Using the Grading tools, she laid out a conceptual road. She defined a template: 12-foot lanes, 4-foot shoulders, 2:1 side slopes. With a few clicks, Land Desktop calculated the proposed surface. Then came the command she’d been waiting for: Compute Volumes.

She quickly drafted the stormwater plan. Using the Parcel tools, she laid out lots that followed the contours, not fought them. Each house pad would require minimal grading. Each drainage swale flowed naturally to a new, dry pond she’d located in that hidden swale.

"Yes, sir."