Building design that gives clarity before you invest
Planning a steel building often starts with ideas, sketches or rough size estimates. The 3D Shed Builder app helps turn those early ideas into realistic building concepts that can be reviewed, adjusted and priced accurately.
Instead of guessing dimensions or design options, you can explore building layouts, door placements, roofing profiles and structural configurations in a visual environment. Once submitted, your concept can be reviewed using engineering software to ensure it is practical, compliant and suited to your site.
This approach helps reduce design uncertainty while making planning easier for projects involving steel frame portal structures and steel frames for buildings from Wellington to Levin.
- Visualise layouts, sizes and structural configurations using an interactive 3D planning tool
- Create custom building concepts suitable for workshops, storage sheds and commercial structures
- Submit your design for professional engineering review and pricing guidance
3D shed builder planning for Wellington, Levin and surrounding regions
The 3D Shed Builder app supports planning for projects using steel frame portal construction methods and flexible steel frame buildings, helping business owners, farmers and property owners visualise and refine building concepts before committing to engineering and construction.
Design flexibility that works around your project goals
The 3D Shed Builder app allows you to customise your building layout based on how the space will be used. You can adjust:
- Building length, width and height
- Roof pitch and design style
- Cladding colour options and external appearance
- Skylights and natural lighting placement
- Wall configurations and internal access
- Sliding doors, roller doors and personal entry doors
This level of flexibility helps create buildings suited to storage, workshop, agricultural and commercial use.
Visual planning that simplifies decision making
Seeing your building layout in 3D helps identify practical considerations early, including access points, usable space and workflow layout. Visual planning supports:
- Better understanding of building proportions
- Easier discussion with project stakeholders
- Improved confidence before pricing and engineering stages
- Faster adjustments to design ideas
This can be particularly valuable when planning structural layouts using steel frame portal systems where span, clearance and access requirements need to be considered carefully.
Designs reviewed and prepared for engineering compliance
The 3D Shed Builder app creates a visual concept that can be imported into professional engineering software. This allows the design to be assessed and refined to meet building code requirements and structural standards. Engineering review helps confirm:
- Structural suitability for intended use
- Compliance with New Zealand building regulations
- Optimisation for site conditions and wind zones
- Accuracy of final building specifications
This ensures building concepts move forward with clarity and confidence.
Planning support when projects need more detail
While the 3D Shed Builder app provides a powerful starting point, some projects require additional design refinement or specialised structural considerations.
Where required, designs can be adjusted and expanded to accommodate unique layout requirements, operational needs or site-specific conditions. This ensures projects involving steel frames for buildings or larger steel frame portal structures are supported by accurate planning and engineering processes.
Simple design sharing and quoting workflow
The app allows building concepts to be saved and shared easily. Designs can be emailed, discussed with stakeholders or submitted for pricing review when ready. This streamlined workflow helps:
- Keep project planning organised
- Reduce communication delays
- Provide clearer quoting information
- Support smoother project progression
The app produces a visual concept designed to assist planning and quoting. Final building specifications are confirmed during engineering review to ensure compliance and structural suitability.
Yes. The app allows you to design layouts that align with steel portal frame building concepts, helping visualise span, height and access requirements before engineering review - all of which is very suitable for the Wellington region.
Yes. The app supports a wide range of building types suitable from Wellington to Levin, allowing layouts to be customised for storage, agricultural or commercial applications.
Your design is reviewed using engineering software to confirm compliance, practicality and structural suitability. Pricing and specification details are then prepared based on the reviewed concept.
No. The app is a helpful planning tool, but building concepts can also be developed with design assistance if projects require more detailed planning or specialised structural requirements.