Yeah, it's pretty messed up. I don't work here, but just went through same thing a few weeks ago (check my posts if you like).
I think the problem was that I was looking at "Toolset" like an application that was designed to be used a specific way. What finally helped me get half a grip on the thing was to imagine (realize) that there is no "Toolset" application - that's just branding for a handful of components that were designed independent of a comprehensive application.
Thus, you might imagine there is no Toolset administrative control panel. (There actually is at "/wp-admin/admin.php?page=toolset-settings", but for the concept you can imagine there isn't.) Unlike many plug-ins that have a fully functional core and then offer you additional "addons", I don't think Toolset itself does anything without the "components". I don't think the thing works that way.
Since I use Genesis themes, I don't use Layouts at all. As far as I can tell, Layouts essentially allow you to re-create the entire page including header, footer, everything. Instead, I create Views that themselves generate content templates (which can be edited from with inside the View's configuration page or independently by looking for them under Content Templates).
You can also create your own content template by going to the Content Templates menu item and just creating one. When you get to the Content Templates administrative interface to create a new one, you will see the existing ones listed and among them will be the ones that were created by any Views you created. They are pretty obvious, in my experience, since the names of content templates generated as part of the process of creating a View all have names that start with "Loop item in" and then the name of your View.
Anyway, on the page where I want to include a view, I select it from the "Fields and Views" button attached to the editor of that page. It inserts a short code for the view in the content area of that page and I continue to edit the page as desired.
Like I said, I'm new at this too, so I don't know much more to tell you, but hopefully this will help get you started. By the same token, if you find some error in what I've told you, I would appreciate you sharing that too.
Good luck and be well.