6:08completed, let me just hide that and
6:10then you can see that continuous shape.
6:12Now, we can look at using the zone tool.
6:14So, the zone tool sits below the wall
6:16tool down here. I click on that and then
6:18it will read the inside area between a
6:21wall. I'll click on that and I'll show
6:23you what happens. So, not only does it
6:24form a zone, it also forms a label. So,
6:27it will tell you what area that element
6:30is. So, the zone kind of sits as an
6:32element in its own right. The really
6:33great thing is that with that zone, you
6:35can change its fill. You can also have
6:38those areas feed into a spreadsheet and
6:40they will update. That's a really,
6:41really useful thing if you're looking at
6:43material quantities, for example. So,
6:44for example, let's say this area has a
6:46flagstone finish, for example. So, we
6:49can go in and we can fill it as a
6:50gradient, a texture, as a hatch, or even
6:53a single image if you wanted to. So, I'm
6:54going to go to texture, which is here,
6:56and let's have a look down our list to
6:58see if there's anything appropriate. So,
7:00you can see we have a number of outdoor
7:02standard textures or reset. Yeah, this
7:04stone paving looks good. You can see the
7:05scale of that, how it repeats. I can
7:08change the scale. So, if I wanted it to
7:10be a larger format, I could say,
7:12"Actually, that's going to be a bit lot
7:13bigger." I can rotate, for example.
7:16Let's give it a
7:1725-degree rotation to break it up a
7:18little bit. I can even offset the
7:20pattern within that fill rate. I can
7:22change the opacity, so I could knock
7:24that back slightly if I wanted to. I can
7:26even change the sort of tone, contrast,
7:29exposure of the image itself. So, you
7:31could say, "Actually, let's make it a
7:32bit lighter and reduce the contrast
7:34slightly, increase the saturation, and
7:35go from there." Now, I've set that
7:37texture and I just want to go into here
7:39and I want to save it as a style. So,
7:41you can see here, I'll just press save
7:43style and we'll call that
7:45>> [music]
7:45>> flagstones. And then if I just look over
7:47here, we've got our styles on here and
7:50you can see flagstone paving. So, if I
7:52put this style in a lot of different
7:54places, I could just go in and I could
7:56edit it in here and I could say, "Well,
7:58actually maybe three times is too big.
7:59Change it to two." And it updates
8:01everywhere, which is really, really
8:03powerful. So, if you start setting your
8:05office standards or you change your mind
8:06later, it will update [music] wherever
8:08that element is seen. Okay, so I've just
8:10done a little bit more time tracing over
8:13those wall elements. [music]
8:15And I'm just going to turn off my
8:16background so you can see it cleanly.
8:18So, you can see the different
8:19thicknesses of walls that I've set. So,
8:21I've got one style which is 300 mil, one
8:23style that is 100 mil, and one style
8:25that is 600 to show those different
8:27thicknesses. And they all live um
8:29>> [music]
8:29>> within my
8:31within my wall style tab. And then I can
8:34then go around and think about how I
8:36would fill those the materiality of
8:38those different elements. [music] So,
8:39we've got some key areas. So, one will
8:42be grass. So, I'll select my zone tool
8:44down here and I want to um
8:47>> [music]
8:47>> select this area. It'll automatically
8:49choose the style I chose previously, but
8:51I'll create a new style. I'll change
8:53this texture.
8:55Scroll down, choose grass. Again, I can
8:59change
9:00>> [music]
9:00>> the scale apart. Yeah, that's good. I
9:03can probably make it a bit lighter, a
9:05little bit less vibrant. Yeah, that
9:08looks good.
9:09And then I can save that as
9:12grass. I'll turn off the stroke.
9:15And then when I go to use a zone tool
9:17again down the bottom, I can make sure
9:19that my picker style is selected and
9:22then I can go down
9:24and do it again.
9:26And the really, really useful thing that
9:28I love about using zones is it gives you
9:31those areas. So, there any of those
9:33zones that I click on, it will give me
9:35the area, which is really helpful as
9:37well. Similarly, if we wanted to use our
9:39flagstones again, I could press on the
9:41zone tool and I could use that picker
9:43style.
9:44And I could click there. Perfect. Say I
9:47wanted a [music]
9:48um a rectilinear paving as well. I could
9:51again I could click on zones or I could
9:53attach that style. Now I like to find a
9:55new style.
9:57Find something
9:59suitable.
10:01And this one again I don't know what 45°
10:05so that is zero.
10:08What do we think of the scale? Maybe
10:09they should be a bit bigger. So again I
10:11can go into transform. Select to three.
10:14You know, I could even give it a bit of
10:16filter to make it a bit darker. So it's
10:18a bit more of a sort of concrete-y tone.
10:20Yeah, it looks good. And then finally
10:22maybe we need a gravel texture. So go
10:25into zone. [music]
10:26I'll select this one space. I'll remove
10:28that style. And I'll set a new one.
10:31Again we scroll down. Let's go with this
10:33one. Yeah, with this one. Again I can
10:36change
10:39style right over but less contrasty.
10:41[music] And again I'll save this that is
10:44gravel.
10:46It's a
10:47and then when I want to fill in these
10:49other two again I just do picker style.
10:55Say for example I changed my mind as
10:56well. Now that I placed the style I can
10:58click on it. Just use the little eye
11:00dropper here and I can switch it back to
11:03match [music] another of the styles.
11:05Perfect.
11:07The other element I just want to show
11:08you is in the style library. We click on
11:10that and I'll just scroll down. You can
11:12see those styles that I've created. So
11:14our flagstones, our gravel, our grass,
11:16and our paving. One thing I can do is
11:18add a style from the style library. So
11:20rather than drawing it in here, add a
11:22new style here. So you add a new shape,
11:25wall type, a text, or an annotation. And
11:27this is a really helpful way for you
11:28just to start setting up your office
11:30standards or your styles that you want
11:32to be able to share amongst your teams,
11:34amongst your projects. So, I could set
11:36up a new shape style, which is what
11:38these fill elements are. This one, and I
11:40could call it
11:43timber decking. [music] You can tell
11:44Paul. You can add a fill, find a timber
11:47type there. Again, I could change the
11:49scale exposure. And then if I wanted to
11:52draw a zone or a shape or whatever that
11:55was, let's just do a shape. As long as
11:56I've got that style selected, [music]
11:59there it is. If I go into here and say
12:01those boards look a bit too big, and I
12:04could change the scale.
12:06And I could change the rotation. And
12:08like I said, that could be an office
12:09standard across, you know, what you're
12:11doing. Next, we'll show you the block
12:13library. So, I use the block library all
12:15the time. It is full of 10,000
12:17more
12:18blocks, top, side, front views.
12:21Incredibly useful part of Rayon. And you
12:24can see here that it has
12:26>> [music]
12:26>> everything you could ever want. So, it
12:28is basically splits everything into its
12:30library. So, things from basic things,
12:32animals, bedroom accessories, chairs,
12:35dining room elements, you know, garden
12:37accessories, hospitality, kitchen,
12:39laundry, anything you could want lives
12:42inside the Rayon block library. And if
12:44it doesn't, Rayon has an incredible
12:46tool, which is their AI block creator.
12:50So, you can generate a block from an
12:52image. I'll show you you that in a
12:53second. So,
12:55with this landscape, obviously we're
12:56interested in things like planting or
12:58external features. So, we can go into
13:01here to look at things like garden and
13:02farm accessories. So, you know, we have
13:05things like pizza ovens, bird houses,
13:08statues, yeah, sort of small elements
13:10within a garden. We also have,
13:13obviously, trees and vegetation. So, we
13:16could go down to urban landscape, for
13:19example. We have trees, we have picnic
13:21tables, yeah, things you might need from
13:23bus stops to benches, hedge lines, trash
13:27bins, yeah, anything you can think of.
13:29The really good thing is that if I click
13:32on this element and just drag it in,
13:33yeah, it's very very simple. I've got a
13:35very simple tree outline. [music]
13:37But interestingly, if I go to open, it
13:39provides me with a front and a side view
13:41as well. So there you have your top,
13:43your front, and your side. So you know
13:44when you're drawing something in plan,
13:46that same block can be swapped out for
13:49the exact [music] elevation or section
13:51element, and you know it matches. And
13:53that works for all of these different
13:54elements. Take this bench, for example.
13:56I can just drag it in, and that sits as
13:58a top view, but I also have a side view
14:01and a front view. [music]
14:03Yeah, you can see all of those things
14:04are aligning, they all match perfectly.
14:06Yeah, I just find it such a helpful
14:08element of Revit to have all of those
14:09things already built in. The other
14:11really great thing about the block
14:12library is that it goes into depth
14:14[music] with its pre-built elements. So
14:16if we look at the vegetation, for
14:17example, it has different species of
14:19trees. So we have birch trees, palm
14:21trees, oaks. And again,
14:23these are good quality [music]
14:25drawings, and they have those top and
14:29front and side views, which are perfect
14:31if you're drawing a plan or an
14:33elevation. So I could literally just
14:35start populating my drawing with these
14:39different types of trees just by
14:40dragging and dropping. Obviously, I can
14:42scale them, and the line weights update.
14:45I can even go in to the block itself and
14:48change the style. So I can go in and I
14:50can change the line weight, the style,
14:52the color, [music] you know, anything I
14:54like. Let's go into here, and say
14:57actually maybe it wants to be a lighter
14:59tone, for example, and the solid color
15:01wants to be, you know, a bit of warmer.
15:03>> [music]
15:04>> And you'll notice because that is a
15:05style, that affects all of those
15:07elements that I'm dragging in. So then
15:09everything matches. You know, I can even
15:11start
15:12arranging things. So if I just right
15:13click, I can bring different things to
15:16different levels, which is perfect for
15:17sort of fine-tuning what you're trying
15:19to show. Okay, so I've just spent some
15:21time populating my drawing with the
15:23vegetation I want and it's starting to
15:25look really good.
15:27So, what happens if I want a block that
15:29the Rion library doesn't have? Good
15:31question. So, we want to jump into the
15:33AI chat. So, the AI chat allows us to
15:35create our own block. So, I can see down
15:37here into tools. Rion has this generate
15:40product element, which is turn a product
15:42image or simple prompt into a CAD block.
15:44So, let's click on that, add a file or a
15:46screenshot. So, we'll go to files and
15:48I've got this screenshot of um a bench
15:50that I want to introduce [music] and
15:52I'll press send. So, Rion's going to be
15:54doing a couple of things here. So, it's
15:56going to be removing the background and
15:57it's going to be looking at that image
15:59of a bench and generating a top, front,
16:02and a side view along with estimating
16:04the um dimensions. So, you can see there
16:07it's starting to understand it and very
16:09shortly it will give us a CAD block.
16:11Okay, you can see that there. So, we
16:13have our front, we have our side,
16:15>> [music]
16:16>> um and our top view. And I can do a
16:19couple of things. So, I can import the
16:20whole block family so then that sits in
16:22my library, which I will do, and then I
16:24can just insert the plan view for now.
16:27So, you can see that. It's estimated the
16:28dimensions, it's
16:29>> [music]
16:29>> introduced that curve, and I've got that
16:31block there. It's even called it bench.
16:33So, I can go into here and I can change
16:35my line weights if I wanted to. I can
16:37even give
16:38>> [music]
16:39>> these elements fill, for example.
16:42Yeah, that means that when I drag it
16:44onto my drawing, say, so I have it over
16:47here, it has a level of transparency,
16:49but it's self a fill. That's perfect.
16:51And the really useful thing is that I
16:53could, you know, say you have a set
16:55product that you use very, you know,
16:57frequently. You could build that in
16:59Rion, save that as your block element,
17:01[music]
17:02and then share it with your team. So,
17:04say you had that as a block, all you
17:06would need to do is go to share over
17:08here and I can share my libraries. So,
17:11just like I can share my style
17:13libraries, so all of those things for
17:14the the the paving, the flagstones, for
17:17example, All of those things I set up. I
17:19can also publish my blocks and share
17:21them. So, I could make all the pieces of
17:23furniture that I wanted, make all those
17:25elements that I use regularly, and
17:26publish those and share them with my
17:28team as well. All of that streamlines
17:30your process. The other thing that I
17:32just want to show you is about sharing
17:34your details. So, we can share our
17:36styles, we can share blocks, but also
17:39I've got these standard details, which
17:41are relevant to the landscape, you know,
17:42things like edgings, things like tree
17:44pits, build-ups, drainage channels.
17:46[music] So, these are things that I
17:47might as a practice use over and over
17:49again. I can set these as a template.
17:52So, if these have been drawn, you know,
17:54I go around and I set up all of these, I
17:56can then, next to share, I've got
17:58libraries, and then I've got templates.
18:00So, I could just toggle this on and
18:02publish everything in here as a
18:04template. With that, I can give access
18:06to members of my team. So, if you have
18:08their email address, we can all set them
18:09up within Rayon and share them within
18:12there, and you can add those people as
18:14an editor or an admin into that
18:15template. And it's just the same with
18:17our styles and with our blocks. So,
18:20you're basically setting all of your
18:22office standards, and that will make
18:24everything much, much more efficient. By
18:26now, you've seen how working with a
18:28plug-and-play library of CAD blocks and
18:30material styles can streamline your
18:32process and help create a clear drawing.
18:35With the core drawing process in place,
18:37I want to show you two more ways to save
18:39you time, whilst also making your
18:41drawings clearer, richer, and more
18:43persuasive for your clients. We'll start
18:45with how you can use AI to unlock more
18:48value from your landscape layouts and
18:49drawings in just a few clicks. Rayon's
18:52AI panel will help you design,
18:54visualize, and refine your projects
18:56faster than ever before. From generating
18:58axonometric drawings to creating custom
19:00CAD blocks, producing realistic 3D
19:03renders, even replacing furniture or
19:04materials, you can try endless prompts
19:07that will save you hours and unlock
19:09those new creative possibilities. This
19:11is extremely powerful, especially during
19:13the initial design phase when you want
19:15to present your clients with various
19:17options before fully committing and
19:19diving into those shop drawings for
19:21execution. Let's explore how we can
19:22bring a new floor plan to life by
19:24creating a 3D axonometric view and
19:27applying our mood board material choices
19:29with just a few prompts.
19:31Okay, so now let's check out the AI
19:33chat. So, I've created a new thread. I'm
19:36going to tools [music] and first of all,
19:38we'll do regenerate an axonometric. So,
19:40that's create an NS axonometric view
19:42from the scene's floor plan or section.
19:44So, we click on here and then we need to
19:45prompt it with something. So, we'll give
19:47it a screenshot of our landscape plan.
19:50So, that will be then reading that as
19:52the prompt. It will follow its own
19:53internal instructions to generate an
19:55axonometric. And here it is.
19:57So,
19:58you can see there it's taken an
20:00understanding of the um site, given it a
20:02representation in 3D and we can insert
20:05that. So, one thing I like to do is
20:07remove the background so I can go to
20:09edit with the AI, which is down here,
20:11and I can remove background. You'll see
20:14there it'll just take a second. I'll say
20:15done. And that's really good because
20:17then I can start overlaying it with
20:19different elements. It seems to work
20:20really really well. The other thing I
20:22can do is reuse that image. So, if I go
20:25right click on this and then say
20:26reference in chat, that then places it
20:29within the AI chat. And I can do
20:30something else like stylize it. So, why
20:33don't we try a watercolor style? So,
20:35this will take that information from the
20:37axo
20:38um and add a predefined watercolor style
20:40to that.
20:41There you go. Wow, good work. Yeah, I
20:43mean that gives a really you know, nice
20:45soft first impression you know, if
20:47you're creating a sort of feasibility
20:49study or you know, something early on to
20:51give it an idea. You get the flow of the
20:53shapes and um the materiality. Yeah,
20:56that's good. All that generated from a
20:58simple floor plan. Perfect. And there
21:00you go. This will make our design intent
21:02so much clearer to our clients. Now,
21:04let's see how it all comes together in
21:06the final part, setting up your client
21:08presentation. Rayon is your one-stop
21:10shop to go all the way from concept
21:12design to construction drawings and
21:14client presentations. You can use the
21:16paper canvas and the model canvas to set
21:18out your drawings and always have the
21:20most up-to-date drawing represented in
21:21your document. So, let's dive in and see
21:24how to do that. Okay, so we've currently
21:26got our import canvas, which is the one
21:28where our model is. We have our detail
21:31canvas. So, they [music] were
21:32technically model canvases. I want to
21:34create a paper canvas, so I'll click on
21:36this little plus sign up here and select
21:38paper canvas. And this is really about
21:40my drawing sheets. So, we'll call it
21:42paper canvas and then we will be
21:44prompted to create a page. So, over in
21:47the right-hand side, we can choose a
21:49size. So, [music] make this an A3 page,
21:52for example. I can have that as portrait
21:54or landscape, and then I can add a title
21:57sheet, for example. So, title sheet is a
21:59type of block. So, we'll go over to
22:01blocks, we'll go to our block library,
22:04and then we'll scroll down to [music]
22:06title blocks annotations, and then I can
22:08easily just drag in an A3 title block,
22:11and it sits there like that. Perfect.
22:13I could then go in and copy these. So, I
22:17can copy one and two, three, say, but I
22:20can copy the title sheet as well.
22:24You know, I can go in and I can edit
22:25these. So, you can see on the right-hand
22:27side that I can add
22:28um or I can input into these instance
22:30properties. So, I can add things like
22:32the name, the project name, the scale,
22:34[music] all of those elements that I
22:35would normally have on a title sheet.
22:38But the most helpful thing [music] is to
22:40start adding the views. So, over on the
22:42left-hand side, we've got layers. So,
22:44we'll go to a view, which is down here,
22:46and I'll get a view from the import
22:49canvas. So, this is where my
22:51um my 2D plan is and where my axos are.
22:53So, I can start positioning this. I can
22:55set a scale. So, on the right-hand side,
22:57I can set this to
22:591 to 200, for example, which seems like
23:01a good scale. I can crop. I just drag in
23:04these viewfinder boundary and it really
23:06is as if you're taking a view down onto
23:08the model canvas. So, that's our model
23:11view and I could copy that view and then
23:13I could pan across to this one. Again, I
23:16could crop it. I could scale it and I
23:18could position it at this, for example,
23:21you know, I even have a little overlap,
23:22which I quite like. I could then add
23:24another view. So, again, I can input my
23:26view from here. Again, I could scale
23:28this this view here. I could make this
23:31bigger or smaller. I could even start
23:33thinking about, let's jump back to the
23:35import layer. You know, I could have a
23:36series of material swatches, for
23:38example.
23:40Let's go into our pre-built styles.
23:42Let's say one is the decking, one is
23:44gravel.
23:45>> [music]
23:46>> One is grass, one is flagstones. You
23:48know, make it sit as a palette alongside
23:51[music] a canvas, for example, very
23:53quickly, very easily. And then, I could
23:55add my um detail views. So, again, I'm
23:58just going to view and then choosing the
24:00canvas. So, this one's actually on
24:01detail [music] canvas. I can set these
24:03to a certain scale.
24:05And again, [music] I can just
24:08copy that view. Yeah, think about it
24:10like a viewport and then scroll [music]
24:11across.
24:12Exactly the same as the last one.
24:17All very quick, all very simple, getting
24:18a few sheets together. And then, if we
24:20wanted to add annotations or text,
24:23>> [music]
24:23>> we can do that very simply. So,
24:25um let's call this landscape
24:27master plan. [music] I can go into that
24:29text. Yeah, again, I can set a style.
24:31So, I can choose a size, I can choose a
24:33color, I can choose a font. And again, I
24:35can save that as title style, for
24:38example, and then wherever I use that,
24:40that style will
24:42stay consistent. Perfect. Now, if you're
24:44working as a team, you should know that
24:46you can work together in real time in
24:48Rayon. Here's how you can invite your
24:49teammates to your drawings.
24:51>> [music]
24:51>> Okay, with those drawings completed, I
24:54can do a couple of things with them. So,
24:55the first one I showed you is the
24:57inviting your teammates. So, access, you
25:00can invite um people to access your
25:03drawing so they can come in and they can
25:04edit it. So, that's with an editor or I
25:07can send it to them as a viewer.
25:09>> [music]
25:09>> So, I could add in
25:11my other email address, for example.
25:14Invite, that will then send an email to
25:16me. And that allows me to come in and
25:19comment on the drawing. So, I'm able to
25:22look at it. I'm able to take
25:23measurements. I'm able to add
25:26>> [music]
25:26>> notes to the drawing. Um and I'm also
25:28allowed to add annotations. So, I can
25:30start sketching over. All of that stays
25:32within Rayon and lives within the
25:34comments tab, which live over here. So,
25:36uh comment, I can click on a certain
25:38area, for example, write a comment and
25:40say um actually, change this
25:46material [music]
25:47to
25:49porcelain. Let's post. And now my team
25:52can see that. And I will also have a
25:54record of who it was from, when it was
25:56sent. [music] And so, everything stays
25:57within Rayon, which is perfect. Another
25:59game changer is sharing your
26:01presentations as a URL link instead of
26:03emailing them as a PDF.
26:05Here's how. Now, with the drawing
26:06complete, the traditional thing would be
26:08to export as a PDF. So, if I wanted to
26:10do that, I would just need to go over to
26:12menu, go to export, and then PDF. And I
26:14can do all of those drawings or I can
26:16select a certain um page.
26:19I would then give it a title, select the
26:21format, so PDF or PNG, select the
26:23quality, and then decide on the stroke
26:25scale. Like I can do that, but it's not
26:27the most efficient way to do things. The
26:29best way in Rayon to do things is to
26:31share the presentation. And there's a
26:33really powerful feature which I love. We
26:35could go to share and we can go to
26:37presentation. And this ultimately
26:39creates a link. So, just like you would
26:41have a PDF, you'd upload it to a file
26:43transfer website, send the link, and
26:45then get your clients to download it
26:46from the file transfer website. This
26:48does all of that in one click. So, it
26:50will publish the presentation. So, I'll
26:52just click that little toggle there and
26:53it [music] gives me a link. So, I can
26:55copy that or I can open it and let's
26:57take a look.
26:58So, you can see here there's my drawings
27:01all looking great on our sheets. I can
27:03scroll through those. Got our master
27:05plan with the watercolor finish with our
27:07material ideas and then our details with
27:11our technical sections. All of that
27:13sitting on this URL link.
27:15The really, really great thing is say
27:17for example, you know, I did go in and I
27:20got rid of that material because my boss
27:22didn't like it. And I go, all right, now
27:24I need to update the presentation and
27:25resend it to the client. Well, if we go
27:27to share again, Rayon will see that that
27:30that presentation has needs to be
27:32updated. So, it will give you that
27:33little update symbol. Once you click it,
27:35that then gets published to that same
27:38URL. So, it's not a different link. So,
27:40the client doesn't need to have hundreds
27:42of different link to try and keep up
27:43with it. It's that same link and it's
27:45just been updated. So, let's check that
27:47now. So, you can see here
27:48that's now been updated. So, everything
27:51stays up-to-date because you've kept it
27:53within Rayon. Perfect. And that's the
27:55complete workflow from importing a
27:57technical DWG to delivering a rich,
27:59stylized landscape presentation that
28:01clearly communicates your design intent.
28:04By combining our ready-made CAD block
28:06library, a curated material library,
28:08reusable templates, and AI tools, you're
28:10not just saving time, you're building a
28:12system that makes every future project
28:15faster and more refined. Create a free
28:17Rayon account using the link below to
28:19access the same assets and start
28:21building your own plug-and-play library.
28:23Thanks so much following along and I'll
28:25see you in the next tutorial.

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