Freehand survey areas
Draw a survey area with a continuous stroke, then inspect the resulting record.
Freehand captures an irregular survey area with a continuous stroke. The app simplifies the outline and closes it into a survey polygon. It is an input method for area records, separate from a lasso used to select existing objects.
Choose an area record
Open Tool Guide → Add to survey → Boundaries & zones. Choose Site boundary, Zone boundary, Microclimate, Obstacle, Block view here or Sight-line required. Single-point and photo tools do not use the area input toggle.
Choose Freehand
While an area tool is active, the canvas input control offers Polygon and Freehand. Choose Freehand for a continuous stroke, or Polygon for individual clicked vertices.
Draw the boundary
Press, drag around the intended outline and release. The stroke is simplified and closed. Very short or invalid input may not create a usable area; inspect the resulting boundary before continuing. Simplification reduces redundant points and is not a survey-accuracy guarantee.
Review the survey record
Select the area and use Selected for its name, location and type-specific details. Use Display → Records to hide or show the record kind. To replace an unsuitable capture, delete it and redraw; do not look for the removed survey-layer opacity controls.
Keep capture separate from design
The result is a survey area record. Returning to the drawing does not convert it into a planted bed, terrain edit or other proposal object. The current survey GUI does not provide a general handoff button for turning these records into design geometry.