Goodbye Excel for Design Specs; Work Faster with Rayon Design — Transcript

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1. 0:00[music]
2. 0:02Are you still creating spec sheets and
3. 0:04schedules inside of Excel? If you're an
4. 0:05architect interior designer, you
5. 0:07probably know the struggle. Spending
6. 0:08hours counting furniture, updating
7. 0:10material lists, and fixing formulas
8. 0:12every time your design [music] changes.
9. 0:13It's tedious, it's manual, and it's
10. 0:15honestly time that could be spent
11. 0:16designing. In this video, I'll show you
12. 0:18why it's time to move on from Excel and
13. 0:20switch to Rayon Design, where your
14. 0:21drawings and your data stay perfectly in
15. 0:23sync, and you can generate complete
16. 0:25professional spec sheets with just a few
17. 0:27clicks. Check it out in this three-step
18. 0:29[music] breakdown.
19. 0:33As architects and interior designers,
20. 0:34many of us have relied on Excel for
21. 0:36years. It's flexible, sure, but it's not
22. 0:38actually built for design, and it lives
23. 0:40separately from your drawings. That
24. 0:42separation is what makes your workflow
25. 0:43so fragmented. You draft the project,
26. 0:46and then you rebuild it all from scratch
27. 0:47in tables. If you change a finish,
28. 0:50resize a room, add a product, suddenly
29. 0:52your spreadsheet is out of date again.
30. 0:53>> [music]
31. 0:53>> You end up chasing numbers, managing
32. 0:55versions, and spending hours on manual
33. 0:58updates instead [music] of actually just
34. 0:59designing. Rayon Design changes that. It
35. 1:02actually connects your drawings to your
36. 1:03data, so your specs [music] and
37. 1:05schedules live in the same workspace and
38. 1:07update live as you design. Rayon is an
39. 1:10all-in-one platform to [music] import,
40. 1:12draft, style, layout, and spec fully
41. 1:15online, collaborative, [music] and
42. 1:17purpose-built for how architects and
43. 1:18interior designers actually design
44. 1:19today. You can create a free account
45. 1:21using the link in the description below
46. 1:23and give it a try. [music] In this
47. 1:24video, I'll show you how to leave Excel
48. 1:26behind in just three simple steps inside
49. 1:28Rayon. Trust me, this is going to change
50. 1:30the way you document your projects. When
51. 1:32importing plans or drafting in Rayon,
52. 1:34you can add custom properties to any
53. 1:36element in the drawing. From furniture
54. 1:38and finishes to construction components,
55. 1:40[music] you can tag items with details
56. 1:43like material, supplier cost, or client
57. 1:46approval status, whatever your project
58. 1:47requires. Rayon also includes a square
59. 1:50meter tag that automatically calculates
60. 1:52the area of [music] any space,
61. 1:53eliminating manual counts entirely. To
62. 1:56make your workflow scalable, you can
63. 1:58actually embed these properties into
64. 1:59your own block and style libraries. So
65. 2:02every time that you reuse them in future
66. 2:03projects, the data comes along with it
67. 2:05automatically. Your spec sheets are
68. 2:07actually a live link to your design.
69. 2:09[music] So if you click any element, its
70. 2:11full information appears automatically.
71. 2:12This is documentation that finally lives
72. 2:15inside your project, not next to it. And
73. 2:17because your data already exists on the
74. 2:19elements themselves, [music] you're just
75. 2:20one step away from creating complete
76. 2:22spec sheets. Generating detailed tables
77. 2:24only takes a few clicks. [music] And
78. 2:26that's what brings us to step two. Once
79. 2:28your drawings inside Rayon have custom
80. 2:30properties applied to them, generating a
81. 2:32complete spec sheet only takes a few
82. 2:34clicks. Rayon Smart Tables automatically
83. 2:36pull information directly from your
84. 2:37model like furniture types, finishes,
85. 2:39[music]
86. 2:40materials, quantities, surface areas,
87. 2:42and organizes it into clean structured
88. 2:44tables. You can filter, sort, and group
89. 2:46the data however you'd like by room,
90. 2:48category, material, or supplier. Every
91. 2:50value in the table is actually live
92. 2:52linked to your design. So, [music] when
93. 2:54you select an item in the table, it
94. 2:56highlights instantly inside the plan. No
95. 2:58manual coordination and no errors. Your
96. 3:00tables are always accurate because
97. 3:02[music] they're generated straight from
98. 3:04your design data live. That's how quick
99. 3:06it is. Can you already picture how much
100. 3:08time this workflow is going to save you?
101. 3:09[music] If so, drop it in the comments.
102. 3:11I'd love to hear it. Now, let's move on
103. 3:13to the final step. how those tables stay
104. 3:15live updated [music] every time that you
105. 3:17make a change to your design. So, get
106. 3:18this. Whenever you edit your drawing,
107. 3:20change a material, remove or add an
108. 3:22object, or like resize a space, [music]
109. 3:24Rayon updates your tables instantly.
110. 3:26Your drawings and your data are always
111. 3:28aligned. No second guessing if your
112. 3:30spreadsheet matches your plan. [music]
113. 3:32Every change you make in your design is
114. 3:34reflected in your spec sheet in real
115. 3:36time, so you can actually focus on your
116. 3:37creativity instead of [music]
117. 3:38coordination. It is the end of manual
118. 3:40updates and separate files and the
119. 3:42beginning of truly connected
120. 3:43documentation. But there's more. [music]
121. 3:46You can format those tables for
122. 3:48presentations or client packages right
123. 3:50[music] inside of Rayon, ready to share
124. 3:52without ever leaving your workspace. You
125. 3:54can even place those tables directly
126. 3:56onto your drawing. And they're still
127. 3:57going to live update automatically. So
128. 3:59no need to reexport. [music] And when
129. 4:01it's time to share your work, you can
130. 4:03send a presentation URL directly from
131. 4:05Rayon. No more emailing files, managing
132. 4:08versions. Everyone sees the latest sync
133. 4:10design. And if you're working as a team,
134. 4:13Rayon has real-time coordination in one
135. 4:15shared live model. [music] So you and
136. 4:17your teammates can streamline design and
137. 4:18documentation together seamlessly for
138. 4:21your tables. That means fewer mistakes,
139. 4:23[music] faster approvals, and a smoother
140. 4:25workflow from concept to completion,
141. 4:27unlike well how it works in Excel. And
142. 4:30that's it. Three simple steps to move
143. 4:32beyond Excel and start managing your
144. 4:34specs and schedules right inside rayon
145. 4:35design. No more copy pasting data or
146. 4:38different version chaos. Just drawings
147. 4:41and documentations that stay [music]
148. 4:42completely perfectly in sync. If you
149. 4:44haven't tried it yet, you can create a
150. 4:46free account. Just click the link below
151. 4:47down in the description and you can
152. 4:49experience this [music] smooth workflow
153. 4:50for yourself. I'd also love to hear from
154. 4:52you. What tools are you using for specs
155. 4:54and documentation? Drop it in the
156. 4:55comments below and we'll share how Rayon
157. 4:57can simplify those parts of your
158. 4:58workflow, too. If this video helped you,
159. 5:00don't forget to like, subscribe, [music]
160. 5:01and stay tuned for more ways to design
161. 5:03smarter, faster, all in one place with
162. 5:06Rayon Design. [music]