Walkway Wizard
The Walkway Wizard creates a walkway by extruding a constant width along a drawn path. Steps: draw guide path → width and end caps → surface and border.
The Walkway Wizard builds a constant-width paved path from a guide centerline you draw freehand. It works through three focused steps — Guide Path, Width & End Caps, and Surface & Border — so you can move from a rough route sketch to a finished, styled walkway in under a minute. Use it for garden paths, front-entry approaches, connecting terraces, and any route where you need a clean ribbon of consistent width. The resulting walkway is a parametric object, so you can re-open the wizard later to adjust width, end caps, or materials without redrawing.
Step 3 — Surface and Border
Walkway Surface — choose Solid Color or a PBR material from the catalog. Border — toggle on to add an edge border. When enabled: set which sides (Both, Left, Right), border width, join style (miter or round), and a separate surface color or material for the border.
Draw the guide path
Click on the canvas to place the centerline of your walkway. Add as many points as needed to follow the route, including curves and bends. Double-click the final point — or press Enter — to finish the path. The walkway preview updates immediately as you draw, showing the full ribbon on both sides of the centerline.
Hold Shift while clicking to snap guide-path points to 45-degree angle increments, making it easy to draw perfectly diagonal or orthogonal walkway segments.
Set the walkway width
On the Width & End Caps step, drag the Width slider to set the total walkway width from 0.3 m to 3.0 m (or the equivalent in feet and inches if your project uses imperial units). For quick sizing, click one of the four presets: Narrow (0.8 m / ~2.6 ft), Standard (1.2 m / ~4 ft), Wide (1.8 m / ~6 ft), or Accessway (2.4 m / ~8 ft). The canvas preview updates live as you adjust the slider.
Choose end cap styles
Below the width controls, select the cap shape for the Start Cap and End Cap independently using the icon buttons. Flat (butt) cuts the path straight across the endpoint — ideal where the walkway meets a patio or building edge. Round adds a semicircular cap — good for path ends that land in open lawn. Square extends the ribbon by half the width past the endpoint, useful when you want the path to slightly overlap a threshold.
Pick the surface appearance
On the Surface & Border step, click Walkway Surface to open the material picker. Choose a Solid Color from the preset palette (natural beige, stone gray, warm brown, charcoal, and more) or use the color wheel for a custom color. Alternatively, switch to the Material tab to select a photoreal material such as concrete, brick, or natural stone from the catalog. Only one mode — color or material — is active at a time.
Add an optional edge border
Toggle Border on to add a contrasting edge strip along the walkway. Set Side to Both, Left, or Right depending on which edges need a border. Use the Border Width slider (0.02 m – 0.30 m) to control the strip thickness, and choose the Join Style — Miter for sharp mitered corners, Bevel for chamfered corners, or Round for smooth corner arcs. Finally, set a separate solid color or photoreal material for the border using the Edge Surface picker.
Apply the walkway
Click Apply (or Done) at the bottom of the wizard sidebar to commit the walkway to the drawing. The guide centerline is removed and replaced by the finished parametric walkway object — one polygon entity for the surface and a second for the border if you enabled one. To edit the walkway later, select it on the canvas and choose Parameters in the inspector to reopen the wizard with all previous settings intact.
The Walkway Wizard produces a parametric object. Width, end caps, surface material, and border settings can all be changed after placement by selecting the walkway and clicking Parameters in the inspector — you do not need to redraw the path.
Use the Accessway width preset (2.4 m / ~8 ft) for any route that needs to accommodate a wheelbarrow, garden cart, or accessible clearance. Pair it with Round end caps where the path arrives at an open lawn area to avoid sharp corners that look abrupt in presentation views.
A guide path with fewer than two points cannot generate a walkway. If the Apply button remains disabled, check that you have placed at least two points and finished the path with Enter or a double-click.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I edit the route of the walkway after I apply it?
Yes. Select the walkway and click Parameters in the inspector to reopen the wizard. On the Guide Path step you can modify the centerline points. Changing the path updates the walkway geometry while preserving your width, end cap, and material settings.
How do I add a border to only one side of the walkway?
In the Surface & Border step, enable the Border toggle and set the Side option to Left or Right instead of Both. Left and right are relative to the direction you drew the centerline — from the start point toward the end point.
The corners of my walkway look jagged at sharp bends. How do I fix this?
Set the Join Style for the border to Round to smooth corners. For the main surface, drawing the guide path with gentle curves instead of tight-angle vertices also produces smoother-looking results. Alternatively, soften the path by moving guide-path vertices in Edit mode to widen the angle at each bend.
What is the difference between Flat, Round, and Square end caps?
Flat (butt) terminates the walkway exactly at the endpoint — best where the path butts up against another surface. Round adds a semicircle extending half the width beyond the endpoint — good for paths ending in lawn. Square extends the ribbon by half the width past the endpoint as a rectangular cap — useful to overlap a threshold or step slightly.
Can I use different materials for the surface and the border?
Yes. The Walkway Surface picker and the Edge Surface picker in the border section are independent. You can, for example, set the main surface to a natural-stone photoreal material and use a solid charcoal color for the border, or mix any combination of solid colors and photoreal material.