Sets

Sets are groups of building pieces. Adding a set puts its pieces in the Build catalog, so you can build fast. Built-in sets are matching looks (Cottage, Brick house, etc.) and fill in the Draw with row for you. Sets downloaded from the Today tab are their own bundles; see Today's downloads .

Opening a set

1. Go to the World tab and open Build. It opens on the catalog.
2. The Sets section at the bottom of the catalog lists available sets. Select a set you made to add its pieces to the catalog. They get their own row under the set’s name, next to the usual Rooms & walls and Doors pieces.
3. Select a piece to arm it and place it on the map grid.

The Sets section also lists built-in looks: Plain, Cottage, Brick house, Farmhouse, Cabin, Stone keep, and Workshop. Selecting a look sets the Outside, Inside, Floor, and Roof wells in the Draw with row for you (the row shows once you arm a piece), and replaces the current wall style. Looks don’t add anything by themselves; they set what you draw next. Select Plain to clear them and reset the wall style.

Built-in looks use set roof shapes: Cottage (Hip, thatch), Brick house (Peaked, slate), Farmhouse (Barn, tin), Cabin (A-frame, shingle), Stone keep (Flat, stone), Workshop (Slanted, corrugated), Plain (Peaked, plain). Selecting a look arms that roof for what you place next. Roofs already built don’t change.

Select More ▸ to see your own saved sets. The window shows Sets: tap one to add its brushes, with each set’s name and piece count. Selecting one adds its pieces the same way.

Building pieces snap together when you place them. Press and hold a placed piece in the 3D view to unsnap it from the building.

Making a set

1. Go to the Figs tab and select the building’s row under BUILDINGS. Its page opens.
2. Find the SAVE IT section and select Box it as a set. A set holds 2 to 8 pieces. Corner posts don’t count. The set shows in Build’s Sets row when you go back to Build.

Bigger buildings must be saved with Glue it into one fig. Take apart (you can undo it) turns a joined building back into loose, separate pieces.

Sharing sets

• ↗ on a set card in the window saves a .set file to your device (through the share sheet on a tablet). The file holds all its pieces; opening it needs nothing else.
• Regular scene exports (.scene) include every set you added.
• To open a set from a file, go to New scene and select Open a file. It opens .scene, .fig, .set, and .unflat files.
• ✕ on a set card deletes it. You tap twice to confirm. It leaves Build’s Sets row at once.

Built-in sets have no export (↗) or delete (✕) buttons.

Some design challenges start in a ready-made set with locked buildings of more than one floor. Drawing walls inside one shows a one-time message: This set is finished: walls you draw stay on its ground floor. Build in a fresh scene, or beside the set.