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Designer: Scale and eye-level controls
Every control on the Scale tab: Set it up for me, the 6-ft people check, measuring a known object, the tape, and the bird’s-eye map scale.
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You find this in the Designer: tap Photo setup in the tool bar, then the Scale tab. The small chip under the picture (“Set the scale (how big things are)”, later “Scale: good”, “Scale: okay” or “Scale: check it”) opens it too. Anyone can use it; two helpers (door finding by AI) need you to sign in.
Scale decides how big a plant looks at a given distance, so plants and the See it grow slider match your yard. The panel for a photo and the panel for a bird’s-eye view are different; both are listed. Background: set the scale for me and measure things to set scale.
Before you start
- Open a design with a photo. Bird’s-eye views are already to scale.
- For Find it for me, Set it up for me door finding and similar, sign in (free). Without sign-in the tool still works from the lines in your photo.
Fields
Photo views: Set the scale for me
| Field (exact label) | What it does for VisionScaper | What to enter and example | Default / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set it up for me | Finds eye level from your phone tilt, the straight lines in the photo and (if signed in) an AI estimate, and may spot a door, garage door, car or person to treat as a known size. | Tap it and wait for the message. It shows “Working…” while it runs. | n/a |
| Yes, that’s right / No, skip it | Appears when a dashed box was found. Yes uses that object as a known size. No ignores it. | Look at the dashed box on the photo first, then tap one. | n/a |
Photo views: Do these people look right?
| Field (exact label) | What it does for VisionScaper | What to enter and example | Default / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| They look too big / They look too small | Adjusts the camera height by about 12 % (kept between 2 and 14 ft) so people and plants shrink (too big) or grow (too small). It is one undo step. | Tap, then look at the yellow 6-ft people again. | n/a |
| They look right — add plants → | Marks the scale as set, hides the people, and opens the plant library. | Tap when the people next to your house look real. | n/a |
| Test growth | Plants two sample shrubs, one near and one far, plays the growth, then removes them so you can check the scale. | Tap and watch. | n/a |
Photo views: Measure something yourself (more exact)
| Field (exact label) | What it does for VisionScaper | What to enter and example | Default / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
What is it? ui_scalePreset.id |
Chooses the known object and its typical height used as the starting height. | Options: Front door (80 in); Garage door (7 ft) (84 in); Garage door (8 ft) (96 in); Privacy fence (6 ft) (72 in); Car (57 in); Person (66 in); Something else (72 in). Pick the thing you will measure in the photo. | Front door |
| What did you measure? | A name for the object so you remember what you measured. | Options: Up to 40 characters. Type “mailbox”, “gate” or “ladder”. The Tap button stays off until you type. | Empty |
| How tall is it? Feet | Feet part of the real height. | Options: 0 to 20, step 1. Type the real height. Doors and garage doors vary. | Taken from the chosen object (door = 6) |
| How tall is it? Inches | Inches part of the real height. The total is limited to 6 to 240 inches. | Options: 0 to 11.5, step 0.5. Type 8. | Door = 8 |
| Tape measure picture | A drag-the-end version of the two boxes above. Moving either changes the other. | Options: About 12 to 144 inches. Drag the metal end, tap the blade, or use arrow keys. | Follows the boxes |
| Tap its bottom and top | Starts a two-tap measurement on the photo. | Tap the very bottom where it meets the ground, then the very top. | Disabled unless the height is at least 24 in (and a name is typed for Something else) |
| Find it for me | Asks the AI to outline the object so you can confirm it. | Tap, then confirm the dashed box. | Only for Front door, both Garage doors, Car, Person; needs sign-in and the AI helper switched on |
| Yes, use it / No (dashed box question) | Accepts or rejects the AI’s outline as the known object. | Tap one. | n/a |
| Remove (on each measured object) | Deletes that measurement. Things listed “not used” were too small or did not fit the others. | Tap. | n/a |
Eye level (blue line on the photo) cam.horizon |
The horizon height. Measured objects keep their size if you move it. | Drag only if it looks wrong. Usually measuring two things (near and far) sets it. | From phone tilt, lines or a guess |
Bird’s-eye views
| Field (exact label) | What it does for VisionScaper | What to enter and example | Default / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Pixels per foot view.ppf |
The map scale. Change it only if plants look the wrong size against the picture. | Options: 1 to 40, step 0.1. Drag a little and watch the plants. | Set when the view was made |
Show a person for scale opts.scale.person |
Draws a person-size marker on the map. | Untick to hide. | Checked |
Steps
- Open Photo setup, then Scale.
- Tap Set it up for me. Read the message that appears.
- If a dashed box shows, tap Yes, that’s right or No, skip it.
- Look at the three yellow 6-ft people. Tap They look too big or They look too small until they look real next to your door.
- For more exact results open Measure something yourself: pick What is it?, type the real height in the feet and inches boxes, then tap Tap its bottom and top and tap the photo twice.
- Measure a second thing at a different distance if you can; this also sets eye level.
- Tap They look right — add plants →.
- Optionally tap Test growth to check the scale as sample shrubs grow.
Tips
- Pick something upright and at least 2 ft tall. Small things such as stones make the scale worse, so VisionScaper ignores them.
- A level phone held at eye height gives the best starting point.
If something goes wrong
- Tap its bottom and top is greyed out. The object is under 24 in, or you chose Something else and left the name empty.
- Find it for me is greyed out. Sign in, pick an object it can find, and ask your site owner to enable the AI helper.
- A measurement says “not used”. It was too small in the picture or disagreed with the others. Remove it and measure something taller.
- The chip says Scale: check it. None of your measurements could be used. Measure a door, fence, car or person.