Accessing Landshape Commands

Landshape offers a toolbox of around 100 different commands, and growing. You can access and run commands via Sketchup's default Top menu, via the right-click Context menu, via Toolbars, via Shortcuts, and via Learn.

Which way to best access a command depends on your modelling style. Often, a mixed approach makes most sense. Learn about differences below.

Top Menu Access

Landshape's primary way of organizing commands is the top menu. Its submenus group commands by type or theme. Commands are listed in order of feature similarity, typical workflow sequence, or similar. The Learn content, which you are reading now, is also organized by the top menu structure.

This organisation makes commands predictable to find and easier to conceptualise.

Find Landhape's menu in Sketchup's default top menu:
Extensions > Holygon Landshape > …

Note that some features are available only contextually, and will not show in the the top menu.

Context Menu Access

The context menu, also known as the right-click menu, is intended to be used in action, while creating and and working.

Wherever in the viewport your cursor is, the context menu is available simply by Right-clicking model geometry. This way, your cursor does not need to travel to the to of the screen to run a command.

To streamline your workflow, commands that concern the software itself — like Support, License, Update and About — have been removed from the context menu. All these commands are available in the top menu.

Note that some commands use specific context menus. These may offer contextual features or organisation. For instance, while using any Brush, you can swap the current Brush for any other by right-clicking.

Similarly, some menu features are avaialble only via the context menu. Examples include Guideplane operations, and setting Brush Fencing modes.

Using the context menu keeps your workflow going, and you don't need to reach for toolbars.

To explore the context menu, right-click any geometry in the viewport, and click Landshape > …

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Toolbar Access

Toolbars are perhaps the most common way to interact with Landshape's commands. They are a great way to discover and get acquainted with the various commands.

Toolbars also show icons.

💡 Did you know? In Landshape, most icons aren't symbolic. Instead, they depict the effect of their command. Most Pick, View and Draw icons looks like their result.

If you study these icons closely, they will let you know roughly what they do before you click. Further, the small visual index in the icon's lower corner reveals which command type it belongs to. Just by looking, you can get a feel of what each command does.

The toolbar command sequence typically follows that of the top menu. There some exceptions. For instance, the Start toolbar collects commands from various menus. The Start toolbar is a good way to learn Landshape basics.

Shortcut Access

Are you using Landshape often?

Do what Sketchup veterans and professionals have been doing for decades — set your own custom shortcuts.

Shortcuts is faster than menus and toolbars. Shortcuts are the fastest way to access commands. This is because shortcuts have a permanent place on your keyboard, and will soon be stored in your muscle memory.

You may set shortcuts for any Landshape command. Start by setting shortcuts for your favourite commands, the ones you find yourself using most often, and fill up as you go.

Want to kickstart your shortcuts? You can access a file with lots of preconfigured shortcuts for Landshape and for its sibling Holygon extensions, by downloading the latest Holygon Asset Pack.

Pro Tips

Learning While Doing

💡 Did you know that you can direct-access any tool's Learn content?

Start a Landshape tool. While it's active, simply right-click any geometry to bring up the context menu. Here, click Landshape > Learn Command.

If you don't have an active Landshape command, the manu entry instead takes you to the latest Learn page.

Doing While Learning

💡 Did you know that you can run any Landshape command straight from the in-software Learn?

To run a command, open the Landshape Learn window. Here, hover your cursor above any command icon. Click the icon to run its command.