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0:00Hi everyone and welcome to what's in my
0:02architectural document set. My name is
0:04Dianiela and I'm an interior designer.
0:06In this video I'm going to be walking
0:08you through a complete renovation
0:10drawing set. I'm going to talk about how
0:11you can make your own renovation drawing
0:13set. How to make it clean, organized,
0:16consistent, and easy to read. I'm going
0:19to be using Rayon Design today. You
0:21don't need to download a million
0:23different softwares create beautiful
0:25interior design drawings. And trust me,
0:27I've been there. I've done that. And I'm
0:29telling you, you can do it all with Ray.
0:31So check the description and download
0:33the templates and follow along with me.
0:37I want to talk a little bit about the
0:39fundamentals. So the hierarchy of the
0:42drawing package, it goes from overview
0:45to smaller detail. You don't want to
0:47overwhelm your client or the contractor.
0:50You really want to hold their hand and
0:52take them step by step through the
0:55drawing package. So the first page is
0:57just a title page to introduce someone
1:00to the project. And then we get into the
1:03different layouts such as the demolition
1:05plan, construction plan. We'll get into
1:08the lighting plan, the furniture plan.
1:11Then slowly you get into sections and
1:13elevations. From there, you get into the
1:16nitty-gritty. You get into all of the
1:18furniture you've sourced and tile, mood
1:21boards. From then you've painted the
1:24full picture of the project. You want to
1:26wow your clients and you want your
1:28contractors to stay on track and
1:30actually understand the drawings. Let's
1:32get into the first page of this drawing
1:34set. So here we are. We're in the
1:37drawing set and I'm zoomed in on the
1:41cover sheet and sheet legend.
1:45So let's zoom in a little further here.
1:49So, as we can see, we're sort of teasing
1:52the client, you know, with this
1:54beautiful rendering. We have the project
1:57name, we have the address, we have the
2:01client, we have some information. This
2:04is really just to excite the client,
2:07introduce them to your design, right?
2:12The next sheets, we have the drawing set
2:14legend. So, I think we're all familiar
2:18with, you know, a legend and we have all
2:21of the drawings here that we're actually
2:23going to go through today. We have the
2:25page where you can find, you know, these
2:28drawings and again, we have that
2:31consistent theme with the beautiful
2:33render. And that's all there is to it.
2:37There's not much to it, but I would say
2:39that these pages are very critical
2:42because if they don't look good, your
2:45client's not going to be very excited
2:48and you want to set the project off on a
2:50very good note. So, let's move on to the
2:54construction and demolition plan. Okay,
2:57so you can see that I've zoomed in on
2:59the demolition plan, which is really the
3:01first plan that you should pay attention
3:03to. And as you'll notice, there's a lot
3:06of red and there's a lot of hatching.
3:08What that means is it's going and that's
3:11industry standard. So this should be
3:13understood by your tradesmen.
3:16We'll zoom in a little more here. And we
3:18can see that there is a very clear and
3:20precise legend. And you can even see
3:23it's here marked walls for demolition.
3:28And we can take a look at the plan and
3:30we can see what's going to be going on
3:32here. So, it looks like we're going to
3:34have a little bit more of an open floor
3:37plan. And we can see how that's going to
3:40come to life once we go to the
3:42construction plan.
3:44So, as you can see, the construction
3:47plan, it looks a little different.
3:50There's blue now. So, blue is indicating
3:54what's new work, what's staying, what's
3:56new work, what's going to be added. So,
3:58think walls, underheated flooring zones.
4:02We're thinking new construction,
4:04material types, heating circuits, and
4:07once again, this is all verified by this
4:10legend here. So, it's very important for
4:13there to be a very clear legend. You
4:15obviously don't want your tradesman to
4:17be confused on site. That's probably the
4:20worst thing that can happen. So, now I'm
4:22actually going to show you how you can
4:24draw a wall in rayon. And it's super
4:27super easy. All you need to do is zoom
4:29in on where you want to draw this wall.
4:32and click wall.
4:34Then it will prompt you to click a
4:36starting point. So let's say I want my
4:38wall to be here. And as you can see, you
4:41can click and drag, or you can be more
4:44intentional and type in the distance
4:47right here. But I'm just going to click
4:50and drag and click here. And as you can
4:53see, you can actually continuously go on
4:56and draw all your walls so they're
4:58attached. But I'm just going to hit
5:00escape. And now I have this wall here.
5:04And you can see that it matches the
5:07current styling of the other walls in
5:09this drawing, which makes sense. But
5:11let's say I want to change this wall for
5:13whatever reason. I can just click here.
5:17I can detach this wall and I could
5:20change the thickness. So I can make it
5:23really thick.
5:26I can change the hatch.
5:30[Music]
5:32I could change the color.
5:36So, you can really customize each wall.
5:40You can also change the existing walls.
5:44So, let's say here I wanted to change
5:46this to red. I could just click on it,
5:50click the style,
5:53and change the color. We are at the
5:56lighting and power plant.
5:58Obviously, this is critical information
6:01for the electrician, but let's take a
6:03little bit of a closer look here. We can
6:06find fixtures, switches, outlets, and
6:10it's all going to be described here on
6:13the legend.
6:14So, you're going to look over here.
6:16We're going to see what signifies a
6:19single key switch, two key switch.
6:23This is a typical block for a surface
6:26mounted ceiling light. And let's
6:29actually go into the drawing. And you're
6:32going to see, you know, these hatch
6:34lines that indicate that these light
6:37fixtures are connected.
6:39And when it comes to lighting plans, you
6:42know, it they're very technical. They're
6:44not my favorite to design, I'll be
6:47honest, but they are very essential,
6:51obviously. And lighting design is very
6:54important. Good lighting is very
6:56important to the final appeal of the
6:59project. So you may be struggling with
7:02this, especially if you're a student. I
7:04know, you know, I'm more on the creative
7:06end. I don't although I can do it, it is
7:09a bit of a pain. So Rayon actually has
7:12more information on how to create these
7:14lighting plans. So check out Rayon's how
7:17to create lighting and power plants. It
7:19will be linked in the description.
7:22Anyhow, let's get back to looking at
7:24this drawing.
7:26So,
7:28let's say I want to actually add a light
7:31fixture to this. It's very easy. Let's
7:34go into Rayon's block library, which has
7:37over 4,000 blocks, which just is going
7:40to make your life a lot easier. So,
7:42let's click this little cube,
7:46and we're going to click libraries, and
7:48let's sort of let's browse a little bit.
7:51Um, maybe we'll Yeah, you see I was
7:53looking up bathroom
7:55because bathrooms there's so many blocks
7:57that go into bathrooms. I mean, so you
8:00can see here they have just so many
8:03blocks, you know, very detailed um items
8:06such as the towel rail, you have
8:08toilets, you have even a towel hook.
8:12Like this is this is like such this goes
8:14such into the nitty-gritty. And we can
8:17even click and it's going to show you
8:20the top view, the front view, the side
8:23view. So you have it all. Let's quickly
8:27browse maybe kitchen. Considering in a
8:31kitchen, you know, typically there's a
8:33lot of blocks that you got to input
8:34there. So you can immediately see
8:37there's the kitchen sink.
8:40Oh, we got a wood kitchen hood.
8:43That's fancy.
8:46Okay. So, there's a there's a Oh, you
8:49got a wall shelf. That's what I got
8:52going on in my kitchen over here. So,
8:55there like once I like I said, there's
8:57over 4,000 blocks. So, you can get
9:00creative and it's easy. So, okay, let's
9:04go back to lighting. That's what we're
9:06doing, right? So, I'm going to type in
9:08lights.
9:11And what do I want to do?
9:16Let's zoom in a little bit. Maybe I'll
9:18add a sconce.
9:20Okay, let's let's take a look at this.
9:25Okay, so here is the top.
9:29Maybe I should zoom in a little bit
9:30more.
9:32So, let's add it here. You know, this
9:36this is just this is just to show you
9:38how to do it. Um, okay. So, we've
9:42rotated, which is very easy. You just
9:44hold it
9:46and the little rotation icon will pop up
9:50and I' I've placed it against the wall.
9:52Let me scale it. It kind of looks a
9:53little big. So, we can scale it.
9:58That's pretty much it. It's pretty easy.
9:59Like I said, this was just an example to
10:02show you with lighting design. It's a
10:04little bit more advanced and there's a
10:06little bit more thought that goes into
10:08it. Um, but yeah, we can just click and
10:11we can delete and let's move on to the
10:13next drawing. Okay, so now we're moving
10:15on to the furnishing and flooring plan.
10:18And in this case, we've combined these
10:20plans. So sometimes you'll see in a
10:22drawing set that they're actually
10:24separate. So you'll see a drawing that
10:26has materials of, you know, flooring and
10:29such, and you'll see furniture separate.
10:31So you'll have to sort of use your
10:33discretion as a designer to see, you
10:36know, if they need to be separate or if
10:39it's not too cluttered that they are
10:41together. So in this case, because we
10:45have our furniture blocks that are in
10:47nice light line weight, which I always
10:50recommend, we can get away with
10:53combining these plans into one. And it
10:55also gives a little bit of a more
10:57holistic picture of how this place is
11:00coming together.
11:02So, as we can see, everything is clearly
11:05marked. We also have, you know, our
11:08trusty legend, of course, but you're
11:11going to have to zoom in and take a look
11:14at what's going on and the specifics.
11:18As you can see, we also have this
11:21beautiful flooring here, but we don't
11:23have any flooring in the bedroom, which,
11:27you know, maybe we want to represent
11:29that. Maybe we want to even, you know,
11:31funk it up there. This, this isn't a
11:34tutorial on how to design. This is a
11:36tutorial on how you get to design. So,
11:40let's take a look on how we can actually
11:42add a realistic texture here. So, we're
11:45going to click. And as you can see, we
11:48have styles. And right now, we sort of
11:51just have this hatch, right? So,
11:54signifying we actually need to add
11:55something. So, let's let's take a look.
11:58Let's take a look at the library. So,
12:00there we go. We have the beautiful
12:02chevron flooring, which I love. Uh
12:06probably one of my favorite flooring.
12:07But we also have we got some concrete.
12:10We got some tile.
12:12We got brick, which would, you know, be
12:15more suitable for a wall. We got some
12:17wood. Oh, we got some herring bone. Um,
12:21I also love that. Um, we got some rustic
12:24floor.
12:27H. So, we got some let, you know, let's
12:29let's go for this one. Let's go for this
12:31one. And I wouldn't pair these two
12:34floors together, but once again, this
12:36is, you know, you you got to design
12:39yourself. I'm just showing you how to
12:41use Rayon.
12:43And let's rotate it. Right? Maybe we
12:46want to we want to funk it up further.
12:48So we click add tiling
12:50and we can control
12:54the rotation here. So let's say, you
12:57know, I want to rotate it this way or
13:00Okay. Let's say I'm happy with that. We
13:02can click out. And there you go. We have
13:06uh we have flooring. So you can go
13:09through and you can detail your drawing
13:12with different materials. And this once
13:15again it helps your client visualize the
13:18material. And obviously the furniture
13:22plan is very important. And it's very
13:24important for it to be two scale, right?
13:28Because you want to make sure everything
13:30is going to fit properly. Trust me, it's
13:33an amateur mistake not to have a two
13:36scale furniture plan.
13:41So, now we're going to move on to
13:44sections and elevations. And this is a
13:47very important piece puzzle. I say that
13:50because typically clients love to refer
13:53to these drawings. As you'll see here,
13:57they do give you more of a realistic
13:59view of how things are going to come
14:02together. So, you can see heights here.
14:05You can see, you know, the relationship
14:08between all of the items, you know, the
14:10spacing. Um, this is especially critical
14:14for mill work. So, think kitchens, you
14:16know, bathrooms, anything custom. It's
14:19very critical for the mill workers, the
14:21trades, and once again for your clients
14:24to really visualize their space. So,
14:27typically the scale is at 1 to 25. But
14:31you're going to have to refer to the
14:33drawings to, you know, verify that.
14:36And as you can see here, we got some
14:38materials. We have furniture here. So,
14:43these are very detailed plans and
14:46they're coming at the end of the drawing
14:48set.
14:49Let's take a look at this section here.
14:53So like I was saying mill work very very
14:56critical drawing you know every
14:59millimeter counts. So it's very
15:01important to include these in your you
15:04know drawing set and to be very very
15:07detailed and double check everything.
15:10So, Rayon can help you create realistic
15:152D section renders, which not easy to
15:20create, but it's easy with Rayon. This
15:23will certainly improve your workflow and
15:26it will improve your communication
15:28between, you know, the mill worker and
15:30yourself.
15:32And Rayon itself, you know, allows you
15:36to actually communicate with trades,
15:38with clients, whoever you want to
15:40invite. So, I'm going to show you now
15:42how to add a comments and how we can
15:44actually share this drawing. So, here I
15:47am on this elevation and let's say I
15:50want to add a comment.
15:52So, I can click here on this little
15:54comment box. It looks like a chat. And
15:57you can already see that I've actually
15:59added a comment. I said, "I don't like
16:01the art. My tag Joe,
16:04you know, not the nicest comment, but in
16:06design, you got to be you got to be
16:08honest." Let's say I want to add another
16:11one. And I can say I can leave a nice
16:14comment. I can say, "I like the sofa."
16:18And I can tag Joe. Again, if Joe was on
16:22my team, he would pop up and I'd be able
16:24to tag him. And I could simply post. So
16:27now we have two comments and Joe can
16:30respond.
16:31So let's say that I actually want to
16:34share this drawing. I can just go over
16:37here and press share. And this is going
16:40to give me a few different options. So I
16:43can type in different emails
16:46and I can have, you know, them just view
16:49the drawing. I can have them edit
16:52depending on who it is, right? So you
16:55can add your clients here. Obviously you
16:56can add you know a team member or I can
17:00even just share a link. I can create a
17:04link. Whoever has the link can access.
17:07So
17:08it depends on your needs. But it's very
17:11very easy to share and there are
17:14different ways that you can share. You
17:16can just share it as a presentation.
17:19Once again if it's going to your clients
17:21that's probably the way that you want to
17:23go. And if it's going to someone that
17:26you want, you know, to edit possibly,
17:30you would give them a little bit more
17:31access.
17:34So now we're at the end of the drawing
17:37package and we're at the mood boards and
17:40FF and E pages. So that's furniture,
17:44fixtures, and equipment if you didn't
17:46know. So this is a very visual portion
17:49of the drawing package and it really
17:52helps clients, you know, see how all of
17:54the sourcing comes together. So you can
17:57see here there's, you know, this
17:59beautiful table of showing the wall
18:01finishes, right? We can go over here and
18:05we see all of the light fixtures, how
18:08they're actually going to look. And, you
18:11know, they're coming together
18:12beautifully, I must say.
18:15And once we get into the mood boards,
18:18people love mood boards because you
18:20really do understand how the space will
18:22look. Of course, there's a beautiful
18:23render. There's further information on
18:27some of the finishes.
18:29And we can see the same over here. Once
18:33again, nice large photos of the actual
18:37finishes, right? So, it's critical to
18:43show the aesthetic and also the
18:45technical information. You have to have
18:47both. So, let's say, you know, we want
18:50to swap some things on this mood board.
18:53So, let's take a look here. We have
18:56these two beautiful chairs, all fine and
18:59dandy. Let's delete one. And we can see,
19:02you know, once again, love this little
19:04collage.
19:07Let's
19:08actually import a new photo and I'll
19:12show you how easy it is to remove the
19:14background because as we all know when
19:16we're sourcing and we're saving photos,
19:19you get these ugly backgrounds and you
19:22don't want that. You don't want to show
19:24your client that.
19:26So, I've just imported this
19:29and let's edit.
19:34And we can just remove the background
19:35here.
19:40Done. You can edit some of the photo
19:43details if you really need.
19:47And now we can scale it
19:50and we can plop it
19:53wherever we want.
19:57Not bad. Kind of goes with the chair.
20:01But anyhow, these are some very critical
20:04pages.
20:06And you want clear references. You want
20:08tags that link directly into the
20:11drawing. So it's very intuitive. You
20:13don't want your clients sort of going
20:14back and forth looking. You want it to
20:17be as user friendly as possible. And you
20:20know that's very possible with Rayon.
20:23That is how you can create a complete
20:26apartment renovation drawing set. If
20:28you'd like to try this for yourself, you
20:30can download the free apartment
20:32renovation template. It will be linked
20:34below. And also keep in mind that Rayon
20:37has a ton of other templates that are
20:40free to you, which is absolutely
20:42amazing. So, you can customize these
20:44templates, really make them your own
20:46with your own branding. And there's also
20:48a ton of other things that you can do.
20:50You can import and export drawings. You
20:53can extract data and create tables. You
20:55only need one app, which is Rayon. So,
20:59if you have any questions for the Rayon
21:01team, you can leave them down below.
21:03We'll get back to you. We'd be happy to
21:05chat. And we hope that you stick around,
21:09subscribe, and we'll see you in the next
21:11video.

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