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0:02Hi, and welcome back to drawing a
0:04residential building permit set. I'm
0:06Chris, an architect working out of the
0:08UK. And in this lesson, we're diving
0:10into one of the most critical parts of
0:12your permit package, the existing and
0:14proposed floor plans.
0:16These drawings are the backbone of the
0:19entire set. They clearly show what's
0:21there today and how it will change once
0:23your project is complete. done well,
0:25they make it effortless for reviewers to
0:27understand your intent and approve your
0:29permit without unnecessary back and
0:31forth. Here's what we'll cover together.
0:34Redrawing the existing plan using
0:36Rayon's walls, zones, and openings so
0:38you have a precise foundation to work
0:40from. Organizing with layers and
0:43canvases, aligning everything neatly so
0:45your drawings are clear and consistent.
0:48developing the proposed plan, shaping
0:50your client's design vision, and then
0:52using Rayon's block library to add
0:54furniture and bring the space to life,
0:57adding clarity with annotations, tags,
0:59notes, and dimensions to make sure every
1:02reviewer has the information that they
1:04need. And by the end of this lesson,
1:06you'll have both existing and proposed
1:07plans set up, ready to carry forward
1:10into the sections and elevations. In
1:12lesson three, everything will be
1:14demonstrated in Rayon Design, the
1:16platform that I use to produce the
1:18entire course. It's quick, accurate, and
1:20built to take you all the way from
1:22sketches to presentation ready permit
1:24sets in the browser. Best of all, it's
1:27free. So, if you haven't already, create
1:29your account at rayon.design and grab
1:31the free permit set template linked
1:33below. Open it up, follow along, and
1:35adapt it to your own project or local
1:38permit requirements. So, let's get
1:40started. So during the last lesson, we
1:42set the foundation for our permit set by
1:44creating sheets, importing the site and
1:47the existing floor plans. Now it's time
1:49to start redesigning. We'll begin by
1:51recreating the existing plans in Rayon,
1:53a mandatory sheet for every permit
1:56before building on them. Our project is
1:58a two-story house where the clients want
1:59to revamp the arrangement of the upper
2:01floors, extending the master and the
2:04guest bedrooms. The ground floor
2:05arrangement remains untouched. As
2:07architects, it's our job to propose
2:09solutions that meet the client's needs,
2:11comply with code, stay feasible for
2:14construction, and of course, fit the
2:16budget. Let's start recreating the
2:18existing plans. We've imported the file
2:20to scale last lesson, and now we can use
2:22them to create an accurate drawing to
2:24build upon. Let's get started. We're
2:27going to go back into Rayom. We're going
2:29to click on our building permit set
2:30where we left it last time. So, you can
2:32see here we've got our site plan. We're
2:34in the model space and we've got our CAD
2:36plans that we brought in. Um, we
2:38imported the DWGs last time. So, I'm
2:40going to make sure on the layers tab.
2:42So, these should be locked and they're
2:44on the imported layer. And then I want
2:47to create a new layer down here. Create
2:49new layer. We'll call that existing.
2:53We'll set it to active. And I'm going to
2:55put it behind. So, when I draw the
2:57walls, I can still see the CAD
2:59information above. So, in drawing the
3:00walls in Rayon, we've got the wall tool.
3:03So, if we go down here, we've got wall,
3:06shortcut is W. And I'm just going to
3:08draw two walls.
3:11And that's because I can see from the
3:13plan there are two different wall types
3:15that are being used. You can see a
3:16thicker external wall and a thinner
3:18internal wall. So, let's just measure
3:21these. So, the thicker one is 230 mil
3:25and the thinner one is 120 mil. So,
3:28let's set up our wall styles. So, we can
3:30set that at 230. We can save the style
3:33and we can call it external wall. And
3:37I'm just going to change the color for
3:39clarity. And we'll change that back
3:41later to something a bit more
3:42aesthetically pleasing. 120 mil for the
3:45internal one. We'll call that internal.
3:48And again, I'll just change the color.
3:50Let's go with green. And those are our
3:52two wall types set up. So then when I
3:54start to draw the wall, I can do pick a
3:56style and I can choose the external one.
3:59And that means when I draw, I know that
4:01I'm going to be drawing the right wall
4:04type.
4:07And I'll just do the same for the
4:09upstairs. So the upstairs obviously
4:11because it's within the pitch of the
4:12roof, we're cutting through at a certain
4:14height. Um, and that's the sort of
4:16general convention for a floor plan. So
4:18we're cutting through the roof and we're
4:20seeing into that volume. So the external
4:22wall again, we just go around the
4:25perimeter and then we'll start with the
4:28internal. So again I'll do the wall
4:30tool. I will pick my style.
4:42And you can see I'm continuing the walls
4:44over the door positions. And that's
4:45because we'll bring the doors in in a
4:47second as a block. And you can see as
4:50the walls meet they create a sort of
4:52shamfer at the corners. Similly. Let's
4:54just do the upstairs quickly. And I'm
4:57just using my space bar here um to
5:00repeat the command basically. So we can
5:04speed this whole process up. And you'll
5:07find over time that it becomes quite a
5:09quick obviously it snaps to 90°
5:13perpendicular.
5:17Okay. So that's the internal and the
5:19external walls drawn. Um and we can see
5:22here on the existing. So let's just set
5:25the another layer as active. And we can
5:27see that those are all sitting on the
5:30correct layer. And then if we turn off
5:32the imported layer, we can see the
5:34geometry that's been drawn. To draw the
5:37um extent of the roof, we're just going
5:38to use some shapes. So in the shapes
5:42tool, we can go to rectangle and I can
5:44just draw the extent
5:47of the roof form. again
5:51the roofs of the garage for example
5:56and again that automatically goes on the
5:58existing layer. Um
6:00and just for clarity we could separate
6:04the internal and external walls onto
6:06separate sub layers um which may be
6:08helpful later. So if I click on one of
6:10the internal walls I can right click and
6:12do select similar and I can say select
6:15same style. So by doing that that
6:17selects all the internal walls that are
6:19on the same style. I can create a new
6:22layer. We'll call that internal. So that
6:25sits on that layer. So with that dragged
6:27into the in existing, I can still turn
6:30that off and I can still turn those off
6:32separately. Similarly, I can do the same
6:34thing with the external. So select same
6:37style.
6:40And now we have separated the external
6:42walls and the internal walls. With the
6:44walls drawn, I'll just start adding um
6:47some of the elements like doors and
6:49windows. So, we can go down here next to
6:51the wall tool is the opening tool. And
6:53in the active block, we can double click
6:55on there and we can go into the library.
6:57So, this will automatically pick an
6:59active block that we're basically
7:01placing into a wall. So, we'll go for
7:03doors. So, we'll select that and then
7:06that will be activated on our opening
7:08tool. And you can see here that it will
7:10automatically host within the door. And
7:12then once we click, we can then change
7:15the direction as we see fit. And again,
7:18I can use the spacebar command.
7:24And it works exactly the same way with
7:25the windows. So again, we can go to
7:27opening. We can click on our active
7:29block. Um we can select a casement
7:31window for example, and we can place
7:33that in. So we can alter the block. We
7:35can change its position to make it
7:37accurate to our um our survey
7:39information. So, I'll go around the rest
7:42of the model and add in the rest of the
7:44windows and doors, but I also just show
7:45you the block library which where you
7:48can import furniture in. So, we just go
7:50to blocks which is on the left hand
7:52side. We go to libraries in the rayon
7:54libraries. There's a whole host of um
7:57existing blocks um that are absolutely
7:59perfect. So, once we found a block that
8:01works, we can either just drag into our
8:04space. Um we can position and then we
8:07can rescale. And similarly, if I
8:10couldn't find the block that I wanted, I
8:12could just search for WC, for example,
8:15um, and I could find and I could find a
8:17toilet that makes sense. Okay, so I've
8:20just spent a little bit of time refining
8:21the drawing down. And now that we're
8:24starting to finalize the drawing, let's
8:26change the colors back to something a
8:27bit more aesthetically pleasing. So, we
8:29can go back to our um, styles tab. Um,
8:32and we can see down here, for example,
8:36under walls, we've got our external wall
8:38and our internal wall. So, I'm going to
8:40change the color to sort of a mid-g
8:42gray, maybe. And you can see that any of
8:45the walls that are affected by that
8:46style, they automatically change. And
8:49similarly, I can change the style color
8:51of the internal. Maybe make those a
8:53slightly lighter gray, for example. Um,
8:56and you can see those change as well.
8:58And that's obviously really handy that
9:00if you've set the model up properly, if
9:02you go back in later, you can adjust
9:04things very quickly as you see fit. The
9:07other thing I can do at this point is to
9:09add some textures and tones to the
9:10actual spaces. Um, so we can go to the
9:13zone tool, which is just down here below
9:15uh the wall tool. And for example, we
9:18can start filling um the spaces. So this
9:21will basically look at the walls that
9:23have been created um and create a zone
9:26that is bound by those walls. And that
9:28zone can have a fill or a texture. So we
9:30can have a solid color with a different
9:33level of opacity. We can have a
9:35gradient. So again, we can change that.
9:37We can change the colors that are in
9:38that gradient. We can have a texture. So
9:40we can upload a specific texture or look
9:42at other PNG files. We can have a hatch.
9:45We can change the pattern or we can
9:48upload our own image. So let's go into
9:49hatch.
9:51So I'm going to put in a herring bone
9:53pattern um for that floor. And obviously
9:55I can change the opacity of that. So to
9:57knock it back so it sits comfortably
9:59amongst the rest of the walls. And I can
10:01do the same throughout the house.
10:05And again I can change the scale of
10:07this. So for example, if I thought that
10:08those interesting patterned floor was
10:10actually too much, I can change the
10:13scale
10:15and now it's a much finer scale. And
10:17similarly I can do the same thing
10:19upstairs with the zone tool. You will
10:22also see that it um you can call the
10:24zones different things. So this is
10:26really handy when you're thinking about
10:27room names for example. So you can
10:28change the name of these spaces. So this
10:30would be master suite for example. Um
10:32and it also automatically gives you the
10:34area um in the the metric or the
10:38imperial that you choose. And again I'll
10:40change this to maybe a straight plank.
10:44Again maybe the scale is slightly
10:46smaller. And just like with the styles
10:48that we set up previously the hatches
10:51within the zones can work in the same
10:52way. So I could just do a pick a tool
10:54and say that that hatch wants to be
10:56exactly the same. The other thing I can
10:58do is with these shapes. So these shapes
11:00are the um the view of the roof that
11:03you're looking down onto. So I could add
11:05a texture and a color if I felt like. Um
11:08so for example, I can go into hatch um
11:10and I can find something that looks like
11:13a shingle for example. Um and I can
11:17rotate it as well.
11:19There we go. And again, I can just do
11:21the picker tool and that will do the
11:22same. And even with the roof plan that
11:25I've drawn, exactly the same premise.
11:27And this space is the chimney. So I
11:30could give that a solid fill, for
11:32example. And then that appears solid
11:35above that texture that I've just put
11:36in. I also just want to show you how you
11:38can do shadows, for example. So this
11:40also adds a bit of depth to the drawing.
11:43So again, we just go into a shape or we
11:46could use a polyline, for example. Let's
11:47let's go for a polyline. Um, so let's
11:51say the sun is coming in this direction.
11:55Um, we can just set
11:58shadow here. And because I've used a
12:00polyline, it sees that as a continuous
12:02shape which we can add a fill to. So
12:05I'll add a solid fill and then I'll
12:07knock the transparency back even 5%.
12:11I will take off the stroke and then that
12:14starts to give it some depth. And we can
12:17do the same internally for example. So,
12:19you know, I can use exactly the same
12:20tool, polyline. I can trace around the
12:24internal line of the space. And again,
12:26we're not looking for, you know, 100%
12:29accuracy with this. It's really just to
12:31give a sense of depth to a plan to help
12:34someone when they're reading it. Again,
12:36we can use the picker side. And there we
12:38have it. So, you can see there just adds
12:40a bit of something to that plan. So, you
12:42can distinguish the space inside um from
12:45the walls. Okay. So you can see here
12:47that I've um finalized the textures,
12:50added the shadows as we discussed. We've
12:52got all the room tags with those areas
12:54on and I've added a brown tone to the
12:57roof just to highlight um an external
12:59space which is different from the
13:00internal. Um and you can see these sort
13:02of annotation crosses. Um and these are
13:05basically the voids in the you know the
13:07sides of the roof which are um
13:10accessible for storage and with the
13:12volume of the bedroom spaces in between.
13:14So that consists of our existing floor
13:17plan sets. What we want to do now is
13:19just to lock them down because now
13:21they're complete. We don't want to alter
13:22them. We want to keep them as they are.
13:24And the best way to do this is to make
13:26them into a block. So I can select
13:28everything that I want and I'll right
13:30click and I'll go to block and similarly
13:34do that with each of the plans.
13:38And then you can see here in the right
13:40hand side you can see the block
13:41instance. Um, and then we'll also be
13:44able to see them in the list of blocks
13:46on the left hand side. So, you can see
13:49there they start to appear as a block
13:51that I could drag in again if I wanted
13:53to. And to keep things neat and tidy,
13:55I'm just going to put a note in the
13:59model space or existing drawings. I'll
14:03scale that up so we can
14:06see it. And then I'll just create a box
14:09around it. Now, with the existing floor
14:11plans drawn and fixed, we can now get
14:13started drawing up our proposal. As
14:15mentioned before, we're going to be
14:16renovating the upstairs of the property
14:18to provide a high quality master suite
14:20with onsuite bathroom and a guest
14:23bedroom with dressing and study area.
14:25So, let's get started. Now, I'm going to
14:27duplicate
14:29that to be the proposed drawings now.
14:34So, we're going to be focusing our time
14:35on the first floor. So, I'm going to
14:38unblock this one because I then I can
14:39edit it. So, now if I make a change to
14:42that drawing, it doesn't affect the
14:44blocked version of the existing floor
14:46plan. Now, for the sake of working on
14:49the drawing, I want to get rid of um the
14:52shadows. Just clean the drawing back up.
14:54I could also just turn these off if I
14:56wanted to.
14:59Okay, with a clean drawing, now we just
15:01want to think about the design.
15:02Obviously the actual um development of
15:05the design has kind of gone on. I've
15:07been speaking with the client. We've
15:08discussed what they want to achieve. Um
15:11we've gone through a number of
15:12iterations and sketches um and ended on
15:16um providing a new bathroom to the
15:19master suite and a dressing space to the
15:22guest bedroom um within some dormers um
15:26and then opening up the rest of the
15:27space into the roof. So, I just want to
15:30start creating some guidelines. So,
15:32guidelines are really helpful when
15:34you're starting to mass things out. Um,
15:37and you can create a number of them.
15:39They obviously all sit kind of
15:41perpendicular and parallel on the page.
15:44Um, and helps you kind of think and
15:46align things as you go. So, I just want
15:49to create two either end and then create
15:52one in the center of my plan. Um, and to
15:56set the outside dimension of the
15:57dormers, I want to bring the roof edge
16:00in by 600 mil
16:03here. And then
16:06again create some guidelines vertically.
16:10And you can see there just just change
16:12between vertical and horizontal. And you
16:13can even align it to a face if you
16:15wanted to. Um so again we want to bring
16:20the face of the dorma
16:23in by 600 mil and we want to align the
16:27new face of the bathroom wall um to this
16:31existing wall. So that's the space we
16:33have to play around with. Um and then
16:35the next step is to kind of think about
16:37the two dormeras that we're going to be
16:38creating. They want to be symmetrical
16:41within that side elevation. So the one
16:44restricting factor you'll notice is the
16:45stairs. So the stairs are staying um and
16:49the position of the stairs isn't central
16:51within the space. So for example, we
16:54know
16:55that given our existing stair position,
16:58the furthest over the inside of our
17:00dorma can be is on this line because we
17:03don't want to change this wall. So, what
17:07I want to do is basically set that and
17:10mirror that about the center of the line
17:13of the building. And then that sets my
17:15wall line for the other dormer. So, with
17:18those set up, we'll start drawing the
17:20walls in. Um, so I'm going to do one and
17:25two wall types. And just as we did
17:27before, um, we're going to think about
17:29the thickness of the walls and set them
17:31up as wall types. So, I'm going to
17:33create a new style. We'll call that
17:37dorma
17:39wall.
17:40Make it a
17:42funky color.
17:45And we'll say maybe it's 350 mil thick.
17:51And similarly,
17:53we'll set a 150 wool.
17:57And we'll call that internal.
18:00And then when we start drawing our
18:02walls, obviously we can use our picker
18:05style. We'll pick that one and then we
18:07can start drawing from there. So I can
18:09then just follow the guidelines that
18:12I've created.
18:18So that's our dorma wall line.
18:23And we can obviously then again mirror.
18:26We can see they're both 600 mil off of
18:28the edge. um and they're sitting
18:30centrally um within that elevation. Now
18:34again we want to demolish these internal
18:39wall lines and then we can draw the
18:41internal line of the wall and again we
18:43can change our wall type to this yellow
18:45one.
18:47We can set obviously the internal line
18:52to our guideline
18:54and then we can start drawing the
18:56internal face of the wall. So you can
18:59see there that's basically creating the
19:01volume of the dorma and then we'll be
19:04removing this aspect of roof.
19:07So I'm just going to pull this part of
19:09roof back for the sake of the drawing
19:12and then fill in those
19:15edges. And you can see here that the um
19:19the rectangle that's formed the visible
19:22roof edge um now needs to be adjusted.
19:24So one really helpful thing is that you
19:26can add points to the path. So having
19:29just double cllicked on that I can add
19:33points to this line and that means I can
19:36take it around those corners as I need
19:40to. So you just click on those click on
19:43the line
19:45and add those points in.
19:56There we go.
19:58Nice and neat and tidy. Um, so that's
20:01the base of the dormers set. Um, and now
20:05we're going to demolish the other area
20:08of eaves
20:10for the roof. So, this will then open up
20:13that space um and have the sort of pitch
20:16of the roof coming down um with enough
20:18height for you to put your headboard up
20:20against. Um and we're just going to put
20:22two walls in here and here to then block
20:26off that um chimney space. Okay. With
20:30the outline of the volume set, we can
20:33now start thinking about the different
20:35spaces that we're creating. So, the on
20:36suite space um and the dressing room
20:39space. So, let's take the dressing room
20:41to start with. Um, and I wanted to um
20:45insert some wardrobes. Obviously, very
20:48key for our dressing space.
20:54And again, the arrangement that we've
20:57agreed with the client is to have two
21:00sets of wardrobes, his and hers, um, and
21:03a central area in the middle. And then
21:06we'd have
21:10[Applause]
21:14a vanity table in between. And in terms
21:18of that arrangement, I really like the
21:20idea of having um a single window in the
21:22center, have some light on your face, um
21:25and then a single sliding door um
21:27ideally glazed uh that adds some
21:31borrowed light into that space. So, with
21:34that in mind, we can go to the opening
21:35tool. Um, I can find uh a simple window.
21:42Yeah, we can adjust that down
21:46so it doesn't get blocked
21:48by the wardrobes.
21:50And then again, we can do the same with
21:52opening. We can double click on here.
21:55I'll go into library and I'll search for
21:58pocket door.
22:01Let's go for the first one. You select
22:04and then there we go. So, we've got a
22:06nice neat tidy pocket door, some glazing
22:10there, and providing borrowed light um
22:14into that dressing room. And that works
22:16very neatly
22:18for our bathroom idea as well. And I'll
22:21do the same with the door and the
22:26window.
22:27So with the shower for example,
22:34we can bring a shower in.
22:40So that has a 700
22:42shower.
22:44Place the window. Exactly the same thing
22:47with the door. And maybe with this area,
22:50we could create um a
22:55little niche for the shower. So, we
22:57could set that um back and we could use
23:00that back portion
23:02um for any pipe work or supply um that
23:07the shower needs. And similarly, we
23:10could do the same thing on the other
23:12side. We could set that back by say 300.
23:17and we create um a little storage niche
23:21above the WC and then we can have a
23:23concealed system below that. So I'll
23:26drag in a
23:30close to the wall WC.
23:35I can adjust the position
23:39of the toilet rail.
23:42[Music]
23:46And then we'll just put a
23:49rectangle to indicate the above the
23:53system
23:55aspect. Put a slightly off-white
23:58feel to it. And obviously a really nice
24:01thing is not to see the toilet straight
24:03away when you enter the space. And then
24:05we just need a basin. So suitable.
24:12So again, similar to what we've done
24:14with the dressing table, having the
24:16basin centrally to the window, having a
24:18glazed sliding pocket door, having that
24:21sort of visual link um will be lovely.
24:24Um and again,
24:27we can place
24:29below there. Um so that's our very basic
24:33arrangement for um the on suite space.
24:37Um, and again, just like all of these
24:39things, I can add in a zone.
24:42So, you'll see here for example, um, and
24:45because the zone is reading the walls,
24:47it tries to fill the whole space.
24:50Whereas you can use a zone divider tool,
24:53which is just down here. Um, and you can
24:55add a division
24:59to that space. And that means it
25:01basically segments that space and no
25:03longer sees it as um the full element,
25:06which means that the pattern will fill
25:08where we want it to be. So just like
25:10this, we could change that pattern to
25:13something a bit more like we would have
25:15in the bathroom. Maybe some small um
25:18tiles.
25:21I can change the scale.
25:25Perfect.
25:26And similarly in the dressing area I can
25:30change the zone divider. So make that
25:35pattern sit
25:37below only that aspect of floor. Change
25:40the pattern.
25:42[Music]
25:44There we go. And obviously we can change
25:47the name
25:49of those rooms. So those are the two new
25:52elements. And one other thing which
25:54should be good to make the most of
25:57because in terms of the geometries, the
25:59roof is pitching down. You know, we're
26:01right in the the pitch of the roof.
26:03Obviously, the the gables um are on the
26:06two ends of the house. Um and the
26:08dormers were creating a sort of rectal
26:10linear space. Um but in these eaves
26:12space, this aspect is actually still
26:15quite decent to use. So maybe we could
26:18put another wardrobe in there. So, let's
26:23just find a small wardrobe.
26:28Okay.
26:30And we can stretch that
26:35to fit within that space.
26:39Okay. And then that becomes a void
26:41space. So, I think we're really trying
26:44to maximize
26:46any additional space we can get in these
26:49bedrooms. So, now on to the actual main
26:52bedroom spaces. So, we've got the master
26:54bedroom at the top and the guest bedroom
26:57below. Um, and just in terms of the
26:59arrangement, the logical place for the
27:01bed is obviously on the back wall. Um,
27:03as you come in, so we'll find a generous
27:08double bed. So, we'll find a generous
27:10double bed. Um, bring that in.
27:14And that sits
27:16perfectly on that back wall. Um, maybe
27:19we'll have a dresser
27:23on this wall
27:27in this corner. So, you can see the
27:30block library has thousands of elements
27:33um, which are incredibly helpful. You
27:35can just drag and drop them. You know
27:36that they're all to scale. You know
27:38they're going to look good um, when you
27:40put them on the drawings um, and sit
27:42well in the context. Um, the Rayon block
27:46library really is a godsend. So that's
27:48the the master suite. I think that works
27:51really well. Nice and neat. Um and
27:53similarly, we'll just add a double bed
28:00to the guest room, something slightly
28:03less generous.
28:06And then
28:09maybe a little chair
28:12in the corner. Okay, that looks good.
28:16Um, and then we can just finish it off
28:17by putting a zone in each of these
28:20spaces. And again, we can change that
28:24hatch.
28:27And I can even pick a style based on the
28:30one I've just agreed.
28:33And then we can change the name. So,
28:35guest
28:38bedroom and
28:41master bedroom. So, that's all looking
28:43good. I'll just get rid of these
28:45guidelines now that they've served their
28:47purpose. And now that the color of the
28:50walls have served their purpose, I'm
28:52just going to go back in, edit the
28:54style, um, and, you know, use something
28:57a bit more fitting.
29:02There we go. Nice and neat. And I think
29:05that works really well. Okay. Okay, so
29:08I've just spent a little bit more time
29:09adding the shadows um and refining the
29:12layout um and getting it just right. So
29:15here is the first floor. Um I think that
29:18looks really good. Um and I've just
29:20added the outline of the dormers, the
29:22pitch roofs um of them on the roof plan
29:25as well. Okay, so the next thing I want
29:27to do is highlight the differences
29:29between the two plans because I know
29:31that I want to show them on a sheet
29:33where we've got the existing and the
29:34proposed next to each other. This is
29:36something that will really help your
29:37permit set because it communicates the
29:40differences and it stops ambiguity. It
29:43helps people understand what's going on.
29:45Basically, what you're asking permission
29:46for. So, we want to be highlighting what
29:49walls, what structures are new um and
29:53which being demolished in the existing.
29:55So, we'll create two um rectangles.
30:01And we want to make one red and one
30:03blue.
30:05So, we go for one red, one blue. And
30:07we've got our existing plan down here,
30:09and we've got our proposed plan here.
30:12Now, we want to make sure that we're
30:14setting these as sort of
30:17semi-transparent.
30:18Um, and I want to remove the fill. So,
30:21again, set that as maybe 40%, remove the
30:25fill, and then save as a style um
30:28proposed. And we'll save this one
30:33as
30:36demolished.
30:38I'm just going to create a new layer.
30:42We'll call that overlay because I want
30:45these things to sit on the surface. Um,
30:48I'll just make sure they are on overlay.
30:51Um, and then it's just a case of
30:53highlighting which aspects are new. And
30:57you could do this as elements like this
30:59or you could do a polyline for example.
31:02So we could say
31:11so you can say here for example and that
31:13fill is following
31:16similarly with this aspect
31:21[Music]
31:23and again and again we can use the style
31:26picker for the overlay and we could do
31:29the same below. So again, we'll set a
31:32polyline.
31:33[Music]
31:42[Music]
31:45And then with the um existing obviously
31:47that is in a red color, we're we're
31:50going to be demolishing. So, we're
31:51basically taking out um
31:55all of these areas here, this little
31:59storage cupboard here
32:08and again
32:10in this section. So, hopefully that very
32:12clearly communicates what's going um and
32:15then what's coming in its space. Uh I
32:18just don't want to forget those two
32:19little walls. uh here either.
32:23Just make sure I grab these.
32:29And then the final aspect is adding um
32:31some dimensions. So I'll do some room
32:34dimensions and then some overall
32:35dimensions. So to add a dimension um
32:38we'll just set one up first.
32:42So it's just about clicking those two
32:44points and then dragging the line out.
32:46Um and just like everything else in
32:47Rayon, I can set up a style. So, I'm
32:50going to set these as red. I'll set this
32:52red text. Maybe the text should be a bit
32:55bigger.
32:57We can set the stroke as red as well.
33:00Um,
33:01we can make the heads a bit larger. That
33:05looks good. And then again, I can save
33:07that as a style. So, I'll have that as
33:10dimension. And then when I dimension
33:12this again,
33:17I can just do the style picker. That
33:20will do that. Exactly the same thing
33:23with the one above.
33:28And then just make sure we pick the
33:31style. So there we go. Dimensions added.
33:35And now they're almost ready to go on
33:36the sheet. Okay. So, now that we have
33:39finalized the drawings, added shadows,
33:42textures, and furniture, and now added
33:44annotations, we're going to get these
33:46onto a sheet. Okay. So, we've now got
33:49our drawings all set. Um, so we've got
33:51our existing plan here with our shadows,
33:54our details, our annotations,
33:57everything set perfectly. Um, and
33:59similarly below we've got our proposed.
34:02So again, we've got our textures, we've
34:03got our furniture, we've got our
34:05annotations, and our color coding on
34:08that. So they're all ready to go onto
34:09sheets. Just like before, we've got our
34:12paper canvas and our model canvas. So
34:14I'm going to jump over to the paper
34:15canvas. And this is how we left it last
34:17time. So those three sheets that we set
34:20up. So now we're going to create a new
34:22page. So we'll go here. We'll align it
34:25nicely. We'll set an A3.
34:29And I'm going to copy across the drawing
34:32sheet from last time because this is a
34:34drawing. So, let's put it on a nice
34:36drawing sheet. I'm just going to put
34:39this in half because I know I want to
34:40have both plans on this same sheet so we
34:43can look at the before and after. We'll
34:45go to new. We'll go to view and we'll
34:47find our existing and proposed plans.
34:50So, you can see here this is our
34:52proposed. So, I'm going to set the scale
34:53to 1 to 50.
34:56And then I'm going to press command and
34:59I'm going to
35:01crop the view.
35:07So, that's our proposed view set. And I
35:10can also just copy this across. So, then
35:14I know my frame is the right size. And I
35:16can bring in my existing view. And
35:19again, I can set my scale to 1 to 50. I
35:22can navigate my window so it looks very
35:24similar. And the last thing I want to do
35:27is just to set up a guideline so I know
35:30that my sheet is aligned as there's
35:32nothing worse than putting a sheet on a
35:35page that isn't aligned. There we go. So
35:39now we know both those align. I can get
35:41rid of that guideline. Get rid of this
35:43one. And then we have our existing and
35:45our proposed sitting next to each other.
35:47They're colorcoded so they can clearly
35:49see what's being demolished and what's
35:51being proposed. And the whole idea
35:52behind this is that whoever's looking at
35:54your permit drawing, you know, whoever's
35:56in the council or your jurisdiction will
35:59be shown very clearly and hopefully
36:01speed up the process to understand what
36:03you're asking for. Now that we've set
36:05these on the drawing sheet, the last few
36:07things I want to do is add some titles
36:09and a key. So I can add some text. So
36:13we'll call this existing
36:16first floor plan
36:21demolition
36:23and I will just copy across and we'll
36:26change this to
36:29proposed.
36:31We'll call that construction maybe. And
36:35we can change the size of that text. So,
36:37just like every other aspect in the
36:39style tab, I can change the title to be
36:42larger.
36:44I can change the color, maybe make that
36:46slightly gray. Um, and then I can create
36:49a style out of that. And I'll call that
36:51one heading as an example. And then I
36:54can pick a style and use that one for
36:58the next heading. And similarly, I want
37:00to create a key. So, I'm just going to
37:02copy that text across over to here.
37:04change the text to key. And I obviously
37:09want to show what the red and the blue
37:10colors mean. So I'll just copy this
37:13down. And I want to detach that style.
37:17And then create a new style. So we'll
37:19say that's slightly smaller. We'll call
37:21this one sub
37:24heading.
37:26And we'll say one is proposed
37:30and one is
37:32demolished.
37:34So, just move these over slightly. I can
37:37then go to the shape tool. Um, get a
37:40rectangle.
37:42Put that in there. Copy it. And with the
37:46style picker tool, I can even pick the
37:50style of the drawing I'm referencing.
37:51So, I can do that. I can do that. And
37:54then I know that the colors are exactly
37:56right. There's no room for confusion.
37:58And that's your drawing set up. Nice,
38:00neat, tidy, very, very clear. Obviously,
38:03they fit nicely on a page. They're at a
38:05good scale. Um, and they communicate
38:08clearly what you have and what you're
38:10trying to achieve. Obviously, moving
38:12forward, we can use the existing and
38:14proposed floor plans as we see fit. So,
38:16we can create smaller scale versions of
38:18these to be read in conjunction with the
38:20sections and the elevations that we're
38:22going to be drawing next time. That's a
38:24wrap for lesson two of drawing a
38:26residential building permit set. By now,
38:28you've created the existing and the
38:30proposed floor plans, the backbone of
38:32your entire permit set. Getting this
38:34step right means smoother reviews, fewer
38:36revisions, and a solid base for every
38:38drawing that follows. Now, remember,
38:41build accuracy first, organize for
38:43clarity, and communicate change clearly.
38:46And don't forget, you can use the free
38:48editable permit set template linked
38:50below. It's your shortcut for
38:52consistent, professional drawings that
38:54you can adapt to any project. If today's
38:56lesson helped simplify your workflow,
38:58drop a comment and share what you'll be
39:00applying in your own projects. And of
39:02course, hit like and subscribe so you
39:04don't miss the next lesson. Up next,
39:06we'll be taking these plans vertically,
39:08turning them into existing and proposed
39:10sections and elevations that show your
39:12design in the full context. Until then,
39:16keep designing smarter, not harder. See
39:18you in lesson three.
39:21[Music]

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