YT YouTube2Text

YouTube2Text → Transcripts → Fix These 5 Kitchen Sections & Elevation Mistakes FAST

Fix These 5 Kitchen Sections & Elevation Mistakes FAST — Transcript

by Rayon Academy · 4,244 words · 672 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube

Open in transcriber Summarize with AI Download SRT/VTT

Full transcript

0:00Most kitchen drawing mistakes don't
0:01actually show up in the plan, they show
0:03up [music] in the section. And if you're
0:04an interior designer or architect,
0:06chances are you're probably making at
0:07[music] least one of them. In this
0:08video, I'll walk you through five common
0:10mistakes when creating kitchen sections
0:12and elevations, and how to fix them so
0:14your drawings are clearer, faster to
0:16produce, and easier for both clients and
0:18contractors [music] to understand.
0:22Kitchen plans might look perfect from
0:24above, [music] but sections and
0:25elevations are actually where the real
0:26design gets tested. This is where you
0:29validate ergonomics, appliance
0:31clearances, cabinet alignment, [music]
0:32and how the kitchen actually works in
0:34real life. In this tutorial, we'll walk
0:36through five common mistakes that
0:37[music] designers make when creating
0:39their kitchen sections and elevations,
0:41and I'll show you some simple ways to
0:42fix [music] them using Rayon. So, your
0:44drawings stay accurate, consistent, and
0:46presentation ready. And if you want to
0:48follow along and try these techniques
0:49for yourself, you can try Rayon for free
0:51using the link below in the description.
0:52[music]
0:53Let's get started with the first
0:54mistake. The first common mistake that I
0:56see when drawing [music] kitchen
0:57sections is ignoring the vertical
0:59ergonomics. When designers focus on only
1:02the plan layout, they often miss those
1:05important vertical clearances, and
1:06[music] this can lead to upper cabinets
1:08that are too low, range hoods that feel
1:10cramped, or um appliances that simply
1:13just don't fit comfortably underneath
1:14the cabinets. And the solution is really
1:17simple. We just want to make sure that
1:18we validate our design [music] in
1:19section view.
1:21So,
1:23we're going to use the section to check
1:24our key height benchmarks like [music]
1:27countertop height, backsplash height,
1:29upper cabinet clearance, hood height,
1:31[music]
1:31and then we'll review these vertical
1:33relationships early on, and that's
1:36[music] going to ensure that the
1:37appliances fit properly, cabinets are
1:39comfortable to use, the kitchen works
1:41ergonomically
1:42>> [music]
1:42>> for the person using the space. So,
1:45let's take a look at our drawing here.
1:48Um we'll go into our uh model canvas
1:50over here, and you can see that we've
1:52got [music] our kitchen in plan version
1:55and floor plan, um kind of a work in
1:57And then we've also got uh [music] a a
1:59straight-on elevation as well as some
2:01section cuts through the cabinetry. So,
2:04let's take a look [music] at how not,
2:06you know, utilizing your sections
2:08for these vertical clearances could
2:10impact your design. [music] So, if we're
2:12just looking straight up at this floor
2:13plan, this is not telling us a whole
2:15lot. Obviously, we can see that it's
2:16still a work in progress. We need to get
2:18a refrigerator in here to fill this
2:20slot. And while we have some dimensions,
2:23it's still very uncertain what this
2:24looks like [music] from an elevation
2:26view. So, that's kind of where this
2:28comes in handy
2:30here in Rayon, where you can kind of
2:32stack these drawings so they relate to
2:35each other.
2:36So, here I've got my plan, and then this
2:38is kind of like a head-on view, and we
2:40can see how these relate to each other.
2:41They actually like align with each
2:43[music] other. And then you pop over
2:44here, and again, these sections align
2:47with the elevation. [music]
2:49So, if we go into our floor plan here,
2:51we can see our overall dimension. We've
2:52[music] got 410 cm.
2:55Going down here to our interior
2:58elevation, if we do throw a dimension on
3:00[music] there from corner to corner,
3:02that should match up. So, 4.1 m, and
3:06then we'll drop that dimension right
3:07there. [music]
3:08So, obviously we know that that matches
3:10up with the floor plan.
3:12But then also
3:13super helpful in elevation, you can
3:15[music] dimension over here as well. So,
3:18we can get like our overall dimension
3:19here,
3:20our [music]
3:22vertical dimension, and that kind of
3:23starts telling the story a little bit
3:25more about how this [music] is actually
3:26going to look in real life. And then you
3:28can use all these dimensions, of course,
3:30[music] as well to relate over here to
3:32your section cuts, which are going to be
3:33a little bit more detailed look inside
3:35the cabinetry, a little bit more of
3:36like, how do you construct [music] this
3:37type of thing. Now, it is important to
3:39note that standard dimensions are going
3:40to vary by kitchen type and even by like
3:43whichever country you're in.
3:45But there are benchmarks and best
3:46practices to follow, and it's just
3:47always a [music] good idea to consult
3:49with the kitchen company or carpenter,
3:51whoever you're working with to
3:53validate your numbers. Now, while we're
3:55kind of in here, we can touch on [music]
3:57issue number two, which is misaligning
4:00cabinetry and appliance dimensions
4:02across drawings. And that's kind of
4:03[music] where it's nice to just kind of
4:05have this working canvas where we can
4:06have all of our dimensions, all of our
4:08drawings kind of [music] relating to
4:09each other because cabinetry and
4:11appliance heights can easily become
4:13super inconsistent between your plans,
4:15your sections, [music] and your
4:16elevations. A cabinet that aligns
4:18perfectly in the plan might suddenly
4:20appear higher or lower in the elevation,
4:22>> [music]
4:22>> which obviously creates confusion and
4:24potential construction errors down the
4:26line. The simple solution here is to
4:28work with a clear building grid and
4:30synchronize views. By anchoring your
4:32design to a grid [music] and
4:33coordinating your drawings across views,
4:35you ensure that cabinetry, appliances,
4:37and key reference [music] lines stay
4:39perfectly aligned throughout the entire
4:40set of drawings. So, in order to do
4:42that, we're just going to create a layer
4:44in here and basically make ourselves a
4:46grid. Obviously, I already have the plan
4:48and the section drawn, but you can use
4:50this [music] as you are drawing as well,
4:52and it makes it even easier. So, we'll
4:55just go over here to our layers and
4:56click the plus button, and I'm just
4:57going to say new layer.
4:59We'll call it guidelines. And then
5:01[music] we'll make sure that we're on
5:02the layer to start placing our
5:03guidelines. Now, all you need to do is
5:06down here under [music] shapes, click
5:08guideline. I like to click this little
5:10loop button right here [music] because
5:12what that allows me to do is just click
5:13multiple guidelines
5:15at once. You can also set them to
5:17horizontal or vertical or diagonal
5:18[music]
5:19or free.
5:20So, let's do a couple of horizontal or
5:23sorry, vertical ones first [music] to
5:25kind of line up our plan with our
5:26elevation. Again, you can see how this
5:28would be helpful when you're actually
5:29drawing [music]
5:31because
5:32you know, say you're drawing in plan and
5:34then you want [music] to start your
5:35elevation, it's really simple to just
5:37kind of start clicking. So, see I just
5:39click and this is where the loop comes
5:40in handy because I'm just clicking on
5:42important corners, I guess, or lines.
5:45>> [music]
5:45>> So, like I know that I want to make sure
5:47that this refrigerator area is aligned
5:50[music] with my elevation down here.
5:52Uh, maybe you want to make sure that
5:54your sink is aligned. [music]
5:56We've got some sink lines going, too.
5:58And then, of course, any other thing
5:59that uh, you might want to line up. So,
6:01there's our grids right there. Uh, you
6:03can also change the color of those. So,
6:05let's see here. [music] We'll change
6:06those to maybe red, so we can see them a
6:08little bit better.
6:09And uh, we could make these a little bit
6:12thicker. Okay. So, I think that is
6:14helpful already. I can see how um, this
6:17plan is starting to relate to my
6:19elevation. But then, now let's help our
6:21elevation relate to [music] our section
6:24cuts. So, again, we want to just go grab
6:26that guideline right here. [music]
6:30Um, I'm going to change it to
6:31horizontal. I'm going to keep it on
6:32loop. And I'm just going to again place
6:35it on the important uh,
6:36>> [music]
6:37>> lines. So, my top line, I'm going to do
6:39bottom of cabinetry,
6:41>> [music]
6:41>> top of counter top. Let's do bottom of
6:44counter top. And then, ground level.
6:47>> [music]
6:47>> So, now
6:49we hit done, and we've got all of these
6:50guidelines now relating to our sections.
6:52[music]
6:53And again, if you even if you just
6:55pretend that these sections aren't here,
6:57uh, that obviously helps you draw the
6:58[music] sections in the long run because
7:00you have these easy guidelines to just
7:02um, literally guide you uh,
7:04>> [music]
7:04>> to drawing at the correct heights. And
7:06if we want to go ahead and make these
7:08lines red as well, we can actually just
7:09select the lines that we just drew.
7:12And [music]
7:12uh, grab our little pick style eye
7:15dropper and eye drop the last ones
7:16[music] that we did. And now those are
7:18red, as well. So, now we have all of
7:21these guidelines just on [music] this
7:23guideline layer over here. If you want
7:24to be able to toggle those on and off
7:26um, visibility-wise, just make sure
7:28that's not your current layer. So, set a
7:30different layer to your current layer,
7:31and then you can just uh, click the
7:33eyeball on and off.
7:34So, uh, those obviously help you kind of
7:37keep everything in line. Now, if we
7:38wanted [music] to even copy and paste
7:43this floor plan over here and maybe
7:46>> [music]
7:46>> turn it
7:47to make sure that we have that aligned
7:50with our sections down here. You can do
7:52that as well. So, if I just kind of line
7:54these up [music]
7:55and again, we can get another guideline
7:57out here.
7:58So, we can kind of do that and [music]
8:01turn our guidelines back on and then
8:04make this our current layer
8:06>> [music]
8:07>> guidelines and maybe throw in a couple
8:09vertical here, so we could do [music]
8:12a vertical line there, there, and then
8:15maybe like at [music] the end of the
8:16counter top.
8:17And hit done. And again, if you want to
8:19match those to the red, uh that's
8:21[music] great, too. Um but, you can see
8:23that those help us kind of stay stay
8:26aligned here um in our [music] section
8:28as well. This ultimately just kind of
8:30helps us validate um that the different
8:32drawings that we have in here are the
8:34[music] correct size, correct depth,
8:36correct scale, um and ultimately just
8:39keeps everything [music]
8:40on track. Now, another common mistake,
8:42which is our mistake number three, uh
8:44using different CAD blocks for the same
8:46element across drawings. And this is
8:47truly one of my favorite parts about
8:49Riyan. It makes this part [music] so
8:51easy, but designers do often grab blocks
8:53from different sources online and it's
8:55surprisingly hard to find matching
8:56blocks for plan, elevation, and section
8:58views of the same
9:00>> [music]
9:00>> cabinet, appliance, uh whatever it is,
9:03furniture, any of that kind of stuff.
9:05And as a result, the element uh
9:07>> [music]
9:07>> might actually look one way in the plan
9:09and then slightly different in the front
9:10or the side view. The alternative is
9:13drawing each view manually, which
9:14quickly becomes [music] very
9:15time-consuming and completely
9:17unnecessary um especially when you need
9:19multiple appliances and cabinetry
9:21[music] elements. So, our solution here,
9:23our easy solution, our easy button is
9:25[music] to work with a consistent block
9:28library.
9:29So, using Riyan's block library is going
9:31to give [music] you ready-to-use blocks
9:33that already include coordinated plan,
9:35elevation, and section views, helping
9:37you maintain consistent [music] accurate
9:38drawings without spending hours
9:40searching or redrawing the same
9:41elements.
9:43So, I can go ahead and show you Ryan's
9:45block library over here. So, right
9:47underneath layers where we just were,
9:49we'll go to blocks. [music]
9:50Make sure that we're in libraries here.
9:52And we're going to go search for [music]
9:54refrigerator blocks. So, we can find a
9:57refrigerator block that works in plan as
9:59well as elevation. And again, Ryan makes
10:01it super easy because each one of their
10:03[music] blocks has three different
10:04views. So, if I click here under
10:06libraries, you'll see this is just
10:08[music] kind of like the categorized
10:09version of the block library. There are
10:12so many good options in here.
10:14>> [music]
10:14>> Tons of basic blocks as well as
10:16parametric blocks.
10:18And then also we have the opportunity to
10:20generate blocks with the AI panel.
10:22>> [music]
10:23>> So, right in here we're just going to
10:24search for refrigerator and we're going
10:26to click on blocks so it searches the
10:28blocks.
10:29And we'll just pick any of these that we
10:31desire. So, I'm going to click on this
10:33one right here. I'll hit open. You can
10:35see when I click open, it has a top
10:37view, a front view, and a [music] side
10:39view. And these are all to scale. So,
10:41that makes it easier on me. So, I can
10:43just drag and drop my plan view [music]
10:46refrigerator and just drop that into my
10:49little fridge opening here.
10:51And then additionally, I've already got
10:54elevation [music] view over here. And I
10:56can just drag and drop that right into
10:58my opening in elevation. And then if we
11:00had a section cut through that as well,
11:02we could [music] easily just drag and
11:03drop the section cut of the refrigerator
11:06and use that in
11:08>> [music]
11:08>> the section as well. So, it makes it
11:10just super easy.
11:12You don't [music] have to go search for
11:13a bunch of things. You don't have to try
11:14to manually draw anything. The block
11:16library is truly amazing and you [music]
11:19can almost certainly find what you're
11:21looking for in there. Now, you can of
11:22course also kind of develop your own
11:25custom block library. If there are a lot
11:28of different blocks that you tend to use
11:30on the same projects, [music]
11:31there is
11:32loads of more information on our YouTube
11:34channel
11:35>> [music]
11:36>> if you want to learn how to do that.
11:37Moving on to common mistake number four,
11:40which is [music] presenting raw
11:41technical drawings to clients. This is
11:44very sad when I see this happening
11:45because there are
11:46>> [music]
11:47>> so many easy ways to kind of spruce up
11:48your drawings to make them a little bit
11:50more understandable to clients. [music]
11:52And you know, while these drawings are
11:54useful for documentation, they are
11:56difficult for just the average client to
11:58read and understand which often kind of
12:00makes [music] the presentation feel a
12:01little bit more unfinished or maybe even
12:03just too technical.
12:05>> [music]
12:05>> And the solution here is to just use
12:08some styles to spruce these up a little
12:09bit. So,
12:11if we go over here to our canvases,
12:14[music] we'll go to our original DWG
12:17import here. Which this is just basic
12:19line work that was imported from CAD.
12:21While this might be helpful to a
12:23contractor, a client might look at this
12:26and be like, "What am I looking at?"
12:28[music] So, you can see the difference
12:29between you know, presenting something
12:31like this, which is very simple black
12:33white drawing, and presenting something
12:36like this, which has a little bit more
12:38color and depth and [music] materiality.
12:41It's a little bit more understandable to
12:43a client. [music] So, there's an easy
12:45way to kind of spruce these up and
12:47that's just by
12:48adding styles in here. So,
12:51I won't go too far into this,
12:52but just to show you how you can
12:54>> [music]
12:55>> add styles.
12:57The first thing that I'm going to do
12:58here is I'm actually just going to add
13:00in like a backsplash here. [music]
13:02So, first thing I do is go down to my
13:04shapes and I'm going to grab a
13:06rectangle. You could also use the zone
13:08tool.
13:09There's a couple different ways to do
13:10this, but I'm basically just going to
13:12draw a rectangle over [music] the
13:13section that I want to stylize.
13:16Obviously, you can see that it's black,
13:17which is not helpful.
13:19>> [music]
13:19>> But if we just go over here to our
13:21shapes and styles,
13:23we can add in ourselves a new [music]
13:25style. So, I'm just going to click here.
13:27Right now it's solid black, but if you
13:29kind of click between these, you can see
13:30that there are a lot of different
13:31options [music] for um ways to stylize
13:35this rectangle that we just drew.
13:37So, you've [music] got your solids,
13:39you've got your gradients, you've got
13:40texture, which if you click here, you
13:42can see that there are already some
13:43pre-built [music]
13:44nice little uh
13:47images for us to use. Uh there's also
13:50hatch patterns, which there are a ton of
13:52those, which [music] are very helpful,
13:54especially You know, these are a little
13:55bit more simple, but uh still adding in
13:58a little bit of
13:59>> [music]
14:00>> detail, I think really helps kind of
14:01sell the story.
14:03Uh you can also easily transform these.
14:05So, if the scale is too large, you can
14:07see these look really large. You can go
14:09to edit and uh make them smaller,
14:11bigger. Uh you can also rotate them. So,
14:16[music] you know, if you wanted them
14:17rotated. Um another nice feature is that
14:20you can change the opacity. So, [music]
14:22if it's like a little too in your face,
14:23you can just kind of take the opacity
14:25down. And now you can see it's like a
14:26little bit of a lighter gray. You
14:28[music] can even make it a little bit
14:29lighter. But, see how it just kind of
14:31like gives it a little bit more style,
14:33little more something [music]
14:34to kind of understand that okay, that is
14:36the backsplash that I'm looking at.
14:38That's kind of just the easy way to add
14:39styles. You can also easily colorize
14:41[music] these. So, um you know, if you
14:43wanted the color to be something more
14:45interesting
14:46>> [music]
14:47>> or more representative of what you're
14:48actually using.
14:50Um I'm a big fan of just using the
14:52textures that they have in here.
14:54Um
14:54>> [music]
14:55>> sometimes most of the time I can find
14:57something that I like. You know, if you
14:59want to Let's see here. Let's make those
15:01like a little bit smaller. 0.5. We're
15:04going to take that rectangle and move it
15:06below
15:07the other layers, so that way it's
15:09actually in the back. [music] And uh now
15:11you know, you kind of start adding a
15:12little bit of depth and texture to the
15:14view. [music] And now, of course, if you
15:16wanted to also like fill these uh
15:19cabinets, you could do that as well. So,
15:21you know, maybe you know that you're
15:22using some kind of wood cabinet [music]
15:24uh texture or
15:26um some sort of like plastic laminate,
15:27we'll just detach the style that's
15:29[music] on there right now.
15:31Easily
15:32uh even just, you know, give it a little
15:34bit of a color [music] just to kind of
15:36indicate the vibe you're going for. Um I
15:39think that really helps. So, [music]
15:41even just adding a little bit of color,
15:42I think helps if you don't want to go
15:44full on material [music] texture look.
15:46It's super easy to do and completely
15:48worth it in my opinion. Now, those were
15:50all the textures that I showed you that
15:52are kind of like already built in to
15:54Reyon, but you can also import custom
15:56materials to better simulate the final
15:58look of [music] the kitchen um simply
16:00back in here. You can import your own
16:02image right here. So, if there are
16:04specific materials that you want to load
16:06in, uh you [music] can easily do that as
16:07well. And final mistake that I see is
16:11not leveraging AI in your design
16:14workflow and completely relying on
16:16manual workflows. Creating multiple
16:18variations, refining drawings, and
16:20preparing visuals for clients [music]
16:21can take a lot of time when everything
16:23is done manually. So, the solution is to
16:25just start integrating AI into your
16:27workflow. [music]
16:28Uh AI-powered tools can help you work
16:30faster, generate iterations, and extract
16:32more value from the drawings that you've
16:34already created, turning [music] them
16:35into clear visuals that help clients
16:37better understand and experience the
16:39design. So, the AI panel that I
16:41mentioned earlier is right here under AI
16:43chat, [music] and you can use this for
16:46tons of different things. Like I said,
16:47you can generate CAD blocks from it, you
16:50can generate [music] axonometrics from
16:52it, you can uh you know, have it change
16:55certain things in an image, you can
16:57apply materials to [music] different
16:59things. But, I'd say that my one of my
17:01favorite parts is that it can make a 3D
17:03axonometric of your drawing. So, let's
17:06pop over to our original drawing uh
17:09>> [music]
17:09>> right here. And all we need to do in the
17:11AI chat is to simply [music] take a
17:14screenshot of whichever view we want it
17:16to look at. So, I'm going to say add
17:18screenshot [music] down here.
17:20Take a screenshot of that guy.
17:22And then under tools, we're going to say
17:24create [music] axonometry.
17:28And we don't even have to prompt it
17:29anything else. It's going to basically
17:31take that and interpret it [music] and
17:33make um
17:35a little 3D view for us. So, let's
17:37[music] just hit send and see what it
17:38does. All right, so here we have it. We
17:40can hit preview and see what it did. So,
17:42it looks like it did a pretty good job.
17:44You know, it understood that that upper
17:45cabinets were blue. Um it's got the
17:48hatch [music] pattern on the backsplash.
17:50It's got all of our appliances. Um so,
17:52what we can do is we can just say insert
17:54image.
17:55And now we've got, you know, a little
17:57bit more of a representation of what
17:59this looks like in [music] real life.
18:00You can see how we've gone from
18:02basically having this very simple plan
18:04to an elevation to now a [music] 3D view
18:07that we didn't even have to 3D model.
18:09The cool thing is, too, that once you
18:11generate this image, [music] um you can
18:12go back to tools and you can actually
18:14stylize it. So, if you want it to just
18:16look like a clay model, you [music] can
18:18also have it uh use like a mood board
18:21and apply um different materials and
18:23textures to [music] the 3D axon. You can
18:26also make it realistic. So, if we say
18:29over here, if we say stylize render,
18:32let's say use selected image [music] cuz
18:33we're selecting the image. And then
18:36we've got stylize render, so we'll hit
18:38send [music] there.
18:39We'll look at how a rendered view of
18:41this might look, and then I will show
18:42you my presentation.
18:44>> [music]
18:45>> Okay, and here we have it. Let's hit
18:47preview. So, it looks like it just kind
18:49of took our basic view and kind of just
18:51[music] added some realistic uh you
18:54know, a little bit of reflection on the
18:56materials and [music] uh
18:58a little bit more like depth and shadow.
19:01So, we can say insert image there.
19:03And now we have, you know, a 3D
19:05rendering of that, which is really cool.
19:07And let's take a look at how everything
19:09comes together in [music] a
19:10presentation. So, back into my interior
19:13design presentation canvas, this is kind
19:15of how everything came together. Now,
19:17the cool thing about this presentation
19:20uh sheet is that
19:21>> [music]
19:21>> I can easily share this as a URL link,
19:24or you can just do traditional like PDF
19:27image download if that works better for
19:28you, but the I think [music] that the
19:30URL share is really nice because it just
19:32basically sends the client a link, and
19:34then [music] they can just kind of
19:36scroll through the presentation in this
19:37webpage, and then you can always update
19:39it and then send them another link.
19:40>> [music]
19:41>> Um so, it makes the interaction a lot
19:43easier, but
19:45uh I think this came together really
19:46well. It's got your elevation, a little
19:49bit of uh the 3D axon, some sections, as
19:52well as our plan, and then a couple
19:54callouts for
19:55>> [music]
19:55>> specific appliances and furniture. And
19:58it was as easy as that. The cool thing
20:00is that this was created end-to-end
20:01[music]
20:02in Rayon, and if you want any more
20:05information on uh how to create
20:07presentations like that, you can visit
20:08our YouTube channel to [music] learn
20:10more. So, those are the five common
20:12kitchen section and elevation mistakes
20:14and how to fix them. Even if you just
20:15implement a few of these techniques,
20:17your drawings will become clearer, more
20:19consistent, [music] and ultimately much
20:21easier for contractors and clients to
20:22understand. And if you want to speed up
20:24this entire workflow, from blocks to
20:26grids to styles [music] to AI-powered
20:28visuals, you can try Rayon for free in
20:30the link below. Just click that link in
20:32the description to get started with
20:33Rayon today. And if you found this
20:35tutorial helpful, make sure that you
20:36like and subscribe for [music] more
20:38interior design workflows and drawing
20:39tips. See you next time.

About this transcript

This page contains the full transcript of Fix These 5 Kitchen Sections & Elevation Mistakes FAST by Rayon Academy, generated from the public captions YouTube serves with the video. The transcript has 4,244 words across 672 segments, with the original timestamps preserved so you can click any line to jump to that moment in the embedded player.

What you can do with it

Use the transcript to take notes, quote the speaker, build a study guide, generate a summary with ChatGPT or Claude via the YouTube Summary tool, or export it as a timed subtitle file with YouTube to SRT. You can also re-open it in the transcriber to translate the transcript into 100+ languages.

Free YouTube transcript tool

YouTube2Text is a free YouTube transcript generator — no signup, no daily limit. Paste any YouTube link and get the full transcript instantly, with timestamps, click-to-jump, translation to 100+ languages, AI prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, and exports to TXT, SRT, VTT, or Markdown.