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0:00[Music]
0:02Hi there and welcome back to drawing a
0:04residential building permit set. I'm
0:06Chris, an architect working in the UK.
0:08And in this lesson, we're tackling one
0:10of the most important sheets for your
0:12permit package, the existing and the
0:14proposed sections and elevations. These
0:16drawings go handinhand with your floor
0:18plans. They illustrate how the project
0:20looks in vertical view and in context,
0:23making it crystal clear to how your
0:25design impacts the height, scale, and
0:28streetscape. done right, they give
0:29reviewers the full picture to help you
0:31sail through the permit process without
0:33delays. Here's what we'll cover
0:35together. Recreating the existing
0:37elevations and sections using Rayon's
0:39wall, block, and line styles to capture
0:42what's currently built. Organizing with
0:44canvases and layers so the existing and
0:46the proposed version stay aligned and
0:48consistent. Designing the proposed
0:50changes, highlighting alterations in
0:52volume, roof lines, windows, and
0:54materials. adding clarity with
0:56annotations, dimensions, tags, labels to
1:00communicate changes for the reviewers.
1:02By the end of this lesson, you'll have a
1:04complete existing and proposed section
1:06and elevation set, a critical step that
1:08works alongside your floor plans to tell
1:10the whole story of your design.
1:12Everything will be demonstrated in Rayon
1:14Design, the platform that I use to
1:16produce this entire course. It's
1:18accurate, browserbased, and built to
1:20take you from the first sketches through
1:22to a professional permit set. It's also
1:25free, so if you haven't yet, create your
1:27account at rayon.design and download the
1:30free permit set template linked below.
1:32Open it up, follow along, and adapt it
1:34to your own project or permit
1:36requirements. You can also book a demo
1:38for a one-toone session using the link
1:40below. Lastly, don't forget to like,
1:43comment, subscribe to get more videos in
1:45this course and others. Now, let's get
1:48started. In the last lesson, we set up
1:50the existing and the proposed floor
1:52plans. Now it's time to take them
1:53vertically. Sections and elevations are
1:56the sheets that show your project's
1:57realworld impact, how they look inside
2:00and out. We're going to be using the
2:02views of our floor plans and rotate them
2:04to create an accurate grid onto which we
2:07will draft the sections. So, let's get
2:09started. Okay, so we'll jump back in to
2:12where we were last time. So, we've got
2:14the existing um plans from the ground
2:17floor, the first floor, our existing
2:19image, and then our proposed ground
2:21floor. and first floor plans. So, in
2:24terms of setting up our sections and
2:26elevations, we were provided survey
2:28drawings based on the plans, but these
2:31didn't include the sections elevations,
2:32but we did receive spot heights. So,
2:34these are obviously survey levels which
2:36are confirmed by the surveyor, which we
2:39can then draft from. So, to set up our
2:42sections and elevations, we want to
2:43create a new canvas. So, I can go into
2:45canvases over here. So, we have our
2:47paper canvas. We have our model canvas.
2:49And I'm I'm going to create a new model
2:51canvas and call that sections
2:54and
2:56elevations. And this will create a new
2:59clean area. Now, what I want to do is
3:02bring in a view of the plans. And that's
3:05because it one retains the existing
3:08plans and the proposed plans. I'm not
3:09messing about touching those. Um, but
3:12also it allows me to reference them and
3:14rotate them so I can project the lines
3:16down. So to start with, I'm just going
3:20to crop around the existing. I'm going
3:22to duplicate my view. Just pan across.
3:25Now you want to make sure that you're
3:27looking at the view at one one, which
3:29means that it's the same scale um as
3:31your current drawing. So we've got our
3:34views set up, and now I'm going to start
3:36putting in some guidelines. So I'll have
3:40a datim. So an outside ground level and
3:42I'm going to set that at zero. Based on
3:44your survey it may be an AOD level and
3:46that's a above sea level but based on my
3:49survey that's zero. Now from the survey
3:52information I know that my ground floor
3:54is 150 mm above that level. So that's my
3:58internal ground floor level. I also know
4:01that my window head level is at 2621
4:06mm. My eaves height is 2940.
4:11My upstairs sill height is 3755.
4:15And my window head height on the first
4:16floor is 5240.
4:19And then finally my ridge height 67
4:2395. So I've just set up my um datims. Um
4:28and these are all the spot heights that
4:30are provided on the survey. Um, if you
4:33don't have those, you can always, um,
4:35count bricks. Um, or you can do it by
4:38eye. Um, but obviously bear in mind, um,
4:41it won't be quite as accurate. The other
4:43thing I like to do is to take my
4:45straight on photograph um, that I've
4:48taken and try and scale that as well.
4:50So, I can set this against my known
4:54datims. I can scale the drawing down.
4:57So, you know, set my ridge height to a
4:59line here and my ground floor level in
5:01here. And very roughly that's reading
5:04pretty well. I mean, obviously I've got
5:05the sort of skew of the camera. Um, but
5:08this obviously gives us a hand in terms
5:10of when we start to draw. So, next for
5:12the guidelines, I can set some vertical
5:14guidelines. So, obviously, if I'm
5:15drawing from the ground floor first,
5:18it's useful to have at least the
5:21openings and the external wall locations
5:24set. So now I know for example that I
5:27can start drawing some rough lines.
5:32I do my external floor level and I know
5:36that the main body of my building with
5:38that central pitch will sit in here
5:41somewhere because my eaves level is
5:44around here. So,
5:47let's just offset
5:49our eaves by 150 mil.
5:53And then we can draw this rough shape.
6:00Trim that back. Now, obviously, we've
6:02got our um windows and door openings
6:05here. Just going to create a rough
6:07rectangle for the minute, which I can
6:10then add detail to later. Just going to
6:13add a line in for the internal floor
6:16level. So that'll be around the damp
6:17cloth level. So I've got this sort of
6:20brick course here which is about 900
6:23high.
6:27And then I can move this view across and
6:29then place in this one. And now I can
6:32adjust my guidelines to be reading the
6:36window opening on the first floor. You
6:38can see they're aligned with that. So
6:40that gives you an incredibly rough
6:41outline, but I know that those key
6:44points, those datim hot points are set
6:47on realistic levels. And then finally, I
6:50just add in the roof line of the garage.
6:53And there you have a very, very rough um
6:56outline of an elevation, but at least I
6:58know that all of these points are
7:00factually correct. They're measured
7:02levels and they're based on real world
7:04information. um and they're taken from
7:07the plans and the survey. Okay, before I
7:11start um developing that elevation too
7:13much, I want to go over to the section.
7:15And I always find that doing this is
7:17much more helpful than wasting too much
7:19time making the elevation beautiful
7:21before I've double checked all the
7:23heights internally. Um because that's
7:25what really matters when I'm thinking
7:26about the internal space. So, what I'm
7:28going to do is just copy this line work
7:30across um over to our other view of the
7:33ground floor. Now, this can obviously
7:34serve as our baseline for our sections.
7:37What I'm going to do is just group it.
7:40So, that sits on our elevation layer.
7:42I'm going to make sure it is aligned.
7:45So, let's set an outside wall. Let's
7:48make sure it's aligned. And then I'm
7:50going to be able to lock the elevation
7:52layer. And the elevation layer is really
7:54there to guide me when I'm now drawing
7:56the section. Um, and again, we can just
7:59double check set up our guidelines. Um,
8:02and obviously with the section, we need
8:04to decide where we're cutting the
8:05section. Um, and I always kind of think
8:08about it um, in terms of what's going to
8:10be illustrating or communicating the
8:12most out of the building. And also, when
8:15we're dealing with a planning case, for
8:16example, we need to think about where
8:18we're going to be putting the
8:19interventions. So, I know, for example,
8:22that I am going to be adding a dorma to
8:24the back bedroom and I'm going to be
8:26adding a dorma to the front bedroom. So,
8:27I want two sections in essence. Um, so I
8:30know that if I have a section through
8:31this way and then when I rotate the plan
8:33the other way, um, I'll have a section
8:35through the guest bedroom and that will
8:37cover both bases. So for the case here
8:40where I'm looking into the plan this
8:42way, I really want a section that cuts
8:45through the kitchen um, and the utility
8:48space downstairs. And that will pick up
8:50the dorma and the on suite bathroom that
8:53we're designing upstairs. So let's say
8:55our section is about here, for example.
8:58So instead of drawing base lines, we can
9:00now use the wall tool. Um, so if we go
9:03to the wall tool. So I'm just going to
9:04draw two walls that I'm going to be
9:06using. So I can then go into replace
9:08all, set that as external on this one. I
9:12can set that as internal. Um, and now I
9:14can start drawing with the wall tool. So
9:17I'll pick a style
9:20and I can very basically just start
9:22drawing the external wall. And at a very
9:26basic level, that is the kind of outside
9:28of the building. Again, I want to double
9:31check um the internal height. So, we've
9:33been given the um floor to ceilings.
9:36Okay. So, I know that the internal floor
9:39to ceiling height of the ground floor is
9:412588.
9:43So, I'm going to set up a DATM line
9:44there. And I know that the DATM line of
9:47the internal floor level is 2920.
9:51So that gives me my internal floor zone
9:54of 182 mm. So I need to set up a wall
9:58type which is acting as a floor in
10:00essence for 182 mm. So I'm going to d
10:04attach that style. I'm going to set it
10:06to 182. And I'm going to create a new
10:09style, call it internal floor. And then
10:14I can use that. Make sure I pick a
10:16style. And I can use that internally.
10:18And then I also know that my internal
10:20height of my first floor is 2558. And
10:23again, these are just from the spot
10:25heights from the survey. And again, I
10:28can add a wall type in here that's
10:30obviously sitting within the roof space.
10:32So, we've set up those sort of um the
10:34levels, those parameters. And then
10:36again, I can go over to to my guidelines
10:39and I can see where I'm cutting through
10:42on the internal walls. So, again, I can
10:44do the wall tool. I can pick the
10:47internal wall.
10:49Set that. And then when I've figured out
10:51the ground floor, I can then change that
10:53view over. So I'm just going to move
10:55these swap these two views for the
10:58second. Move this one over. Just clear
11:01up some of those guidelines. And then
11:04I'm going to copy the guidelines here
11:07and here because they set the inside
11:10line of my internal walls. And again, I
11:12can set my wall tool. I can pick a style
11:14to my internal wall and then that draws
11:18these internal spaces. So you have that
11:20volume contained within the roof and
11:22then those void spaces around and I like
11:25to add an annotation line a little cross
11:29in that space to say basically it's not
11:32part of the living space and I can
11:34mirror that across and the same on here.
11:36There we go. So, having drawn those very
11:38basic um front on elevation and section
11:41and I want to show you how to do the
11:43side elevations. So, because we're
11:45looking at a view of the floor plan, I
11:47can literally just rotate it. Um so, I
11:49can just rotate that there, lock it to
11:5190°. Um and if we go back to the model
11:54canvas of the proposed and existing
11:56plans, we've not changed the drawing.
11:58So, like I said, we're only looking at a
12:00rotated version of it. So, like this.
12:03And we'll set this one just here. So
12:06we've got our sort of datim levels set
12:09up and now we're looking at the side
12:11elevation. So we can move across some of
12:14our guidelines, extent of the building
12:17and then the window openings.
12:22So now we have that side elevation set
12:24up. So I can unlock my elevation layer
12:28and I can drag this ground line across
12:31and then I can start projecting those
12:33lines that I drew previously. So, we've
12:36got our eaves line, we've got our ridge
12:40line, we obviously have our wall lines.
12:43And you can see that there's a bit of
12:45return from the fascia. So, we'll set
12:48that off the face of the wall. Let's say
12:5075 mil.
12:55You can also use the trim tool. So, with
12:57that original line selected, any of
12:59those intersecting lines can be trimmed.
13:02Um, so that's very basically our roof
13:05form. Um, and if you wanted to, we could
13:08form this as a rectangle. And that would
13:11mean that when we want to add a fill,
13:13for example, it reads that continuous
13:16shape. Now, obviously at the moment I've
13:18shown the windows very basically, but
13:20with Rayon's block tool, um it has a
13:23really extensive library of um not only
13:26floor plan views, so where you're
13:28cutting through the windows and doors,
13:30but also elevation and sections. So, I'm
13:32going to jump over to the block table.
13:35We'll go into libraries and we can find
13:38windows. Any of these um elements that
13:41have the little purple symbol also have
13:44different views. So they have a plan
13:46view, a front view and a section view.
13:48So for example, I can drag in this front
13:52view and I have a readymade window
13:54component that I can easily adjust or
13:57adapt to sit in as you see there that
14:01relates to my floor plan. So I know my
14:04head height of my windows and we can
14:06check our sill height to align with this
14:09brick cing. So then I can adjust this
14:12window to suit. And similarly, you know,
14:15there's a whole array of different
14:17styles of windows, different types of
14:19openings,
14:21you know, even ornate, you know, design
14:25windows as well. So everything that you
14:28would want already pre-made and
14:29obviously you can adjust these. You can
14:31also create your own blocks. So if I
14:33couldn't find something that was
14:35suitable, so you know, if I had a
14:37intricate detail or if I had something
14:39that was quite different in terms of its
14:40styling, um I could design it within
14:43rayon, I could draw it and then I could
14:45create a block out of it. So for
14:46example, this bay window or this um door
14:49here with the arched head. You know,
14:52maybe there's not one of those within
14:53the library, but I can draw it and then
14:55I can create it as a block and then I
14:57can share that and use it later in other
14:59designs. Okay. So, I've just spent a bit
15:01more time um finalizing the drawing of
15:04the elevation, adding a lot more detail
15:06to it. And you can see that um where my
15:09sort of bare bones elevation was before,
15:12those sort of frames remain. And then
15:13I've sort of added the interesting
15:17detail, the ornate elements um that I've
15:21picked up from the photograph that you
15:23can see on the the right hand side. Um,
15:26and as I said before, this window, for
15:28example, I've drawn from scratch because
15:30there wasn't one that quite fitted um
15:32from the rayon library, but I can select
15:34all of this line work, for example,
15:37right click on it, and then create a
15:38block out of it. So, if I needed a
15:40similar bay window in the future, that
15:42could then live in my library. And it's
15:44as easy as that. So, then that now
15:46exists as a block. You can see on the
15:48right hand side, the block definition
15:50there, and that sits in my custom
15:52library and could be shared amongst my
15:54team. The other thing I want to show you
15:55is um in terms of line weights um and
15:58fills. So for example the ground floor
16:01line I want to have a nice thick line.
16:04So in terms of styles I can create a new
16:07style um I can call it ground line for
16:10example and I can set that to something
16:13yeah a bit thicker.
16:16You can see that update there. Um and
16:18similarly maybe the outline of the
16:20building um wants to be a thicker line
16:24as well. So I can say the style or that
16:28outline
16:34for example and then I can just go
16:35around and pick the lines that I want
16:40use the picker style and that will
16:43update those as well. So, with the lines
16:45now having a bit of differentiation in
16:48terms of line weights, we can now also
16:50add shadows. Um, we can add tones and
16:52textures. Um, so I'll show you a few
16:55examples of those on this front
16:56elevation. So, I'm going to turn off
16:58these guidelines. Um, because we've got
17:00that sort of base level of information
17:02there. Um, and as an example, you can
17:04see here that the fascia and those sort
17:07of timber elements are in a dark um,
17:09stained wood. um for example. So I can
17:12use the paint bucket tool. So in editing
17:15tools there's a bucket and that
17:17basically reads the outline of those
17:21lines, reads that area and then can can
17:24be filled with a solid color. It can be
17:26a gradient. We can have a texture in
17:28there, a hatch or we can add in our own
17:31image if we wanted. For example, um so
17:33I'm just going to put in a sort of a
17:35gray color for now very quickly.
17:41you start to bring the drawing to life.
17:43It looks a lot closer to the material.
17:46And we could do exactly the same thing
17:47for windows, for example. So, we go back
17:49to the bucket tool. We could set a um a
17:51light blue color and then just go around
17:56filling those just like you would in
17:58Photoshop or something like that. The
18:00other thing you can do is add um
18:01textures. For example, so um this area
18:04at the bottom is actually a brick
18:06course. So you can see here that stands
18:08out against the rendered um upper
18:10element. So I could create a sort of
18:13polyline um that follows that space
18:15which I'll do here that sort of traces
18:17under the sill goes up and around that
18:21creates a space and then I can add a
18:23fill to that space. So again I could go
18:25for a color if I wanted to or even a
18:28texture. So you can see here we've got a
18:29brick texture. Um I can change the
18:32opacity of that. I can even change the
18:34scale. So, in the transform, you know,
18:37if those bricks weren't quite coming out
18:38at the right scale for my drawing, I can
18:40change that as well. You know, it's
18:42starting to add a lot more life to the
18:43drawing u material definition. Um, and
18:47lastly, I can add some shadows. So,
18:49again, I could use the polyline tool.
18:51Um, and I could say indicatively,
18:54I'm just going to add a shadow here. I
18:57can add a fill. I can make that,
19:00you know, semi-transparent. Um, I'll
19:02remove the stroke to soften it. And then
19:05I can copy that across. I can adjust
19:08those points to fit different instances
19:12right here for example. And again, you
19:14can just copy those across. I can even
19:16set that up as a style. Say shadow. So
19:21whenever I use shadow in my drawing, it
19:23has a consistent transparency. for
19:25example. So, you know, even if I go back
19:28and say there'll be a shadow against the
19:32face here, I can do pick a style. And
19:35there we go. Okay. And then with a
19:37little bit more time spent, this is the
19:38result. So, a refined down. I've chosen
19:41to go down the sort of texture route.
19:43So, you know, everything is looking as
19:45the materials um as per the existing.
19:48And I think when you compare that to the
19:50existing photo, it's it's looking pretty
19:52accurate. Um, and obviously I can then
19:54go around. I've set up the sort of style
19:56of the drawing. And I can do that for
19:58the rest of the three other elevations.
20:01And these are the rest of the
20:02elevations. So you can see the rear um,
20:05and the two side elevations. One side
20:07showing the garage um, and one side
20:09showing the other windows. So yeah, I
20:12think they make a nice a nice set of
20:14drawings. Now on to the sections. And I
20:17tend to go back and forth between these
20:19drawings um to really sort of refine
20:21them down, add details and sort of
20:23adjust as I go. The other really
20:26beneficial thing of having drawn the
20:27elevations first, they can then feed
20:29back into um into the sections. So, as
20:33an example, um where I'm cutting through
20:35in this room, I'm actually going to be
20:37looking at that external window that
20:41I've drawn in this elevation. So I can
20:44easily pick that up
20:48and copy that across to that view. So
20:51now I'm looking at that but from the
20:53inside. And again I can add textures and
20:56tones um more information from the
20:59internal here. For example, I can now
21:02define where I'm looking at those um
21:05windows that I've drawn from the inside.
21:08So this large picture window here and
21:10exactly the same with the door here and
21:12this little window.
21:15And in essence, the more detail you add,
21:17the more life you're kind of bringing to
21:19the drawings. You know, you can submit
21:21the sort of bare bones drawings, but I
21:23always find it helpful to add um a bit
21:26of life to these things, add detail um
21:29because people do appreciate it.
21:30Obviously, the other really helpful
21:32thing you can do um where I'm setting up
21:34both my sections, I can just mirror that
21:36whole section and I know that I've got
21:38the sort of base of that information.
21:40So, for example, I know that I'm going
21:44to be copying
21:46um this section and looking at it the
21:48other way. So, I'm going to be cutting
21:50through sort of this space. I know that
21:52then if I just mirror my section,
21:56I align it with my guidelines,
22:00the design and volume of the space will
22:02be exactly the same because of the type
22:05of building that I'm working on.
22:06Obviously, these internal things will
22:08need to change, but that base
22:10information is there. Okay. So again,
22:12I've just spent a bit more time adding
22:14to the sections. And you can see here
22:16with a bit of shadow, um with a bit bit
22:19of tone internally to distinguish the
22:22internal to the external, adding a
22:24thicker sort of ground space, um adding
22:27some shadow as well really helps the
22:29drawings read better and help people
22:31understand them. So that's my existing
22:34set of elevations
22:37um and sections. And hopefully you can
22:39see that that's quite quick and easy to
22:41do. Um particularly given um the way
22:45Rayon is set up with those views, with
22:47those canvases um and with the block
22:49library. Having set up the existing
22:51sections and elevations, we can now
22:53focus on developing our design proposal,
22:55adapting and editing as we go to
22:58correspond with our proposed plan. So
23:00let's get drawing. Okay. So now with the
23:02proposed. So now I want to change my
23:05views because I'm looking back at the
23:07floor plans to the proposed plans. So
23:09I'm going to try and bring in the
23:11proposed roof plan because that's what's
23:13being affected um that first floor area
23:16with those dormers. Make sure that I'm
23:18at one to one scale. So now I'm going to
23:21look at that in reference to my
23:22drawings. So one thing I'm going to do
23:25is create a block. So, I'm going to
23:28block the existing, and that means it
23:30stays as is. Um, and I'm going to move
23:32all these down. And then I'm going to
23:35duplicate them to create a set for my
23:38proposed. And the reason I'm starting
23:39with the section is because I want to
23:41make sure that that internal space is
23:43working before I start projecting um
23:45that external space. So, let's just go
23:48over to um the floor plan. We're just
23:52going to set up um those guidelines of
23:55that main volume of space that we're
23:57creating.
24:00And we can see it in here. So, in
24:02essence, I'm going to be creating a new
24:04volume um in this zone. Um I'm going to
24:08be pushing this vertical wall back down
24:10to here. The bed head can sit nicely in
24:13that recess. Um and I'm creating a full
24:16height space for the dormer. So you can
24:19see here um we'd continue that ceiling
24:23level in there. We've got our edge of
24:25our dorma here. And then we've got this
24:27new internal wall in here. So just while
24:31I'm working, I'm just going to turn off
24:32these um tones. So we can bring our new
24:36wall line back to here. And we can trim
24:39those roof lines back to create that new
24:42inner volume. Just clear this space out
24:47again.
24:48and just create a new wall. And we're
24:51basically recessing
24:53this void space back. So in essence,
24:56we're sort of creating one bedroom
24:59volume in this space. Just illustrate
25:02that with a pink fill and then a
25:05rectalinear volume in this space
25:10that you can see there. So that's our
25:12sort of master bedroom and then our on
25:14suite. This will then obviously have a
25:16roof um a pitch roof that sits
25:18comfortably with the um external space
25:21and ideally we want that to follow
25:24the same pitch as the existing.
25:29So with that very basic volume set, we
25:32can now think about how that impacts the
25:34elevation. And I just wanted to do that
25:36so I know that those spaces work, the
25:38head heights work. Basically proving the
25:40plan makes sense, I suppose. So, we can
25:43move across um maybe our side elevation.
25:47And I want to copy this view. And again,
25:49I can rotate it because I'm looking at a
25:51view of that. Let's make sure we're
25:54aligned. And again, we can bring those
25:57guidelines
25:58um for those dormer edges down. And
26:02again, because this is a sort of
26:03symmetrical building, I'm just going to
26:05draw one of them for now. Um and then I
26:07can copy those across. So then I just
26:10want to project um those lines across
26:13and turn off the texture so I can see
26:16what I'm doing.
26:18Bring in those two sidewalls. And
26:21obviously again we've got our sort of
26:23roof pitch, our roof overhang that's
26:26sitting sort of here. And what I really
26:28want to do is bring in this sort of arts
26:30and crafts style. So I'm going to have a
26:32sort of double pitch roof that has this
26:35little valley feature.
26:40And then we can see where the window
26:42sits centrally within that space. And
26:45again, I can go to the rayon block
26:47library. Um, and I can find either a
26:49window that I've used before. So, if you
26:51have a look into my blocks, for example,
26:54you can find some of the windows that we
26:56used previously. So, we probably want
26:58the window head to align there. And
27:00that's the thing I'm kind of thinking in
27:02three dimensions. um looking at the
27:05plan, looking at the section um and
27:08doing things as I go. Okay. And then I
27:10can find the center line of um that roof
27:15and then I can just mirror my dormer
27:17across. So then they sit perfectly um
27:20and nice and symmetrically across the
27:22roofcape. And again, if I wanted to then
27:24transfer that across to um the front
27:27elevation,
27:30I can then read that in conjunction with
27:32the um the lines that I've set up. But I
27:35can also create another view looking
27:37back at that section. I can go back to
27:40layers and I can do a new view um and I
27:43can look back at my own drawing. So I
27:45can find the section, make sure I'm at
27:49one to one, and I can align that
27:51perfectly behind my elevation. And then
27:56all I'm doing is basically tracing the
27:58outline that I've just created
28:01for my section. Move that view back. And
28:04there I've got my side elevation of my
28:07dorma. And I can add just a little
28:10element there. And there we have it. So,
28:12having drawn the dormers across the side
28:15elevation, the back elevation, and the
28:17front elevation, I can now add a bit of
28:19color to make them fit and sit in better
28:22with the elevation. I can go back to my
28:25bucket tool, for example, um, and I can
28:28start adding in some tones. Yeah, maybe
28:31I want the same sort of roof texture as
28:33over there. And maybe the fascia wants
28:36to be similar to that wood texture.
28:39Yeah. So very quickly you can see how
28:42that can start to match in. And
28:44similarly here, you know, I've added in
28:46some timber paneling um which sets those
28:49sort of three panels with the center one
28:51being the window. Um and I can add in
28:54that glass texture that I set
28:56previously. So go to the style and I
28:59could find the glass
29:03and that then creates that window style.
29:06And I know that obviously it matches in
29:08with the rest of the drawing because
29:09I've set that style up. And then moving
29:11forward into the sections, obviously the
29:13best way to bring these to life is to
29:16look into how the space is being used.
29:18So here we're cutting through the master
29:20bedroom and then into the ensuite. So
29:23you know, let's imagine what is
29:25happening inside there. So a master bed
29:29um and a bathroom on suite. So again, we
29:31can go to the block library. I can
29:34search for big kingsize
29:38bed. And again, because you've got this
29:40purple line here, um, you have multiple
29:43views. So, you can bring in a side view
29:46of the bed and maybe a person
29:53and maybe a house plant. And again, you
29:55can layer those so they get sit
29:57comfortably with each other. Um, and
29:59similarly I could add in a skirting line
30:02and a tiling line. And you can see it
30:04starts to bring those spaces to life.
30:06Okay. And then I've just spent a little
30:08bit more time um finalizing the
30:10elevation. So you can see here now the
30:11dormers with the colors added both front
30:14and back elevation. We've got that side
30:16elevation showing the three panels with
30:18the window in the center. Um, and then I
30:22think the sections are working really
30:23well. So we've got that master bedroom
30:25space. Um, we've got the on suite now
30:27with the sink. So, you know, you can
30:29stand at the sink looking out the
30:31window, which is nice. Um, and then
30:33we've got that dressing area in the
30:35front bedroom. So, you can see someone,
30:36you know, utilizing that space, some
30:38storage, the cupboards. Um, and
30:41everything's starting to look a lot more
30:42convincing and hopefully convincing to
30:45um the planners. So I think that's
30:46making a really nice set of existing and
30:50proposed elevations and sections. With
30:54both the existing and the proposed
30:55sections and elevations completed, we
30:58now add annotations to better
31:00communicate the intent behind the
31:01drawings. Okay, so let's start to
31:04clarify the drawings by adding a number
31:06of annotations. Um so we'll start by
31:09adding um datim heights to the um
31:12sections and elevations. So obviously
31:15we've been setting our guidelines and
31:17you can see here these are the kind of
31:18known heights of the building that we
31:21want to be communicating. Um so again I
31:23can go back into the block library and I
31:25can find title blocks and annotations.
31:28Now we have a whole array of different
31:30annotations for elevation markers, scale
31:32bars, north points alongside elevation
31:35markers. So I can just drag and drop
31:37that in here. I'm going to scale it up
31:40slightly
31:42so it'll be legible on the page. And I
31:45can change the color of it. So I can go
31:48into the block. I could change this to
31:52um what color should we go with? Let's
31:53go with an orange color. Nice and
31:56bright. Change the line. There we go. So
31:59every instance of that block will now
32:01appear like that. I obviously place that
32:04on the line that I'm referencing. So my
32:08outside line, so my ground level, I'm
32:10going to set that at zero. Obviously,
32:11it's different if you're using AODD
32:13levels, which are the levels above um
32:15sea level, for example. Um but I can add
32:18a tag to say
32:2105 for the internal floor level. So I
32:25can add a annotation note to that. So
32:28internal
32:31FFL.
32:33And again, I can change I can create a
32:37orange text style for that. And then we
32:40can copy that out. And we're going to
32:42say E's level. So that was uh 292
32:50existing EES level. And then just as an
32:54example, we'll add existing rich level
32:586795.
33:01And you can obviously do this for um the
33:04existing and the proposed
33:07um and you can choose how much important
33:10information you want to include on that
33:12in terms of heights. The other thing
33:14that we can do is add internal
33:16dimensions. So internal floor to ceiling
33:18levels. So this could be simple as a
33:21dimension. So again I can create
33:25orange dims. shading. I can create a
33:29style, change the color, I can change
33:32the stroke color, maybe the text size is
33:34larger, and I can even change the type
33:37of end lines, the tail. So, that looks
33:42good. And that's now saved as a style.
33:44So, then whenever I go back to add
33:46another dimension, I can then use my
33:48pick a style tool
33:51and that changes it. So obviously these
33:53reference points, these datim lines will
33:56want to appear on each of our drawings.
33:58So whether it's a plan or a section. Um
34:01so we can copy those across and make
34:03sure they correspond to those drawings.
34:06But we can also add a series of
34:07annotations. So for example, these could
34:09be around what the proposal is, what's
34:11being retained. Um it could be around
34:14the materiality for example. Um so I
34:17could add a leader, which is this one
34:19here. and
34:22proposed dorma extension.
34:27And again I can create a new orange
34:30leader for example. And again so
34:33proposed dorma extension um and we can
34:36say you know chimney
34:42to be retained or
34:46something like
34:48existing
34:50windows to be replaced with like for
34:55like double glazed units.
35:00So they look the same but um they have a
35:03higher performance. Now the other thing
35:05we can do is add a hatch to the existing
35:08to illustrate where the proposed will be
35:10in relation to that. So just like we've
35:13done on the plans, you've got the red
35:15for demolition, you've got the blue for
35:17the proposed, we can do that with the
35:19dormas, for example. So I could create a
35:21zone um let's say it's a polyline as an
35:25example that basically roughs out that
35:28proposed mass and then has it
35:31superimposed onto the existing. And this
35:34could be a dashed line for example. You
35:37know it'd be great to have it in that
35:39same blue color that we used uh for our
35:42floor plan.
35:45So you can see there I can use that same
35:48blue color and we can add a note to that
35:50saying proposed dormer extension and
35:52this obviously gives an indication of
35:53where that new mass is sitting in
35:55relation to um the existing building
35:58elevation. Okay, so I've just gone
35:59through and added the final dimensions,
36:02added some more notes and annotations.
36:04You can see there those areas in blue
36:06that we showed previously um where the
36:08new mass is being added. Um, and then
36:11we've added some dimensions to the
36:13proposed um, and added a number of new
36:16levels to those dorma ridges and eaves.
36:19Um, so really the drawings now are
36:21really communicating what they need to
36:23be um, and hopefully making um, it very
36:27clear for the people that are going to
36:28be reviewing those drawings. Okay. And
36:30then the final thing I want to do is go
36:31back into the proposed plan canvas. So
36:34you remember that is a separate canvas.
36:36So, we'll jump back to the existing and
36:39the proposed plans. And I just want to
36:41illustrate where the elevations and the
36:43sections are coming from. So, again, I
36:45can go to the block library. Um, and we
36:47have elevation markers, which here. So,
36:49I can drag and drop those in, scale them
36:52up so they're visible. And then we can
36:54set those as our four elevations. And
36:58then I can also find um sections. So, I
37:01can search in the block library, which
37:03what I do very often. Um, and we can
37:07have this section line. Again, we'll
37:09just scale it up. And we can place our
37:12section line so it's legible for those
37:14that are reading the plans. And
37:16obviously, we can copy these across to
37:19our other drawing as well. So, we're
37:20cutting through the center of that
37:22window and through the center of the
37:25window above. Okay. So, now with the
37:27annotations, dimensions, and notes added
37:29to the sections and elevations, let's
37:31get these sheets set up. Okay. So to get
37:34these on sheets, um you remember last
37:36time with the paper canvas, we have
37:38these sheets already set up. So we've
37:40got our front cover, our legend, our
37:42site plan, and our um existing and
37:44proposed plans. So I want to create a
37:47series of um existing and proposed
37:49sections and elevations. So I can do
37:52that very very easily. So we can go to
37:53view. So we can go to page um and that
37:57creates a new page. We can set that to
37:59A3. And obviously we want it to align.
38:02going to create four drawings. Going to
38:04duplicate these pages and then I'm going
38:07to copy across a drawing sheet onto each
38:10of those because they are drawings. And
38:12so we're going to have existing um
38:14sections, existing elevations, proposed
38:17sections, and proposed elevations. And
38:19I'll show you some different scales and
38:21layouts that we can do with those. Okay.
38:23So, we can start adding the views to the
38:25sheets. So, I'm going to go to layers to
38:27the view and then go to the existing and
38:30proposed floor plan canvas. So, you can
38:32see there I'm now looking at um the
38:35existing plans. So, I'm going to set the
38:36scale to 1 to 100 and then I can command
38:39and drag that crop boundary around those
38:42views and then I can position it neatly
38:45on the sheet. Again, I can copy one over
38:49and then I can again double check my
38:51scale, my alignment. And that's now the
38:54existing ground and first floor. I can
38:57then obviously go over to my titles that
38:59I've created previously and add those.
39:02So existing
39:05ground
39:07floor
39:10plan. And now we want to bring in the
39:12two sections. So we go into view again,
39:15but instead of the proposed plan canvas,
39:17we're referencing the existing
39:19elevations and section canvas. So you
39:20can see there we've got the um two
39:23sections that we produced earlier. So
39:25again we can set the scale to 1 to 100.
39:28Double click to go into there and then I
39:32can bring in crop boundary and again we
39:35can move those and then I can go to the
39:38other view
39:40and again we can use these guidelines to
39:43you know make sure that everything is
39:46nice and aligned on the page and then we
39:48can copy our title. So existing and
39:52existing. So that's one way of setting
39:54up the sheet. And I'm just going to show
39:55you with the elevations very quickly.
39:58You just do exactly the same process of
40:00new view elevations and sections. You
40:02obviously find the existing set the
40:04scale crop position across and then you
40:08just change obviously the thing that
40:10you're looking at in the crop. But
40:12again, that's how you set up those
40:14elevations. And we can very quickly copy
40:17across those notes and we can obviously
40:19reference the elevation tag. So 1 2 3 4
40:23with the titles of those elevations. For
40:26the proposed I'll show you a different
40:28sort of format. So again we can um
40:30create a new view. Create a proposed
40:33plan. Um and I'll scroll down to our
40:35proposed first floor plan. I'm going to
40:37change the scale
40:40this proposed plan on one side and then
40:43I can have a section on the other. So in
40:45the elevations and sections I can change
40:48the scale to one to 50 and your local
40:51jurisdiction will have requirements in
40:52terms of what scale you want to be
40:54producing this information at. So again,
40:56this gives a better idea of the sort of
41:00space um in comparison with the two for
41:03example. And then you know for example
41:06with these if we wanted to show the
41:08other section I could add in the roof
41:11plan as an example and then change the
41:14section to looking the other way. And
41:16obviously I can adjust my notes and um
41:19annotations so they sit nicely within
41:21the crop boundary. But in terms of the
41:23actual information, we're not producing
41:25any different information. We're just
41:27looking at the drawing at a different
41:29scale. And again, we can add our um our
41:32title nodes. We can add all the notes to
41:35the sheets. Um but those are sort of
41:38four ways that we can create different
41:40levels of information um for the
41:42existing and proposed. And then I've
41:44just spent a little bit more time
41:45refining those sheets down. So now we've
41:47got our um existing floor plans, first
41:51ground floor and first floor, our
41:52existing sections, our existing
41:55elevations with that zone highlighted
41:57for where we're making amends to those.
41:59Um we've got those larger um plans and
42:02sections which really communicate the
42:03space um and the quality of the space
42:06that we're creating. Um those proposed
42:09elevations where those dormers are
42:10sitting very comfortably um and then our
42:13roof plan and our section looking the
42:14other way. So hopefully that sits as a
42:17really coherent and clear set alongside
42:20our previously produced site plan and
42:23existing and proposed floor plans.
42:25That's a wrap for lesson three of
42:26drawing a residential building permit
42:28set. By now you've completed both the
42:30existing and the proposed sections and
42:32elevations. And together with your floor
42:35plans, these sheets form the backbone of
42:37your permit set, demonstrating scale,
42:39context, and compliance in a way that
42:41reviewers can't overlook. Don't forget
42:44you can use the free editable permit set
42:46template linked below to save time and
42:48keep your drawings consistent. In lesson
42:50four, we'll shift into creating detailed
42:53opening schedules documenting which
42:55windows and doors are being replaced or
42:56added. These schedules are often
42:58mandatory depending on your jurisdiction
43:00since exterior changes must comply with
43:02local regulations. We'll keep building
43:04out the details and the documentation of
43:07the permit set to ensure that your
43:09project gets approved. If today's lesson
43:11helps streamline your workflow, drop a
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43:15it to your own projects. And of course,
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