Buildable vs full boundary
By default LayoutIQ packs on the SiteIQ buildable area — the site boundary minus OSM-detected constraints and engineering setbacks (roads, railways, buildings, water, transmission, forests with buffers).
Toggle use full boundary for an early capacity sketch without GIS exclusions (e.g. before SiteIQ GIS completes or for landlord-boundary-only studies).
Manual exclusion zones
Draw or upload additional no-build polygons (wetlands, heritage buffers, substation footprints). LayoutIQ preserves GeoJSON holes so rows do not pack into excluded areas.
Soft vs hard constraints
- Hard — roads, water, buildings, transmission (always respected unless full boundary mode)
- Soft — forest/vegetation layers; can be ignored for early layout when you plan clearing
Prune isolated blocks
Optional prune isolated blocks removes tiny row fragments that would not be buildable at utility scale — cleaner MWp numbers for screening reports.