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0:00Hey, I'm David and in this tutorial I'm
0:02going to show you how to draw mill
0:03workshop drawings for kitchen cabinetry.
0:05Whether you're designing a kitchen from
0:06scratch or working with the supplers's
0:08catalog, your drawings need to
0:09communicate both the design intent and
0:11the technical detail clearly. I'll walk
0:13you through the process from planning
0:14the layout to drawing detailed
0:15elevations, adding sections, and finally
0:17creating a visual mood board to bring
0:19everything together. Through this
0:20tutorial, I'll be using Rayon Design,
0:22the fastest tool to create perfect
0:23architectural drawings that are both
0:25accurate and stunning. Create a free
0:26account to follow along with me and use
0:28the template showcased in this tutorial
0:30linked below. Now, let's dive in. Every
0:33kitchen design starts with a key
0:34question. Are you using a fixed system
0:36by a brand or supplier, or are you
0:39designing a custom kitchen? Start by
0:41aligning with your client on layout,
0:42style, and functionality. Then, loop in
0:45your carpenter or supplier early to
0:47agree on materials, hinges, and
0:49construction details. It's also the
0:51right time to coordinate with your
0:52lighting and electrical plans. so things
0:54like power sockets and under cabinet
0:56lighting don't get overlooked. Once
0:58these decisions are made, you're ready
1:00to get started. Let's begin with the top
1:02view using grid lines to lay out the
1:03footprint. Next, draw the front
1:06elevation to show how everything looks
1:07from eye level. Once your plans and
1:09elevations are done, add a few key
1:10sections to show critical construction
1:12details. Keep it clean and focused. Now,
1:15I'll show you how to draw this bespoke
1:17kitchen from scratch. We're going to use
1:19a combination of line work and blocks
1:21from the Rayon Library. But first, we're
1:23going to start with guidelines.
1:25Guidelines will help me map out what's
1:27available in this kitchen space. So, all
1:30I know about this kitchen is that it's
1:32620 cm wide from wall to wall. And I've
1:36put a guideline on the back wall. You'll
1:38see what I mean in a moment. Now, to map
1:41out the rest of our kitchen, I'm going
1:42to use more guidelines. So if you go
1:44down to the bottom and click guideline
1:46or you can click simply use the shortcut
1:48G and you can choose whether you're
1:51placing a horizontal, vertical, or a
1:54free uh guideline.
1:57And you can also toggle whether you're
1:59dropping one at a time or continuous
2:02ones. To show you what that means, if
2:04we're on continuous,
2:06you can simply keep clicking and drop as
2:10many as you like without selecting the
2:12tool again. I'm going to undo that,
2:14though. And if you're on once, then you
2:17just click and drop one at a time, and
2:19you have to click G again to drop your
2:21next one.
2:22Another way to do this, because I know
2:24the dimensions of what I want, is to
2:27simply select the guideline, and go to
2:30the copy, which is also shortcut CC. So,
2:34let's copy this. And I know that the
2:36first tall unit is going to be 100 cm.
2:40So, I can click, drag, type in 100.
2:44And there it is. Then I know that from
2:46the other side
2:49I want a tall cabinet that's 80.
2:53These are sort of like the book ends of
2:54my design.
2:56Once again, you'll see what I mean
2:57later. And I know that from the back
3:00wall, a standard countertop is
3:0565 cm deep. So, I just type in 65.
3:10And I also know that the larger uh the
3:14book ends that I talked about before,
3:15those will be
3:1880 cm deep.
3:22So now we sort of have a we have a guide
3:24to draw the kitchen. Now what we can do
3:26is add some more dimensions just to help
3:28us
3:29view everything. So using the dimension
3:32tool, we can dimension the countertop.
3:37You can also dimension the 80 cm depth
3:40of the cabinets.
3:47And
3:49we can dimension the
3:52100 cm here and the 80
3:56on the other end.
4:03And now we can also dimension the
4:05leftover in the middle which is 440
4:07which we can divide up later. That'll be
4:09part of our design. Now we're going to
4:11use lines to simply block out the
4:13elements of our kitchen. So go down to
4:14the rectangle tool and you can just fill
4:17in the elements as they appear from plan
4:20view. So we'll put the one book end
4:24there
4:26and the other book end on the other end.
4:32And then we're going to make our
4:33countertop which runs between the two
4:35bookends at a 65 cm depth.
4:40And then come to think of it, we're also
4:42going to need overhead shelves above the
4:44countertop. I think that would be nice.
4:46And so what we're going to do is
4:49duplicate this line. And these are going
4:52to be 33 cm deep. Checked these numbers
4:56before.
5:02And we'll draw another rectangle
5:05here. So, these are the overhead
5:06cabinets.
5:09It's hard to tell what this represents
5:11right now because we haven't stylized
5:12anything. It's just a line drawing with
5:14dimensions, but I'll show you how to
5:16stylize it really quickly and then
5:17things will start to make sense. Now,
5:19let's add blocks. You can import DWG or
5:22PDF files of your supplers's items for
5:24accuracy or draw blocks in Rayon. You
5:26can also use Rayon's block library and
5:28edit their blocks to match your needs.
5:30So, let's head over to the block panel
5:32over here. And as you can see, you can
5:35search any of Rayon's uh block
5:38libraries. You can type in things like
5:40fridge
5:43and you'll get a bunch of blocks of
5:44fridges. And these fridges will have
5:48multiple views. If you go into the
5:50family, you can see the plan view, the
5:52elevation view, the side view, front
5:55view. You can create your own blocks and
5:57share them with your teams through
5:59custom block libraries, or you can
6:00simply browse the 4,000 blocks that
6:03Rayon has. What I'm going to do now is
6:04go back to my blocks. These are the
6:06blocks that are already loaded into my
6:07project, which I've set up in advance.
6:10And here we have a refrigerator. This is
6:11the refrigerator we're going to use.
6:14It's been specified on this project. And
6:15I'm just going to drop it in. And as you
6:18can see, it fits nicely in this uh this
6:22module I've created. So what I can do is
6:25simply drag it into this book end that
6:27I've already drawn.
6:31And when we send it to the back layer,
6:35it's inside of the shelf.
6:38By dragging all of these blocks in
6:39first, you can make sure that you've
6:41drawn your drawing to scale and with
6:43proper space to accommodate for
6:45everything in your kitchen.
6:47Now, let's fast forward a bit. I've
6:48dropped a few blocks in. So, we have a
6:50sink and a stove and a dishwasher. And
6:53now, we're going to stylize the drawing
6:55so that these white spaces feel a bit
6:58more like what they actually are, which
6:59is cabinets and countertops.
7:03So, let's start by selecting. Let's
7:05start with the book end. And let's give
7:08it a color. So, I have a color already
7:11chosen here, and I'm going to paste it
7:12in. And it looks quite dark. So, let's
7:15bring the opacity down to 35%.
7:19And great, that's our cabinet color. And
7:23now that we've set up this cabinet
7:24color, what we can do is save it as a
7:26style.
7:29I'm going to type in cabinet.
7:32Press enter.
7:36And now I can apply that style to the
7:39other cabinets. Holding shift, I can
7:41select multiple. And I can say replace
7:43all with cabinet.
7:49Next, let's do the countertop.
7:52So, I'll select it and go to fill. And
7:56let's give this one a texture to show
7:59exactly what it is. So, you can you can
8:02upload your own texture or you can pick
8:04from Rayon's library. I have already
8:06uploaded one here called Terraso.
8:11And as you can see, this is a texture,
8:13so it looks a little bit like a
8:14countertop.
8:16It's a nice way to represent it and help
8:18people understand your drawing. Once
8:20again, you can do the same thing. You
8:22can save this style
8:26countertop.
8:31And now the cool thing with styles is
8:33that if you select one of these and
8:35let's say you want to change it, you can
8:37go to the style and you can edit the
8:40style and everything using that style
8:43will change. Let's just go a little bit
8:44more orange. And as you can see,
8:46everything changes. So you have great
8:48control over your drawing. I'm going to
8:50undo that though because I like that
8:52color.
8:54Now let's move to the elevation view.
8:56I'll show you how to add some tiles.
8:58I've already drawn a rectangle where the
8:59tiles are going to go. So here and above
9:02the shelf, two separate fills, but I've
9:05already assigned a style called tiles to
9:07them. So what I can do to easily make
9:11them look like tiles is edit this style,
9:14remove the fill, and replace it with a
9:18hatch.
9:20And in Rayon, we have a square 600x300
9:24that look like tiles
9:27and they're a little bit big. So what I
9:29can do is transform them and scale them
9:31down.
9:33Maybe 0.25 looks pretty good.
9:38You can add a background.
9:50Now we have a stylized elevation drawing
9:52created entirely in rayon. No importing
9:54or exporting between Photoshop or
9:56Illustrator. Everything is done here
9:58with full control. Using the same tools,
10:01we can create our sections.
10:04Here's a section I already drew using
10:05the exact same tools I've already
10:07outlined. Simply rectangles with styles
10:11and blocks from the rayon library. Now,
10:14to add one final touch to this drawing,
10:16let's show the back wall in sections so
10:19that the drawing makes sense. Once
10:22again, we head to the rectangle tool
10:25and we're going to go from the back of
10:28the kitchen and draw a wall that is
10:348 cm thick.
10:37We'll deal with the height later. Let's
10:40drag the top to the top of our drawing
10:44and let's move it
10:472 cm away.
10:50Uh so that there's a gap between the
10:52wall and our kitchen. And this wall is
10:56actually it's a structural wall. So it
10:58will go down to structural floor.
11:02And then we can take this floor finish
11:04and pull it back.
11:08Now to show the materiality of the wall,
11:11we can simply go to the styles. And I
11:14already have loaded into the project uh
11:18concrete fill.
11:21For the second wall, I'm going to show
11:23you another method for drawing a wall,
11:24which is of course the wall tool.
11:27Can simply drag a wall.
11:33And what we're going to do is choose the
11:36thickness of the wall here on the right
11:38hand panel. So we can put in 7 cm. We
11:41can choose the location line. So, let's
11:43align it to the right. And you can
11:46change the stroke and the fill, but what
11:48we have right now is pretty good.
11:50Actually, we don't need to use styles
11:52because this is a simple wall. Let's
11:53simply align it with the existing wall
11:57and then move it 1 cm away.
12:03Now, we can drag the bottom to the
12:06floor. Next, let's add some insulation.
12:09We're just going to take the line tool
12:12and drag a line
12:14in the center of the wall.
12:19And what we can do is click on the line
12:21and change the line type.
12:24And what Rayon has is if you go into
12:26dash
12:29and if you go to the bottom
12:31there is an insulation batting line
12:34type. You can also use the search bar
12:36and type in bat.
12:38And we can choose one of these.
12:43And we can adjust its size. We can
12:46adjust its fill. Let's make it a little
12:48bit gray.
12:51And of course, once you have something
12:53that you like, you can save it as a
12:56style. So we can say insulation.
13:02Save it. And then we can use this
13:03anywhere in our project.
13:06Now the final step is to take the
13:10section break
13:12and duplicate it,
13:16rotate it.
13:19And we'll set it up at the top of the
13:20wall and bring
13:25arrange it. Bring it to the front. And
13:28when we pull up the second wall, now it
13:31looks like everything's being cut off
13:32properly, just as it would be built. And
13:34here's our section. To bring the design
13:36to life, add a visual mood board that
13:38shows the look and feel of the kitchen.
13:40Include material samples like the
13:41cabinet finish, countertop material, and
13:44backsplash. Show the hardware style, and
13:46add appliance references. You can also
13:48include mood photos of complete kitchens
13:50to communicate the style and ambiance
13:52you're aiming for. This is especially
13:54helpful if you're working with clients
13:55who might not read plans easily. It
13:57helps align expectations and get buy in
13:59from everyone. In Rayon, you can drop
14:01images directly onto your layout page
14:03and use AI to upscale or remove their
14:05backgrounds. Here's how.
14:08Let's add an image to this mood board.
14:09So, first we head over to Pinterest. We
14:11type in chair. We find one we like.
14:15You can simply copy any image from
14:16Pinterest. Now, we can go back to Rayon
14:19and simply paste.
14:21And there it is. Let's scale it down.
14:27[Music]
14:29and we can put it on our mood board. But
14:30you can see it doesn't really fit very
14:32well because of the background. So,
14:34let's just get rid of that. No Photoshop
14:36required. Rayon can handle all this.
14:38Just go to fill image and there's an
14:41edit button here.
14:44Now, you have the option to use the AI
14:45editing tools, which include upscaling
14:47and removing the background. But for
14:49now, we're just going to remove the
14:50background. Simply click it and the AI
14:53should do all the rest. Awesome.
14:59Click done. And there's our chair. And
15:01we can put it anywhere on the mood
15:03board. And the background is now
15:05transparent.
15:08And the mood board is ready to go. Now,
15:10let's turn everything into a
15:11presentation ready drawing set. As you
15:14can see, I've drawn everything on the
15:15model canvas, but for a presentation, we
15:18want everything on the paper canvas, so
15:20it's properly to the scale of a piece of
15:22paper. Let's make a paper canvas. So we
15:24can call it paper canvas
15:26and let's create a page. So we're going
15:29to start with A4 which was automatically
15:32made.
15:34So now that we have a page, we need to
15:35put a view to the model canvas on it.
15:38Click the view button and drag a view
15:41window
15:43and it automatically selects the model
15:45canvas because we only have one. If we
15:48had multiple they would appear here.
15:51Uh first let's get first let's set the
15:53scale. So for these drawings we want a 1
15:56to 50 scale which is typical scale for
15:58milwork drawings. And then you can
16:00double click inside the window and
16:04simply pan over to your drawing to
16:08get everything you want in view.
16:11Click done. And the scale still at 1 to
16:1450.
16:16Looks good. You can move it around. And
16:18now we want to add a title block. So,
16:20let's head to the block panel.
16:23So, you can of course look through
16:24Rayon's libraries for title blocks. You
16:27can type in title
16:29and there's a whole title block section.
16:32And we just need to look for one that's
16:33A4 size
16:38and dragged it onto the canvas.
16:42And as you can see, it's already scaled
16:44for an A4 because it knows how big it's
16:46supposed to be. And there's our page. So
16:49let's call this page.
17:02Now that we've laid out our page, we can
17:04actually duplicate the whole thing
17:11using the copy button.
17:15[Music]
17:17And we can call this page section.
17:23And we can click in the view and simply
17:26pan over
17:28to capture all of our sections.
17:32Hit done.
17:52[Music]
18:03Now we have our presentation ready. Of
18:06course, normally we would update the
18:07information in the title block, but for
18:09this presentation, I'm just going to
18:10show you how to export the presentation
18:13from here. First, what you're going to
18:15want to do is go to the pages tab. And
18:17here you see all of your pages. And
18:20luckily, they are in order. But if you
18:22wanted to change the order, simply drag
18:23and drop. But
18:27as a typical milwork package, we want to
18:29start with the plans and elevation, then
18:32the sections, then the mood board. Now,
18:35we can close the panel and simply click
18:37preview. Rayon will open the preview in
18:40a separate tab.
18:44And here's your milwork presentation.
18:46All three pages.
18:51When everything looks good, you can
18:52click publish.
18:54And now your project is ready to share
18:57with others. You can now copy the link
18:59and send it to anyone through an email
19:01or on Slack. Clients and collaborators
19:03can view it right in their browser and
19:05leave feedback directly on it. No more
19:07exporting zipping files, uploading to
19:09drives, or chasing revisions. just one
19:11link and you're done. Or if you want to
19:13do it the old school way,
19:16you can go to menu and export the whole
19:18thing as a PDF and it'll do all three
19:21pages or you can even export each page
19:24one by one. That's how you draw complete
19:26mill workshop drawings for kitchen
19:27cabinetry using rayon. Everything in one
19:29place, drawing, annotation, imagery, and
19:31presentation. You can work faster and
19:33deliver a set that's both beautiful and
19:35buildable. If you'd like to give it a
19:37try, you can download the free kitchen
19:38cabinetry template linked below and
19:40create your own project in Rayon. Thanks
19:42for watching and don't forget to check
19:44out our other tutorials and subscribe
19:45for more tips on drawing sets, details,
19:47and design workflows. That's all for
19:49now. See you.

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