How to Create a Zoning Plan Fast (Step-by-Step) — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello and welcome. In this tutorial,
2. 0:02we'll walk through how to create a
3. 0:04zoning plan in Rayon. A zoning plan is a
4. 0:07foundational drawing that defines the
5. 0:08permitted use, placement, and size of a
6. 0:11development in accordance with local
7. 0:12zoning regulations. It typically shows
8. 0:14property boundaries, allowed building
9. 0:16areas, and designated land uses. Whether
10. 0:19you're a student exploring zoning for
11. 0:21the first time or professional getting
12. 0:22started with Rayon, this guide will help
13. 0:24you move from a base drawing to a fully
14. 0:26visualized zoning plan with legends,
15. 0:28area tags, a zoning table, and a
16. 0:30sharable layout in five simple
17. 0:34steps. Okay, let's start with the
18. 0:37basics. Create a new model and import
19. 0:39your DWG, JPEG, or PDF drawings into
20. 0:42Rayon. After selecting your file, you'll
21. 0:45be asked to set the correct scale by
22. 0:47measuring a known distance on the plan.
23. 0:49As per the scale bar, we know that this
24. 0:51distance is 5 m. This step ensures
25. 0:54everything you draw next is accurate. To
26. 0:56make sure the drawing was imported at
27. 0:58the correct scale, let's measure a known
28. 0:59element like a standard commercial
29. 1:01doorway, which is typically around 90 cm
30. 1:05wide. That's perfect. Let's move on to
31. 1:08the next step, which is to create a
32. 1:10zoning legend. Use the rectangle tool to
33. 1:12draw your legend. Then style each using
34. 1:14the right side panel, setting color,
35. 1:16hatch, or line type. Let's give this box
36. 1:19a yellow fill with a stroke with 80%
37. 1:21opacity for a see-through effect on a
38. 1:23plan. Depending on your city or region,
39. 1:25you may be expected to follow local
40. 1:27zoning color conventions. For this
41. 1:29exercise, we will use simple colors that
42. 1:32are clearly
43. 1:34distinguishable. To stay consistent
44. 1:36throughout the drawing, save and label
45. 1:38this style with the plus icon.
46. 1:42Use the text tool to label your legend.
47. 1:44This step helps maintain clarity across
48. 1:47[Music]
49. 1:49teams. A zoning legend is more than just
50. 1:52colors or hatches. It's a key for your
51. 1:54team and others to quickly understand
52. 1:55area designations and evaluate zoning.
53. 1:58Copy and paste the first example and
54. 2:00create styles for other uses, repeating
55. 2:02the same process of fill, stroke, and
56. 2:04save style. In our case, we are creating
57. 2:06styles for residential, commercial, and
58. 2:09public zones and site boundaries. As the
59. 2:11legend is ready, now it's time to draw
60. 2:13your zones in two simple ways. One,
61. 2:16polar line zones. Select the zone tool,
62. 2:19then click on the four dot icon on the
63. 2:21left to choose the desired zone
64. 2:23style. You can also create a text style
65. 2:26for the zone label that appears on top.
66. 2:28It's good practice to choose a tone and
67. 2:30text size that contrasts well with the
68. 2:32zone color to keep everything readable.
69. 2:40When drawing zones, Rayon automatically
70. 2:42calculates and displays the area, which
71. 2:44updates live as you edit the
72. 2:48shape. Option A is pretty
73. 2:50straightforward. When happy with the
74. 2:52zones, let's try option B. Zones are
75. 2:55created using the walls tool. Let's
76. 2:57create a wall style on the right panel
77. 2:59by adding a dark fill and stroke. save
78. 3:01style and rename it wall style one for
79. 3:04ease of
80. 3:06use. After that's done, let's go over
81. 3:09and draw walls over the imported
82. 3:12[Music]
83. 3:16drawing. Then use the zone tool to fill
84. 3:18the enclosed space with a single click.
85. 3:30[Music]
86. 3:37the zone will automatically update if
87. 3:39any changes are made to the surrounding
88. 3:43walls. We can go over the rest of the
89. 3:46drawing to add walls and zones,
90. 3:47repeating the steps.
91. 3:54If your drawing was created directly in
92. 3:56Rayon using walls, boundaries, and
93. 3:59styles from the start, this step becomes
94. 4:01nearly automatic. Zones can be filled
95. 4:03with a single click, saving even more
96. 4:08time. Once the zones are drawn, let's
97. 4:12move on to step four, creation of a
98. 4:14zoning table. When naming zones, be sure
99. 4:16to select the zone surface, not just the
100. 4:18text label. Selecting only the text can
101. 4:21lead to errors in our table later on.
102. 4:23Select and name each zone and then
103. 4:26create a property for this zone like a
104. 4:28category
105. 4:34field. To assign a category to a zone,
106. 4:37we can type residential, commercial, or
107. 4:40public. Pro tip, right click on a zone,
108. 4:43hover to select similar, choose same
109. 4:45style to select matching zones and
110. 4:46assign the right category at once.
111. 4:50Next, I will select other surfaces and
112. 4:52name them again. Adding a property, this
113. 4:54time commercial, public, and other
114. 4:58zones. Now, generate a table using the
115. 5:01tables tab on the left hand
116. 5:02side. Enable only the categories you
117. 5:05want to include in the table. Like in
118. 5:07our case, we only want zones, so we will
119. 5:09uncheck walls and blocks.
120. 5:12Using the plus icon, we can add
121. 5:14properties to our table, which might be
122. 5:16helpful, like total area sizing for
123. 5:18apartments or what category it falls
124. 5:20under. We can group the table by
125. 5:22category to see totals at a glance. It's
126. 5:25great for feasibility studies and early
127. 5:27stage reporting. The table indicates
128. 5:29there are 19 residential apartments at a
129. 5:31total of 8,13 m and 25 stores at a total
130. 5:34of
131. 5:3530,22 m.
132. 5:38To include the zoning table in your
133. 5:39drawing, we'll first export it from
134. 5:41Rayon as a CSV
135. 5:43file. Then open it in Excel to format it
136. 5:46and save it as a
137. 5:49PDF. Back in Rayon, we'll import the PDF
138. 5:53as a vector file and place it onto the
139. 5:55[Music]
140. 6:01canvas. When prompted, scale the table.
141. 6:05One easy way is to measure a cell and
142. 6:06adjust it to roughly 10 mters so it sits
143. 6:09proportionally next to the
144. 6:11drawing. Pick an import point and
145. 6:13position it next to the drawing which
146. 6:15you can style or annotate as needed.
147. 6:17Okay, we are nearly there. As a final
148. 6:19step, let's prepare our zoning documents
149. 6:21for sharing. On the left side panel, we
150. 6:24can add a page. We've just inserted an
151. 6:26A4 paper page into our canvas. When we
152. 6:29set our drawing scale to 1:1, we can see
153. 6:31A4S true size in relation to the actual
154. 6:34drawing. If you're working with a large
155. 6:36building like in our example, you'll
156. 6:38need to scale the drawing down to fit it
157. 6:39on an A4 sheet when printed. Try 1 to
158. 6:42500 or 1 to 1500 depending on what
159. 6:44captures the full plan clearly within
160. 6:46the A4 or A3 page boundaries. Next,
161. 6:49let's insert a title block from the
162. 6:51blocks library on the lefth hand side.
163. 6:53Rayon includes several pre-built styles.
164. 6:56Choose one and simply drag and drop it
165. 6:58into your drawing. At first, it will
166. 7:00appear very small. Press shift Z to zoom
167. 7:03into it and drag by one of the corners
168. 7:04to fit within the A4
169. 7:07[Music]
170. 7:12page. Once you are happy with that
171. 7:14positioning, let's go ahead and edit the
172. 7:16title block by double clicking it. Here,
173. 7:19we'll label this as a feasibility study
174. 7:20for the forest road project and add the
175. 7:22drawing scale of 1 to 1500.
176. 7:27We'll copy the same page and title block
177. 7:29to our zoning tables to keep the layout
178. 7:31consistent and make the final set easier
179. 7:33to share. Finally, let's share the
180. 7:35project with the team and investors.
181. 7:37Click share and let's invite team
182. 7:39members. Type an email address you would
183. 7:41like to collaborate with in real time.
184. 7:51You can control their access, set them
185. 7:53as admins, editors, or viewers depending
186. 7:55on their role. To share your zoning
187. 7:57documents with external stakeholders,
188. 7:59publish the project as a presentation
189. 8:01URL, perfect for on the-go viewing.
190. 8:04Let's press open to preview the
191. 8:05published
192. 8:07documents. It's a live URL that can be
193. 8:10updated whenever you make changes. No
194. 8:12attachments, no back and forth. Everyone
195. 8:14stays on the same page.
196. 8:17Final tip. After making changes to the
197. 8:19zoning plan or table, head back to the
198. 8:21presentation window under share and
199. 8:22click the blue refresh arrows to update
200. 8:24the content. No need to reshare the
201. 8:26link. Everyone with access will see the
202. 8:28latest version
203. 8:33instantly. And that's it. You've now
204. 8:36learned how to go from a base drawing to
205. 8:38a complete zoning plan using Ren. Fast,
206. 8:41flexible, and collaborative. Thanks for
207. 8:44watching. Open the zoning template we
208. 8:46just created in the description.