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Reading the current project without changing it.

Full Designer is active. All six stages and Layers remain available; choose Guided whenever you want the next applicable task.

1Project & scopeIdentity, save state, role and time
Project identity
Time & complexity
Complexity
Logging as
Add field / travel / close-out / as-built time:
2Site evidenceParcel, field observations and mapped constraints

Establish the working parcel, then collect sourced screening and field evidence.

Proposal risk — soils & water table

Sandy ground vs high seasonal water table / silts is a large design-fee and system-type difference. Use SSURGO for screening; SHWT and perc remain professional/field determinations.

Look up a parcel, then fetch soil and set SHWT/design perc for pricing risk.
Parcel & boundary
Survey / georeferenced parcel exchange
Preview a WGS84 GeoJSON, KML, or KMZ boundary against the tax-parcel reference. A Boundary survey must be KMZ; after adoption its exact ring is the controlling parcel and is locked against ordinary edits. Surveyor and license fields are claimed provenance only — this platform does not verify licensure or legal survey authority.
No site-geometry file previewed.
ROW offset (ft)
Site plan setup
Selected parcelNot selected
Principal buildingNot drawn
Driveway / appurtenancesNone recorded
These shortcuts activate and unlock the same Building 1 and Parcel Amenities controls in Layers. They do not create separate or inferred geometry.
3Design basisFlow, system type and professional determinations
Project basis
Bedrooms Design flow (gpd) Design perc (min/in)
Trench/bed + a perc rate adds the sized plan + section (D-1/D-2) to the package.
Regulatory scope
Direct-flow regulatory scope (required when design flow overrides bedrooms)
Nonresidential scope clears only with an AHJ determination naming the other governing standard.
Soil, limiting layer & hydraulics
SHWT (ft below grade)
4Layout & hydraulicsPlace, connect, optimize and profile the system

Use the map and Layers workspace for geometry; these tools assist the active layout.

Layout readiness
Point of connectionMissing
Septic tankMissing
D-boxMissing
Absorption fieldMissing
Distribution pipingMissing
Core layout geometry has not been placed. This is workflow status, not a compliance verdict.
Placement & optimization
House sewer ends pin to the POC + tank inlet. Activate + unlock Septic Tank Inlet Pipe to drag bends. A 90° hand bend flags non-standard (RCNYS P3005.2).
Uses the current basis to draft the field, tank, and D-box. Layout readiness still names POC, distribution, evidence, and verification work that remains.
Try: optimize / clean train / square sewer. Always shows a review; PE confirms before changes apply.
Building drain datum
Sets the building-drain (POC) invert vs grade — e.g. slab 6″ up, POC 18″ down ⇒ drain 12″ below grade.
Products, field package & profile
Longitudinal section: the objects cut open at their inverts — tank, pump chamber, D-box, mound.
5VerifyResolve engineering checks and review findings
Engineering review
Self-assessment against the design rules (your edits apply).

Place the conveyance (POC / tank / D-box / bed), then run the QA checks.

6DeliverTitle block, package assembly and exports
Package assembly

Complete project information and assemble the package. Every current work product remains available from Downloads in the header.

Look up or click a parcel, pull the layers, then assemble the package.

Boundary Turn ON to drag the parcel to its surveyed spot. Otherwise the mouse pans & draws.

🌍 Rich KMZ field package

Preview what is actually recorded before downloading.

Design issues

Engineering QA details
Guided issue closeout

Resolve engineering issue

    Soil workspace

    Review mapped SSURGO screening and manage the official Web Soil Survey work product.

    Mapped soil screening

    SSURGO helps screen the parcel. Field deep-hole and perc evidence still govern the design.

    Open Web Soil Survey ↗
    No mapped soil survey loaded.

    Official soil report

    Attach the USDA-NRCS Web Soil Survey PDF created from this parcel AOI. It remains sourced screening evidence; field deep-hole and perc data still govern the design.

    No official soil report attached.

    Ten-year flood determination

    Record the controlling site and ten-year flood elevations with attributed professional, agency, or AHJ evidence.

    FEMA mapped screening is separate. This determination records the evidence used for the §75-A.4(a) comparison.

    Well determinations

    Resolve mapped candidates and record the controlling Table 2 footnote evidence for each located well. Screening never clears itself.

    Mapped candidate disposition

    Use attributed professional, agency, or AHJ evidence to resolve screening candidates.

    Per-well Table 2 footnotes (a) and (g)

    Select a located well, then record its drainage-path and water-entry-depth evidence.

    Reserve-area determination

    Compliant reserve geometry clears automatically. Record an attributed explanation only when the additional 50% usable area is not possible.

    Public-sewer servicing determination

    Use this only when assessor screening reports public sewer. Screening itself is not a prohibition or an authorization.