A house template is basically the exterior shell of a finished home. If you are creating a landscape plan and your project does not contain a model, you can insert a house template to serve as the focal point of your plan.
To insert a house template:
Select Insert
> Landscape > Exterior Structures, or click the Exterior
Structures button on the Landscape toolbar.
In the catalog, select the House Templates group, then select the desired house template.
Position the template where you want it, then click to insert it.
Right-click and select Finish.
Although a house template looks like a real house, it can’t be edited like a real model can. It is considered a single-click element, so clicking on any part of the template selects the entire house.
It is important to note that when you select the house template, the invisible bounding box is always square or rectangular, and does not necessarily follow the shape of the house outline. This can interfere with the selection of other elements near the house. If you have inserted elements around the house, such as plants, and want to select them, you may want to use the View Filter to make the house template non-selectable for ease of editing your landscape plan.
Another thing to note is that the house template’s exterior walls are not visible in 2D. You only see the roof line. If you want to insert things like fills up against the exterior walls of the house, you will need to either draw them in 3D, or draw them in 2D and then move them into place in 3D.