Recommended test
Place one figure beside a known-height wall and compare the visual scale from several camera directions.
- Open Scale Person and choose a test figure and known height.
- Choose Place person and place the feet on a visible deck face. Hold Alt to compare free placement with the gentle edge snap.
- Use Section view or hide the roof and walls to place another figure on an indoor floor; confirm the building and camera stay in place.
- Orbit around it and compare Always face camera on and off.
- Measure the represented height and decide whether the figure belongs in final views.
Choose a figure and height
Open Person in the main toolbar, choose Sverre or Astrid and set the height. Sverre wears muted blue and Astrid sage green, with natural hair and skin colours and neutral trousers and shoes. Existing standard grey figures receive the colours when opened; their size and placement remain unchanged.
Scale Person adds a cardboard-style human reference with an editable height and displayed width information. Enter a deliberate height rather than treating the default as a universal person.
Place on the correct level
Choose Place person and point at a visible model face, construction plane or the grid. The feet follow that surface while the person stays upright. Floors, decks, wall faces and roof slopes work without a separate placement mode. Use Section view or hide obstructing walls and the roof to reach an indoor floor.
Placement gently snaps near corners, edge midpoints, edges and ground-grid intersections. A purple dot marks a snap; hold Alt for free placement. Click to place, or press Escape or right-click to cancel. The Height field changes the person’s stature, not the feet’s elevation.
Adding a person preserves the camera and existing building geometry. Use Move to reposition a selected figure and save the project to retain it.
Face-camera behavior
Always face camera keeps a billboard-style figure readable as the view orbits. Disable it when its fixed orientation matters to the scene. Inspect front, side and isometric views so the representation does not hide an opening or structural detail.
Use as context, not measurement
The figure is a communication aid. Use Tape Measure and model information for dimensions. Hide or remove scale people from cut-focused technical views, and include them in presentations only when they improve understanding of clearance or proportion.