Your first building
Install Object Builder, trace a building, add a roof and save.
Wayline Object Builder is a separate app from Wayline Studio. Get it from the Object Builder download page. The setup installs it just for you, without admin rights, and asks you to accept its licence.
Trace the outline
- Open the Outline tab. Search for the address or postcode, or type coordinates such as
51.501, -0.124. - Choose Satellite or Street map, then Draw outline (D).
- Click each corner of the building. Hold Shift to keep corners square. Click the first corner to finish.
- Drag corners to tidy up. Click the small dot in the middle of an edge to add a corner; right-click a corner to remove it.
No internet? Choose Plain grid, or use Rectangle for a block of any size.
Make the block
Set the wall height and choose Make building. You get a plain block, and the top face is already selected so you can drag the green arrow to change the height straight away.
Square to the grid
New buildings are turned square to the grid (rotation 0, 0, 0), which is easier to work on and gives OMSI a neat collision box. Properties shows the angle the building sits at on the map: rotate it by that much when you place it in your map.
Add a roof
Select the top face, choose Roof on the ribbon and pick a shape. Set the rise and the eaves overhang first if you like. See Roofs and shapes.
Save
File → Save (Ctrl+S) writes one .waybuilding file with every object and picture inside. Your recent projects are listed on the left, and a recovery copy is written every 30 seconds while there are unsaved changes.
Try the example
Open example cottage on the left opens a finished cottage and its front garden, built with the same tools you have.