This guide is based on a browser-recorded walkthrough in the rebuilt DrillerDB console. When a step can send, submit, export, or change account access, the guide calls out the review boundary.
The Site Planner builds an interactive 3D model of the property, with real terrain, aerial imagery, parcel lines, buildings, and nearby state well logs, so you can stake the well, lay out the rig and hazards, and check depth before the rig rolls. There is no separate planner section in the sidebar: open it from the job. One site is shared per property, so a pump job and a drilling project at the same address see the same plan. Estimates interpolate real logs in view and always show confidence and distance to the nearest log; when there is no nearby data the planner says so instead of inventing numbers.
Quick Start
- Open the planner from the job
- Stake the well and map the site
- Read the estimate, and its confidence
- Cut the section and set the drilling plan
- Fit the rig
- Export the plan
Step-by-Step: Plan a Site in 3D
Open the planner from the job
On a project's Overview tab, click Plan site in 3D in the Well Location header. On a Pump/Service job, use the site plan card on the Details tab. If a plan already exists, the button reads Open 3D site plan (on a job, the site plan chip). Jobs at the same property share one plan.
The button is disabled until the job has GPS coordinates or an address. Add either on the project first.
Stake the well and map the site
Use the tool rail to stake planned wells, mark existing wells, and place trees, buildings, septic systems with their isolation rings, overhead power lines, tanks, and mud pits. Drag anything to move it; the planner warns live about septic setbacks, well spacing, and mast clearance. Press ⌘Z to undo, and use the Measure tool to tape distances.
Every staked object gets GPS coordinates you can copy from its panel for staking in the field.
Read the estimate, and its confidence
The Well Estimate card interpolates bedrock, static water, total depth, casing, and observed yield from the real state well logs in view. It always shows a confidence level and the distance to the nearest log; switch to Subsurface view to see those logs as 3D lithology columns underground. When no logs are nearby, the card says so; nothing is invented.
Cross-check the estimate in Geology before pricing, since the card links straight to it.
Cut the section and set the drilling plan
Section view slices the earth at your planned well. Drag the casing shoe and the bit, on the 3D cut or the side diagram, to set planned casing and total depth; footage updates live against the estimate. With multiple planned wells, tap another well's bar to re-cut the section there.
Fit the rig
Rig fit view scores the ground around your stake: green cells are better pads. Buildings, septic rings, drawn power lines, and steep slopes are blocked out. Drag the rig yourself or use AI fit to place it, then check the Rig fit readout (pad slope, distance to the well stake, mast, pad score) and the clearance warnings above the scene. Mast clearance shows as a warning chip, not as a readout row.
Set your rig's real mast height on the rig panel, so tree and power-line clearance checks follow it.
Export the plan
Export builds a proposal-ready PDF: a 3D site overview, a north-up top-down site plan, the section side view with the drilling plan, and stake tables with GPS coordinates, offsets, and bearings for every staked object. Click Download PDF, or choose the linked project under Publish for project and click Publish PDF. The published copy goes to the project's files, and proposal emails, field sheets, and dispatch emails include it.
The sheets carry your company name and logo, ready for the customer or the permit packet.
