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0:02Welcome back to the Interior Design
0:04Playbook. We have reached lesson six of
0:06module one where the focus is on
0:07creating mill workshop drawings, one of
0:09the most detailed and important parts of
0:11your documentation set. In our last
0:13lesson, we worked on sections and
0:14elevations, learning how to draft them
0:16faster and present with more clarity.
0:17Today, like I said, we're shifting to
0:19mill work. We will cover the process
0:20step by step of designing and planning a
0:23built-in TV cabinetry unit in our living
0:25room space. First, we will plan the
0:27layout. Then we will draw detailed
0:28sections and elevations of the unit. And
0:30lastly, we'll add some material visual
0:32mood boards to convey our technical
0:34details as well as the overall design
0:36intent. As always, I'll be showing you
0:37how to do all of this right within Rayon
0:39Design with its smart presets, reusable
0:41blocks, and fast drawing tools. I can
0:43create precise, professional millwork
0:45drawings in a fraction of the time
0:46compared to traditional CAD tools. By
0:48the end of this lesson, you'll be able
0:49to create clear, consistent, and
0:51buildable mil workshop drawings that
0:53fabricators can trust and clients can
0:55get excited about. If you'd like to
0:56follow along, please feel free to create
0:58a free account if you haven't done so
0:59already and open up the template linked
1:01below. And if you want more personalized
1:03support, you can always book a
1:04one-on-one demo call with the Rayon
1:06team. As always, if you're finding this
1:08series useful, please like, subscribe,
1:10and comment with your takeaways. We
1:12would love to hear how you are applying
1:13this workflow to your own projects.
1:14Let's dive in. So, like I said, we're
1:17going to be diving deep into some shop
1:19drawings of this cabinetry, like this TV
1:22cabinetry unit inside our living room.
1:24And the first key question that you need
1:26to consider when designing um a living
1:28room cabinetry piece is are you going to
1:30be working with a supplier's modular
1:32system or designing a fully custom
1:34built-in? So with modular systems um the
1:37dimensions and the finishes are mostly
1:39predefined beforehand, which can really
1:42simplify the coordination. But with
1:44bespoke cabinetry and a TV unit, you get
1:47full design freedom. And that means that
1:50um there's more details that we need to
1:52align early on. So we want to start by
1:55confirming the layout, style,
1:57functionality with our client and for
2:00instance like how much storage is
2:01needed, how the TV will be integrated,
2:03the size of the TV, um whether they want
2:06features like open shelving, display
2:08niches or hidden storage. And then we
2:10will involve the carpenter, contractor,
2:12supplier to lock in those materials and
2:16hardware and any other details um that
2:18you might need to discuss. It is also
2:20the right time to coordinate with your
2:22electrical plan. So, your outlets, your
2:24cable management, and even integrated
2:26lighting are accounted for from the
2:29start. And finally, like I said, the TV
2:32size is probably going to drive a lot of
2:34this unit. So, we want to confirm the TV
2:37dimensions and any media equipment up
2:39front. Those are going to drive our
2:41cabinetry sizing and must be integrated
2:43precisely to avoid gaps, misalignments,
2:46or on-site modifications. And once all
2:48of those decisions are set, you are
2:50ready to begin drawing your bespoke
2:53living room unit. So I am here in our
2:55template document, which if you have not
2:57grabbed, you can still do so by clicking
2:59the link um below in the description.
3:01But we already have this drawing
3:04created. I'm just going to show you how
3:06to create the drawing from scratch. So,
3:08if you are in your paper canvas, which
3:10is where kind of like all of our
3:12documentation set lives, like all of our
3:14drawings live to be presented. Let's pop
3:17over to a model canvas instead of our
3:19paper canvas here. So, um if you're
3:22working in the same template, you can
3:23just go down to your mill workshop
3:24drawings uh canvas. If not, you can just
3:27hit the plus button and add a model
3:29canvas and just rename it mill workshop
3:31drawings and you can work directly in
3:32there. So, I'm going to pop over to this
3:34Millwork Shop drawing. So in here,
3:36everything is editable, selectable, and
3:39this is kind of like where we can make
3:41all the changes in that presentation
3:42space. That's just where they are being
3:44presented. So we'll go ahead and start
3:45with our top view. Um that's going to
3:46drive uh our elevations and our
3:49sections. Kind of similar to creating a
3:50floor plan. That usually comes first and
3:52then we draw our sections and elevations
3:54afterwards. So um I'll just pop over
3:57here into a blank space and show you how
4:00to just start drawing this from scratch.
4:02So, if you have a space in your floor
4:05plan or um you're trying to do like a
4:07little call out in your floor plan, you
4:09can always just add the floor plan in by
4:10going to the plus sign view and then add
4:13in your floor plan. I know that like for
4:16this specific instance, we are just
4:18going to be drawing like just a unit and
4:21I just already have the measurements.
4:22So, we're just going to start with our
4:24uh guides and our line tool to start um
4:27creating that drawing. To kick things
4:29off, we want to make sure that we are
4:31working on the right layer. So, let's go
4:34ahead and just we'll just create a new
4:36layer together. I might have a a good
4:37layer to work on over here, but we'll
4:39just create a new one. Um, so I'm just
4:41going to say TV unit. Um, and then
4:45underneath the TV unit, we'll do another
4:48layer for guidelines
4:51and then another nested layer for our
4:55actual drawing. So, we'll just say
4:57design.
4:59So, underneath guidelines, I'm just
5:00going to click the check mark to make
5:02that my um current layer. And you can go
5:05ahead and just grab one of these lines
5:07down here. Either a polyline, which
5:08would just allow you to click click
5:10click click um or a regular line, or you
5:13can even click this little arrow here
5:15and go to guideline. And what this is
5:16going to do is this is just going to
5:17like literally give you a straight up
5:20guideline. Um, and you can either like
5:23copy and paste those or if you place a
5:27guideline and you hit CC. Um, what
5:30that's going to do is if you click it,
5:32then you can go up or down and give it a
5:34dimension. So, like if I say like 1 in
5:37or something, it will allow me to just
5:39drop that guideline 1 in. So, this is
5:42going to end up coming in handy for when
5:43we're creating our sections and
5:45elevations from our floor plan. When you
5:47click guideline, you can also do a
5:49vertical one. So you would just click
5:50vertical there. Um and if you want to
5:53like click click click, you would just
5:55click the loop um button there. But we
5:58will end up using this probably for the
6:00sections for our floor plan. I'm
6:02probably just going to use like a
6:03regular line. So uh let's go ahead and
6:06just start with actually let's start
6:08with a rectangle. So I'll start by
6:11grabbing a rectangle down here. And I am
6:14going to just click and then uh drag my
6:18mouse out. Um, now I know that my width
6:20is going to be 13 feet, so I'll just
6:22type in 13 feet. Enter. And then I know
6:24that my height is one and a half feet,
6:26so I'll type in 1.5 feet. Enter. And
6:29that will create our nice little
6:31rectangle. So, we can also change the
6:33style of this. For instance, it looks a
6:35little bit thick. So, um, let's just go
6:38down to this. And we can also talk about
6:41adjusting the style of this whole thing
6:44um, here shortly. But um just for
6:47drawing purposes, I like to have a
6:48thinner line. So I know that all of my
6:52material, like all of the thickness of
6:53my material, whether it's like wood or
6:55whatever you're designing with, is going
6:56to be let's just say 1 in just for um
7:00ease ease of clarity. Um so I'm going to
7:04draw my back panel first. So let's just
7:06assume that like the wall is over here.
7:08So I'm going to just again grab my
7:11rectangle. And I just like using the
7:13rectangles when I can because these
7:15allow me to easily fill them later. So
7:18if I want to change the style or
7:19something. Um so for instance, I know
7:22our width needs to be 13 ft. So I'm
7:24going to say 13 ft. Enter. And then I'm
7:26going to say 1 in. Enter. Because I know
7:28that that is going to be um 1 in thick.
7:32So again, let's change our style. I'm
7:34going to actually just use my picker and
7:36just pick right there. And now you can
7:39kind of see that a little bit better.
7:40We've got our first like backboard of
7:43the unit. So then I'm going to work on
7:46kind of like the shelves going this way.
7:49So again, I know that it is 1 in thick.
7:53So we'll grab our rectangle. And I'm
7:54actually going to preemptively pick this
7:57so I can see it when I'm drawing. Um,
8:00okay. Go back to my rectangle. And now
8:03I'm going to go this way. And now I know
8:06that I want my width to be 1 in. So I'll
8:08hit enter. and I will just snap it to
8:12that. And so now I've got
8:15um another little piece of let's just
8:16say wood or something like that. So I'm
8:19going to basically copy this a few
8:21different times. I know that I want my
8:22shelves to be about 1 and 1/2 ft uh
8:25apart from each other. So I can just
8:27select this and do that CC and then
8:31click a spot and move my mouse in the
8:34direction I want it to go. And then I'm
8:36going to say 1.5 ft. Enter. And then
8:39I've just got to click to place it. Um,
8:42and then I can continually keep adding
8:44those. So, you know, if I if I know
8:46those are one and a half feet, then this
8:48next one would probably be 3 feet cuz
8:49we're just doubling that. Okay. And then
8:51I have to click to enter. And then
8:53lastly, it would be 4 and 1/2 ft cuz I'm
8:55just adding on another foot and a half.
8:57So, 4.5 ft. And then click. And then
9:00once you're done, just hit escape out of
9:01there. Hit done. And now we've got that
9:04started over here. Now, I do want to
9:06have one more of these over on this
9:08side. Plus, we need our little bookend.
9:10So, I'm just going to do a copy paste.
9:13Dock that right there. And then same CC
9:17situation. So, CC, then I'll just click.
9:20And then 1.5 ft. And then click to place
9:24it. And I'm going to hit escape. And now
9:26we've kind of got like the basic uh
9:29outline of our unit. So, our TV will
9:31basically be sitting in here. And let's
9:33just pop over to the already done one to
9:35kind of like reference that. So, um,
9:38it's looking pretty similar. You can see
9:39we've got our TV right there. Um, this
9:41one's just a little bit more stylized.
9:43We have some dimensions and we can talk
9:44about that here in a second. So, what
9:46you just saw me do was use our line work
9:48tools to outline the cabinetry for your
9:51TV unit. There are going to be different
9:52standards based on where you live as far
9:55as like how deep you want the unit to
9:57be, how wide it should be. So, just be
9:59sure that you are current on any of
10:01those dimensions. Um, you also want to
10:02make sure that you're planning for
10:03ventilation and cable management. So,
10:05these are just all things that you want
10:07to consider when you're coming up with
10:08these dimensions. So, now that we have
10:09this like basic top view, let's go ahead
10:12and use those guidelines again to create
10:15our front elevation. So, now we are
10:17going to go ahead and grab that
10:18guideline tool that I had mentioned and
10:20just click guideline. We want to make
10:22sure that we are on vertical and then I
10:25also want to be on loop because I want
10:27to just be able to click click click
10:28click to just add them. And you'll kind
10:30of see why in a second. So, I'm just
10:32going to go through here and literally
10:34just snap to each one of these. And what
10:37that's doing is that's giving me some
10:39solid guidelines to work with for our
10:42elevation that we are about to create.
10:44So, if I hit done, I can see that like
10:46my section is set up for success down
10:48here because uh this is exactly where
10:52all the panels are going to be sitting.
10:54And then of course when we get our TV in
10:55here and stuff too and any roughens then
10:57you can add more guidelines for that as
10:59well. So we want to just start by kind
11:01of like creating a box that's going to
11:03show this elevation. So I'm going to
11:05again grab that rectangle tool and I'm
11:09just going to select it doesn't matter
11:10like where um vertically. I'm just going
11:14to select a point. And now we want to
11:19make sure that we have our height. So I
11:20know that this is going to be 8 ft high.
11:22Um, obviously I know this is going to be
11:2413 ft wide. So I will type in 13 ft.
11:27Enter. And then I will type in 8'6 in.
11:31Enter. And then I'll hit done. So this
11:34is going to be basically like the
11:36elevation, like the start of our
11:39elevation. I like to just get that in
11:41there before I start drawing anything
11:42inside because it helps me just like
11:45understand it a little bit better. I
11:46like to start from the ground up. So I
11:50do like to like maybe grab my rectangle
11:52and then start with like my base down
11:54here. So obviously that's going to be 13
11:56ft wide. So 13 ft enter and then our
11:58base will be 4 in or our toe kick would
12:00be about 4 in. Then we will draw our
12:04like a little box for our cabinets. So
12:06I'm going to grab my rectangle tool
12:07again and we will make those about uh
12:11let's say let's just say 2T. So we'll do
12:1313 ft enter as our width and then 2 ft
12:17enter as our height. So then when you're
12:18done with that, hit done. And you know,
12:20these guidelines that we drew are not
12:22going to necessarily impact the
12:24cabinetry down here. That'll be like a
12:26different division, but it will help
12:27with the panels up here. So that's kind
12:29of why they're just like grayed out and
12:30dashed because they're just good for
12:32reference, but not necessarily going to
12:34help us with every single aspect of this
12:35elevation. Next up, let's say that we're
12:37going to have some sort of countertop on
12:39top of the cabinets. So again, I will
12:41grab my rectangle tool, and this one
12:44will be 13 ft wide.
12:48And then let's say 1.5
12:51in thick and then hit done. And we don't
12:55really have to worry about like any of
12:56the style right now. Like we could
12:58definitely make this like a realistic
12:59style eventually. I just want to show
13:01you kind of how to start drawing these
13:03so it makes sense. Let's also do another
13:06little panel here at the top to kind of
13:09like mimic our molding.
13:12So let's say this is going to be 13 ft.
13:14Enter. And then we'll say 4 in. Enter.
13:17And that will just kind of be like our
13:18little header.
13:20And then we can kind of start moving
13:22inward. So I will grab my
13:26rectangle tool again. And now I'm going
13:29to kind of start using these guidelines.
13:30I'm going to just trace these. And this
13:32is going to be the start of my panels up
13:34here. So I am just adding in my last
13:36couple of panels that way. And then next
13:39up, you can use those guidelines again
13:41to start creating divisions
13:44horizontally. So if you wanted to grab
13:48that guideline tool again and go in the
13:50horizontal, just click our guideline,
13:52click CC, and then click a point and
13:55then if you know these are maybe going
13:56to be 1 and 1/2 ft wide by 1 and 1/2 ft
13:58tall, then you would just type in, you
14:00know, 1.5 ft. Enter. And then click and
14:04then maybe again 3T. Enter.
14:07and so on and so forth. So like four and
14:09a half feet enter, then you can use
14:12those as your guidelines for then
14:14placing those horizontal panels. Again,
14:17the TV is going to drive some of these
14:19dimensions here. So if we know, for
14:21instance, that that's going to fit in
14:23this, you know, lower half of this
14:25section. Um, we can go ahead again and
14:27grab our rectangle tool and just kind of
14:30start mapping this out. So let's see
14:33here. That's 6' 10 in. Enter. And then
14:36what do we say? one inch thick and then
14:39done. Um, and then, you know, maybe we
14:41have another one. I'm just going to
14:42click CC. Click and then copy that up
14:46there and hit done. And it's starting to
14:50kind of like look like a TV unit. Now,
14:52when you're creating your sections, it's
14:54going to be very similar process. So,
14:57the sections are just going to basically
14:59clarify construction details. Now, this
15:01is where we might want to use our wall
15:03tool. Um, draw in a few extra details.
15:07Sections are really helpful at showing
15:08like a base cabinet with drawers to
15:11reveal some internal mechanisms. If
15:13there's like a TV recess, this will help
15:16show like mounting depth, ventilation,
15:18wiring, shelving units. It helps explain
15:21shelf supports, and other details with
15:24that. But you don't need a section of
15:26every single cabinet. just the areas
15:27where maybe like the elevation alone
15:29doesn't provide enough clarity. Uh we
15:31really just want to make sure that we
15:32keep it clean, focused, and practical um
15:35for the carpenter to understand because
15:37all of the tools that I have taught you
15:39here already are going to apply to your
15:42sections as well. I won't dive deep into
15:44creating a section with you. But after
15:46we kind of like add some blocks to this
15:48and stylize it a little bit, uh we can
15:50talk about some extra details that you
15:52can add in your sections and where to
15:54find those tools. So before we add our
15:56blocks in, feel free to just kind of
15:58keep detailing out this elevation
16:01however you want. Um I'm sure ours will
16:04end up looking a little bit different,
16:06but that's great. That's what it's
16:07supposed to be. So I'm just going to
16:09maybe add in another one of these. And
16:11of course, we want to leave our TV area
16:13open. So we'll scrunch that down. And
16:15then we will go ahead and pop into the
16:18block library because that's where we're
16:20going to find all of our blocks. And I
16:22am already thinking about which ones I
16:23want to use. um for sure want to grab a
16:26TV and then we also want to grab some
16:29base cabinets. Um and then additionally,
16:31just like any other extra um entourage
16:35that you might want to show. As always,
16:37you can import your own DWG or PDF um
16:40files from your suppliers for, you know,
16:43the accuracy of that design intent. Um,
16:46or you can even draw your own blocks in
16:48rayon. But we're going to go ahead and
16:49use a block library um, and just edit
16:52them to our needs because they have over
16:5510,000 blocks and usually they have what
16:58I'm looking for. So, let's just go to
16:59libraries and then we'll type in TV.
17:01Looks like they've got lots of TVs and
17:03TV units. So, we can just click on
17:05honestly any of these. Let's just click
17:07on this one. And I'm going to click the
17:08family and it's going to show me top
17:11view, front view, and then we also have
17:13like a nice little side view for the
17:15elevation if it ends up cutting through
17:16that area. So, I'm going to just go
17:18ahead and drag this TV over into our
17:19plan. And it's going to drop it right
17:21there. And then we can just kind of dock
17:23it where we know that we need it. So,
17:25this is kind of where you could again go
17:28and grab those guidelines. So, down
17:30here, I would just click on guideline
17:32vertical. And then I'm just going to
17:35click here and here. So that way I make
17:36sure that I place my TV correctly in
17:39elevation. So now when I drag this guy
17:42over here, I know exactly where to place
17:43it. So it'll go right there. And that's
17:46kind of how we start placing these
17:48blocks. So let's rinse and repeat that
17:50same process. I think that block is that
17:52TV block is the only one that we need
17:53for our um top view. But down here, um,
17:57we could, like I said, use a couple of
18:00base cabinets. And then we'll just like
18:02maybe look for like a vase or like books
18:04or something to just kind of convey that
18:05these are shelves. So, we'll go back
18:07over to our library and I'm just going
18:08to click on blocks here. So, I can just
18:10search and just type in cabinet door.
18:14Um, cuz that's really what we're looking
18:15for. So, I can see a bunch of cabinet
18:17doors over here. I'm going to go ahead
18:20and grab one of these wall cabinets. Um,
18:23just click on the family and then we'll
18:25just drag our elevation and drop it in
18:27here. Um, obviously this looks like it's
18:29probably like an upper cabinet. Um, but
18:31just to kind of like meet my needs for
18:33this moment, I'm going to flip it
18:34vertically. So now it looks a little bit
18:37more like a lower cabinet. And then I
18:40can just always scrunch it down to fit
18:42um, wherever I want it to fit. I can
18:44also widen it if I want to. I can then,
18:48you know, do my copy paste situation and
18:52just copy and paste these throughout.
18:54Um, now remember, if there's anything
18:56that you want to edit in one of these,
18:57you just have to click edit and like for
18:59instance, if I don't, you know, maybe
19:00want the door swings or maybe I don't
19:02want this hardware to show, um, I can
19:05just delete these out of here or I could
19:07even redraw it. And then you can see
19:08that it affects any other copies that I
19:10have in the model. So, that looks like a
19:13good start down there. And then lastly,
19:14let me show you how to go find something
19:16that's more decorative. So, if I just
19:18type in like vase or something. Um, we
19:21can say vase with plant. Go to family.
19:23And don't be uh worried when you just
19:25see like top views over here because if
19:27you click family, it'll take you into
19:29the block and it'll show you that
19:30there's actually more views. Let's just
19:32grab this front view. And then we can
19:34just go place this, you know, somewhere
19:35on a shelf to kind of indicate that that
19:38is a shelf right there. So, I've kind of
19:40finished filling out this bottom level.
19:43And um I just want to show you before we
19:46move on how to style this drawing. So
19:49it's going to be really similar to how
19:50we did it with the floor plan. This is
19:52kind of like when things get a little
19:54bit more fun because you can choose to
19:55go a little bit more realistic. You
19:57could choose to go um a little bit more
19:59basic. Just like how we've done before,
20:01we are just essentially going to create
20:02a style and then save it. So um you
20:05either going to choose like a texture,
20:07color fill, a hatch. Once you edit and
20:10create that style, then you can apply it
20:11to anything else. So, all you have to do
20:13is basically select um your shapes that
20:17you have already drawn. So, like for
20:18instance, we have um like all of these
20:22rectangles that we've drawn. So, we're
20:23just going to go over here and click on
20:25add fill. Um you can just make it a
20:27color, a gradient, a texture, um a
20:31hatch, or even an image that you upload
20:33yourself. You know, maybe this is like a
20:35wood panel or something. And then once
20:37you uh decide that you like that, then
20:40we would maybe hit save style. And I'm
20:43just going to say like, you know, panel.
20:45And then what you can do is go and, you
20:48know, make any other uh pieces that same
20:52uh style by just using your um eyropper
20:55or whatever. Now, if you do want to
20:58maybe indicate like a nice hatch or
21:00something on the background of this,
21:01maybe you're doing, let's say you're
21:03doing like a fun wallpaper or something
21:04for some reason behind this. So, we're
21:06going to go grab our rectangle tool and
21:08kind of like do that same thing that
21:10we've done before. And I'm going to just
21:11drop it there so I can make sure that I
21:13can still select it. But, um, let's just
21:15say that like you want to put like
21:16wallpaper or something on the back of
21:17this wall. Um, so this is where you
21:19would go to your ad fill, go grab a
21:21texture or a wallpaper. Go see if
21:23there's like some sort of, you know,
21:26fabricy type texture that we could do in
21:28here. So, yeah, like carpet. I don't
21:30know. Sure, why not? So, let's put this
21:33carpet texture right here. And then what
21:35we can do is we can uh adjust the size
21:38of this to meet our size. And then what
21:41we'll do is we'll go over in our layers
21:44under TV unit. You're probably watching
21:46this right now thinking like, why is
21:47this lady putting carpet in a TV unit?
21:50And that's a great question. We're not
21:52sure. Okay, I'm just going to move my
21:53guidelines up here because I forgot I
21:54drew these on guidelines. But anyway,
21:57what ends up happening is you can like
21:58select this and then you can even make
22:01it like a little bit, you know, less um
22:04opaque. And then it kind of like it
22:07starts showing like a little bit of a
22:08texture like maybe you've got like some
22:09like fabric wrapped wall panel or
22:11something behind there. I personally I'm
22:13a a very like realistic visual girl. So
22:16I like to try to like add in those um
22:19like those little pieces of realism when
22:21I can. And then again with these, you
22:23know, if you wanted to go back and edit
22:26this style and maybe you want this to be
22:28like a fill instead because we want to
22:30indicate that these are going to be wood
22:32or maybe let's just make them wood.
22:33Might as well. Let's just do it. So
22:35let's go here and then I'm going to go
22:37look for just like some sort of wood
22:40texture. Here we go. Wood. You know, you
22:43can do that same thing for these wall
22:45cabinets as well. And then for this um
22:48countertop and then, you know, if you
22:50want to draw in your shadows, you can
22:51use rectangles for that as well. Let's
22:53go ahead and pop back over to our
22:56finalized drawing. And you can see here,
22:58this is a little bit more of like a
22:59basic representation, but we've also
23:01added in our dimensions.
23:03We've got a top view with our top view
23:06of our uh monitor. And then over here in
23:09elevation, you know, this is indicating
23:12all of these uh cabinet doors. We've got
23:14a couple of little like entourage pieces
23:16just to kind of help show scale. Um, if
23:18you want to show more details about like
23:20the TV mount installation, this would be
23:22a good place to add notes as well. And
23:24if you'll remember from past lessons to
23:26add notes, you just grab that little
23:27leader line and then click click add.
23:30Um, as with everything, you would, you
23:33know, do it and then adjust your style
23:35or pick another style that you've
23:36already created in your file. Now, you
23:39can see here too that we have added um
23:42some more details on like the walls and
23:44the floors. So, in order to do that, and
23:46that's really similar with this section
23:47over here too that I was going to show
23:49you in a second, is you're just going to
23:51use the wall tool. So, similar to how we
23:53did those elevations and sections in the
23:55last lesson, um, we're just going to
23:56grab our wall tool. Now, you just want
23:58to make sure that once you do enter, you
24:02either create a new wall type or um edit
24:06an old wall type or something like that.
24:08Um I am going to go ahead and you can
24:10just say detach style and then you know
24:13for your thickness maybe you're uh you
24:16have like this concrete floor which is a
24:18little bit thicker. So maybe that needs
24:20to be like 12 in thick or something like
24:22that. Um and so that's how you start to
24:25do that. And then if you wanted to again
24:27have like a fill or something like that
24:29to indicate concrete, that's just
24:31everything that we've learned so far.
24:32You're just like rinse and repeating all
24:34of that. So, and then same goes here for
24:37uh the vertical walls as well. Um you
24:41can see like all this section stuff is
24:43the same kind of thing that we've
24:45already done. This is also a good thing
24:48to note for your sections when you're
24:50creating your sections after you've
24:51created your elevations. Um, super
24:54helpful again to grab those uh
24:55guidelines down here. So, if you go to
24:57your guidelines and then horizontal, um,
25:00you can see that if you just start
25:01placing those, that really helps drive
25:04what you're cutting through in your
25:06section. Like, it's it eliminates the
25:08guesswork and it just kind of like make
25:10sure makes sure that everything is
25:12aligned. Before we move into our mood
25:14board, um, I do want to just show you a
25:16couple of quick like annotation tools
25:17that you can use for sections like this.
25:20So, for instance, you can see like these
25:22little cutthroughs here and then um
25:24these little break lines. Let me just
25:26show you how to find those in the block
25:28library. So, back over here to our
25:30library. I'm going to go to title blocks
25:32and annotations. And here is where you
25:35can either like search for, you know,
25:36section or uh break line or something
25:40like that. And you'll see all this
25:41goodness pop up here. And you can easily
25:44just drag and drop that into your
25:46project. Um you might need to rescale it
25:48a little bit. like this looks a little
25:49bit small. So, we would just rescale
25:52that. These are kind of like typical
25:54annotations that you would use uh in a
25:56section to kind of just identify that
25:59like, okay, that's where this section is
26:01cut or that's where, you know, we're not
26:03looking any further in that wall um
26:05section. It's just we're cutting it
26:07right there. So, um that's a typical
26:09symbol to show. And then uh also with
26:12these little uh section cuts as well,
26:15you can also just draw your own like
26:17just use your own lines um if you can't
26:19find anything that you like or again
26:21import your own as well. Now moving on
26:23to the mood board. This is kind of like
26:26where we bring the design to life. Uh
26:27we're going to just add a couple of
26:28visuals to show the look and feel of the
26:31different materials that we've chosen
26:32for um this specific space. You want to
26:36include your material samples like the
26:38finish, hardware, etc. Show the hardware
26:40style and add your appliance references.
26:43You can also include photos of like any
26:46other units online, like maybe
26:47inspiration photos from Pinterest or
26:49something. Anything that's going to help
26:50communicate the style and ambiance that
26:52you are aiming for. Um, this is
26:54especially helpful if you are working
26:55with clients who not be able to like
26:57read actual plans. Even if it's just
26:59like a floor plan, a section, elevation,
27:01maybe they can't read those super
27:02easily. So, it just helps to kind of
27:04like align your expectations and then
27:06you get buyin from everyone. So, with
27:09Rayon, um we've already seen this with
27:11our uh lighting lesson, our electrical
27:14lesson, but um in Rayon, you can easily
27:16drop your images directly into your
27:18page. And then we can use AI to either
27:21remove the background or upscale it. And
27:23so, I will show you how to do that real
27:24quick using an image from Pinterest. So,
27:27here's an image that I found on
27:28Pinterest that I really like. So, I'm
27:30just going to rightclick it and copy.
27:32And then we'll go back into our rayon
27:34design canvas. And I'm just going to
27:36click paste. So let's just go back over
27:38to a blank space. And we can just
27:40rightclick and paste. And that's just
27:42going to bring our, you know,
27:44inspiration image right in here. Now, if
27:46you did want to um upscale this, you can
27:49go to edit image and then you can click
27:52upscale. Um also, if you want to like
27:55kind of create a little collage of
27:56items, you can always uh hit remove
27:59background. And then what that's going
28:01to do is that's going to like
28:02automatically remove the background. You
28:03don't have to use any other tools like
28:04Photoshop or anything to do that. So,
28:06let me just show you how to bring
28:08something like that in. So, let's just
28:10say that I found this piece of hardware
28:11that I really like. And I'm just going
28:12to copy it and bring it in. I will go
28:14ahead and rightclick and paste. And now,
28:17if we want to kind of like create a
28:19little collage or something, obviously
28:21that's a little bit obnoxious that it's
28:22got like the white background on it. So,
28:24we'll just go ahead and go down to edit
28:26image and then remove background. and we
28:28will let AI do the work for us. And once
28:31that is removed, we'll hit done. And
28:33then you can see that I can just it kind
28:35of like turns it into a PNG almost. And
28:37then I can just like move it um anywhere
28:40and just kind of stack it on top of
28:42anything. So to wrap things up, I'm back
28:44in my presentation space. And as always,
28:45I'm going to show you how to place all
28:47of this on a sheet of its own. So we
28:49will just create a whole new page. Over
28:51here under layers, I'm going to say new
28:53page. And it's dropped us a new page. We
28:56are using A3 in this um demo model. So
29:00I'm going to just go to A3 and then once
29:03that's placed um we can go ahead and add
29:06in a view. So we'll go to layers view
29:09and then we'll go to milwork shop
29:11drawings. And what that's doing is
29:13that's basically just placing a view of
29:15some random area of that canvas which is
29:17totally fine because we can go to
29:19override and then go in here and just
29:21kind of like pan to where we want. So,
29:23let's just go zoom in to this um little
29:26area that we've kind of already set up
29:28with all of our complete drawings. You
29:30can choose whichever scale you like over
29:32here. So, um it's going to be different
29:35for everyone, but I'd say like a/ an
29:38inch to 1/4 in is pretty typical. Once
29:40you get it to the size that you want, um
29:42then you would just click done out here.
29:44And then we'll hold down our command key
29:46and just kind of scrunch this in so that
29:49way we only see what we want to see
29:51here. nothing else on that sheet. And
29:54then we'll get it placed wherever. Um
29:56you can always add in your title block.
29:58Uh if you just wanted to do, you know,
30:01one or two or just like, you know, a top
30:03view or something, then you can do that
30:05same thing. Just hold down your command
30:07and like you can make this a bigger
30:09scale. And that is essentially how you
30:11would get all these on their own sheet.
30:12Lastly, as always, if you are ready to
30:15export, you can just go to share or over
30:18here under like the hamburger menu, you
30:20would just go to export um and then you
30:22can either do image or PDF um and then
30:25either do all of your pages, just one of
30:27your pages and that will export
30:28whichever views you have selected to PDF
30:31and they will be ready to present. That
30:34wraps up lesson six of the interior
30:36design playbook. You have now seen how
30:37to plan a living room, integral
30:39cabinetry and TV unit, draft mill work,
30:42elevations and sections, and even pull
30:44together a visual mood board so your
30:46shop drawings can convey not only the
30:47design intent, but the technical aspects
30:49as well. With Rayon design, these
30:51workflows don't just become faster, but
30:53more consistent and professional, giving
30:55you drawings that fabricators and
30:57clients actually understand. In our next
30:59lesson, we will build on this foundation
31:01and move into one of the key aspects of
31:03interior design, how to streamline your
31:05schedules and ff sheets. As always, if
31:07you'd like to practice what we learned
31:08today, just go ahead and open up that
31:10free template linked below and give it a
31:11try. And if you want more personalized
31:13guidance, you can book a one-on-one demo
31:14call with the Rayon team anytime. You
31:16found this lesson helpful, please be
31:18sure to like, subscribe, and comment
31:19with your takeaways so we can hear how
31:21you're applying these workflows to your
31:22own projects. See you in the next
31:23lesson.
31:27[Music]

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