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Learn how to use the Explore and Develop tools on our platform

Scroll down to view the videos in our suggested order or skip ahead to one of the following videos:

Explor e tool
Site Cre ation
Develop tool: Basic Massing
Develop tool: Complex Massing
Develop tool: Low-rise massing

If you’d like a one-on-one training session with our team to get you up to speed, book some time with us here or contact us at hello@ratio.city.

Learn to navigate the Explore tool and run parcel reports.

Access more than 1,000 data layers
Layer them to uncover new insights
Search by address to get all the details on your site of interest

Intro to the Explore tool

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:22 Navigation
01:27 Measurement tools
02:22 Layer list
03:27 Pop-ups
04:02 Parcel selection
05:19 Parcel reports

Intro to site creation

Learn the different ways you can create, subdivide, and share sites.

Create a site anywhere based on parcel data (where available) or by drawing a custom site
Use the subdivision tool to try different site configurations

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Creating a site with parcels
01:33 Drawing a custom site
03:17 Reloading and sharing sites
04:18 Subdividing a site

Intro to the Develop tool: Basic Massing

Learn the basics of the Develop tool for modelling mid- and high-rise 3D massings.

Create a single massing and customize it
Change styling details in your 3D model
Download development reports and floor area summaries

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Defining your site
01:10 Basic massing inputs
03:09 Basic massing inputs: Building height and floorplates
03:42 Basic massing inputs: Styling
04:15 Development reports
04:55 Exporting floor area summaries
05:19 Saving and sharing 3D massings

Develop tool: Complex Massing

Dive deeper into the Develop tool and master setbacks, stepbacks, and multi-massing. We recommend watching the video on basic massing before this.

Set up and customize setbacks and stepbacks
Build more than one building on a site (multi-massing), including multiple towers with a joined podium
Run shadow studies and export 3D models

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Setbacks and stepbacks
01:08 Setbacks and stepbacks: Define site boundaries
03:08 Setbacks and stepbacks: Setbacks
03:28 Setbacks and stepbacks: Stepbacks
04:13 Adding angular planes
05:06 Adding angular planes: Angular plane inputs
05:51 Multi-massing
06:44 Multi-massing: Two towers with one podium
08:16 Massing legend & warnings
09:01 Running shadow studies
10:13 Exporting 3D models

Develop tool: Low-rise massing

Build townhouses and multiplexes using the Develop tool.

Generate an as-of-right massing of a townhouse or multiplex with automatic policy review
Adjust the residential units by size or unit count

Note: Low-rise building types are currently only available in Toronto.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:22 Select building type
01:21 Building details
02:58 Setbacks & stepbacks for low-rise building types
03:50 Statistics: residential units
04:32 Development report

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