See how to draw a floor plan with smartdraw.
Draw floor plan with measurements.
If you don t have to start from scratch and need to make a repair or renovation of an existing house or apartment the first task to perform is to measure the exterior walls and define the size of the interior walls.
On each wall elevation.
Drawing a floor plan to scale.
To draw a floor plan start by measuring the length of the longest wall in the room.
Choose an area or building to design or document.
Easily add new walls doors and windows.
Start with a basic floor plan template.
How to draw a floor plan.
A floor plan is the easiest way to get a handle on how much space you have and what that space s strong and weak points are.
How to draw a floor plan.
Draw in all of the doors windows cabinets switches etc.
Then scale down the measurement so you can draw the wall on a piece of graph paper.
Don t start decorating without an analysis of your space and an accurate floor plan.
Input your dimensions to scale your walls meters or feet.
Don t forget to measure all the distances between the doors and windows and.
Record the measurements for any.
In the last two tutorials i explained how i draw the basic floor plan from the image on the assessor s site and then print it to scale so i can use it as the basis for my measurements on site which saves me time because i don t have to figure out where to start or the overall scale of my drawing when i m with the client.
Once you have all of your measurements and have made a rough sketch of your floor plan on paper it s time to create your scale drawing using smartdraw.