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How to Turn Architectural Drawings into a Full Design Presentation — Transcript

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  1. 0:00[Music]
  2. 0:02Hi there, I'm Chris, an architect based
  3. 0:04in the UK. And in today's tutorial, I'll
  4. 0:07be showing you how to turn your
  5. 0:08architectural drawings into a full
  6. 0:09design presentation. We'll start with
  7. 0:11floor plans, sections, and millwork
  8. 0:14drawings. And I'll walk you through how
  9. 0:15to transform them into polished client
  10. 0:18ready presentations. Together, we'll
  11. 0:20build out cover sheet, a legend, mood
  12. 0:23board, and FFN sheet. So you can see how
  13. 0:25going the extra mile turns your
  14. 0:27technical drawings into stunning
  15. 0:29presentations. This step is key for
  16. 0:31winning client buyin, showcasing your
  17. 0:33ideas professionally, and doing it all
  18. 0:35with minimal effort using Rayon Design.
  19. 0:37With Rayon, you can create your drawings
  20. 0:39from start to finish and package them
  21. 0:41into a complete design presentation, all
  22. 0:43in one place without having to switch
  23. 0:46between tools. And today, I'll take you
  24. 0:48step by step through that whole process.
  25. 0:50If you'd like to follow along, grab the
  26. 0:51free template linked in the description.
  27. 0:53And if you want a tailored guidance, you
  28. 0:55can also book a one-to-one demo with the
  29. 0:57Rayon team. And finally, don't forget to
  30. 0:59like and subscribe for more tutorials
  31. 1:01like this one. And share your thoughts
  32. 1:03in the comments. I'd love to hear your
  33. 1:04feedback. Now, let's get started. I'll
  34. 1:07start with a short intro of Rayon's
  35. 1:08model canvas. In Rayon, you can import
  36. 1:10DWG files, DXF, PDF, and images. And it
  37. 1:15allows you to draw accurately and
  38. 1:16precisely editing plans to scale and
  39. 1:19essentially creating a full
  40. 1:20architectural drawing set from things
  41. 1:22like floor plans, sections, and
  42. 1:24elevations all the way to design details
  43. 1:27and even mood board images and FFN
  44. 1:29schedules. And today we're going to be
  45. 1:31zooming in to how easy it is to turn
  46. 1:33your architectural drawings into a full
  47. 1:35architectural design presentation right
  48. 1:37where you draw them. So let's review a
  49. 1:39few details on the model canvas and get
  50. 1:41started. Okay. So, from the home screen,
  51. 1:43you'll see the project here if you've
  52. 1:44downloaded it as well. So, I'm going to
  53. 1:46double click into there and open up a
  54. 1:48new window specifically for um this
  55. 1:50project. And we'll jump straight into
  56. 1:52the model canvas. You'll see it's a
  57. 1:54twotory residential project. Um we've
  58. 1:57got our floor plan here, all looking
  59. 1:59great. We've got two sections which are
  60. 2:02looking good. And then we've got this
  61. 2:04mill work drawing. So, this example
  62. 2:05kitchen with floor plan section
  63. 2:08elevation as well. Now, there's a couple
  64. 2:10of things that I want to be able to show
  65. 2:11you. One is Rayon's drawing ability. So,
  66. 2:15we're going to jump into the wireframe
  67. 2:17view. So, we just click on there, and
  68. 2:19I'm going to turn on the grid as well.
  69. 2:21And this will be very reminiscent of a
  70. 2:23tool like AutoCAD, for example. With
  71. 2:25Rayon, you can import DWGs, you can
  72. 2:27import DXF files, and you can draw to
  73. 2:30scale accurately. So, we're going to be
  74. 2:33drawing at one: One um and then we can
  75. 2:35take views of that at different scales.
  76. 2:37We have our wall tool where we can set
  77. 2:40wall thicknesses. We have an array of
  78. 2:42different blocks for doors and windows.
  79. 2:44And then we have an array of different
  80. 2:46blocks for furniture. And when you're
  81. 2:48drafting, it really is up to you whether
  82. 2:49you want to work in the wireframe view
  83. 2:52where everything is colorcoded very
  84. 2:54clearly. Um, or you want to jump back to
  85. 2:57the standard view. So, I'll jump back to
  86. 2:59the standard view. I'll turn our grid on
  87. 3:02off for a second. And you'll see here,
  88. 3:04for example, that we've got our floor
  89. 3:06plan. Now, the other aspect I want to
  90. 3:08show you is about layers. So, the floor
  91. 3:11plans are drawn on top of each other.
  92. 3:13So, this is a two-story building, and
  93. 3:15we've got a ground floor and a first
  94. 3:17floor that are layered on top of each
  95. 3:19other, and that's a really helpful way
  96. 3:21of doing things within Rayon, and it
  97. 3:23makes sure that there's perfect
  98. 3:24alignment between your stories. So, you
  99. 3:26can see here on this layer tab, I've got
  100. 3:28ground floor, and then I've got first
  101. 3:29floor, which is grayed out, which shows
  102. 3:31that it's not on. So, I'll just turn
  103. 3:32that on, and I can turn ground floor
  104. 3:35off. And you'll see that then the first
  105. 3:37floor information is overlaid and I've
  106. 3:39hidden the ground floor. And
  107. 3:41interestingly, there's a separate layer
  108. 3:42which is building shell which is
  109. 3:44basically all the outside walls. So if
  110. 3:46you know that your outside walls
  111. 3:47continue up two stories and it's just
  112. 3:50the internal arrangement that changes
  113. 3:52then this is a perfect way of doing it.
  114. 3:54Let's dive into the ground floor. Um and
  115. 3:56I want to show you a few different
  116. 3:57elements of that. So if we can open up
  117. 4:00that layer we have a lot of sub layers
  118. 4:02within that. So, at the moment, we've
  119. 4:03got this electrical plan which is
  120. 4:05sitting over the drawing. You'll notice
  121. 4:06here that these are these blue lines
  122. 4:08which highlight where the lighting
  123. 4:10layouts are alongside this key. So,
  124. 4:13again, this is drawn as an overlay onto
  125. 4:16the existing plan. So, I'm going to turn
  126. 4:17that off. And you can see that's now
  127. 4:20clear. And you can see we've got windows
  128. 4:22and doors, we've got dimensions, we've
  129. 4:24got shadows, we've got plants and
  130. 4:26people, furniture, we've got our
  131. 4:28internal walls, we've got our floor
  132. 4:30finishes. Let's just bring it right back
  133. 4:32to a very basic floor plan. So that's
  134. 4:35how the drawing would have started. So
  135. 4:37each one of these is a wall. Each of
  136. 4:38those walls has a different style, which
  137. 4:40is helpful within Rayon. So you'll see
  138. 4:43here this style of wall is a 30 cm wide
  139. 4:47wall. I could go back in and edit that
  140. 4:49wall if I wanted to, and then that will
  141. 4:50update all of those walls, which is
  142. 4:53incredibly helpful. But really to bring
  143. 4:56up your drawing to the sort of
  144. 4:57presentation standard we have all these
  145. 5:00additional layers which help communicate
  146. 5:03the real you know idea behind the
  147. 5:05drawing. So floor finishes for example
  148. 5:07they basically bound the space. So they
  149. 5:10read the inside line of these walls. So
  150. 5:14you can see by moving this wall it
  151. 5:15adjusts the pattern to suit based on the
  152. 5:18fill and also that space will be reading
  153. 5:21an area as well. So you can see in the
  154. 5:23properties style over on the right hand
  155. 5:25side it will show me the area and I can
  156. 5:27add a custom tag to that space if I
  157. 5:29wanted to. Then obviously you have
  158. 5:31dimensions. So the dimensions again they
  159. 5:33have their own style. So if I click on
  160. 5:36annotation style which is here this
  161. 5:38dimension style is consistent across the
  162. 5:40project. I could go in there I could
  163. 5:42change them all to green if I wanted to
  164. 5:44and that will affect everything which is
  165. 5:46tagged with that same style. You also
  166. 5:48have things like section lines and
  167. 5:51dashed lines as well. Then you've got
  168. 5:53things like blocks. So furniture, for
  169. 5:55example, are a series of pre-made blocks
  170. 5:58which live within Rayon, which are
  171. 6:00incredibly helpful because they're all
  172. 6:01already set up for you. So I'll show you
  173. 6:04the block library just a second. All of
  174. 6:06this furniture has come from Rayon's
  175. 6:08block library. So, you've got things
  176. 6:10like bathrooms, coffee tables, different
  177. 6:13types of um electrical equipment,
  178. 6:16kitchens, lighting, beds, mattresses,
  179. 6:19office furniture, people, plants, yeah,
  180. 6:22a whole host of different blocks. And a
  181. 6:25lot of them will have a variety of views
  182. 6:27set up as well. So, this one, for
  183. 6:29example, this sofa um set has got front,
  184. 6:33side, and top views. So, for example,
  185. 6:36here I just switch that round. There's
  186. 6:40an elevation which aligns with that
  187. 6:42plan. So, that's perfect if I wanted to
  188. 6:44set up a section of that space and I
  189. 6:47have now got an elevation of that
  190. 6:49furniture that matches perfectly with
  191. 6:50the plan. Yeah, that saves me so much
  192. 6:52time. And let's take this the kitchen as
  193. 6:54well for example. That has a side and a
  194. 6:57front view as well. So, let's just
  195. 6:59switch that to the front view. So, that
  196. 7:01kitchen perfectly aligns with that in
  197. 7:03plan. And you can see here this is
  198. 7:05already pre-built, pre-drawn within the
  199. 7:07model. And then we can add to it if we
  200. 7:09want to or adjust it how we see fit. And
  201. 7:12again, just like all the elements within
  202. 7:13Rayon, I can change the line types. I
  203. 7:15can change those blocks. I can even add
  204. 7:17color to those if I wanted to. And then
  205. 7:19jumping back to the layers, you can
  206. 7:20obviously add things like people,
  207. 7:22plants, and even shadows, for example.
  208. 7:24So the shadows really help, you know,
  209. 7:26help the drawing sort of pop out, add
  210. 7:28some dimension and depth to those
  211. 7:31drawings and really communicate, you
  212. 7:33know, the feeling of the space to
  213. 7:34client. So just by layering up that
  214. 7:36information, you are really helping to
  215. 7:38communicate your ideas. And hopefully,
  216. 7:41you know, it sells the idea a lot better
  217. 7:43than just that. And with layering up
  218. 7:45this information, hopefully you can see
  219. 7:47that, you know, by adding a bit of
  220. 7:49color, a bit of furniture, and a bit of
  221. 7:52texture, it really communicates the
  222. 7:54feeling of the space and how people
  223. 7:55might use it much more than a basic plan
  224. 7:58like this. And it's exactly the same
  225. 8:00premise for the sections and the milwork
  226. 8:02drawings. So, you know, there's a basic
  227. 8:04section which is living behind all of
  228. 8:06these elements, you know, very basic
  229. 8:08wall um arrangement and then you add
  230. 8:11these pre-built elements, these
  231. 8:13pre-built textures into the model which
  232. 8:16you can adjust at your leisure and they
  233. 8:18really heighten that aesthetic. They
  234. 8:20show you how people would be using the
  235. 8:22space. you know, a hint at the texture
  236. 8:24and color that might be within the space
  237. 8:26and it just gives people a much better
  238. 8:28understanding from a sort of
  239. 8:30presentation point of view for your
  240. 8:31clients, you know, what they're getting.
  241. 8:33And exactly the same thing with the
  242. 8:35middleware drawing. So, you know, we
  243. 8:36could have something that's quite
  244. 8:38technical. We can have, you know, our
  245. 8:39obviously our setting out, our section
  246. 8:41details, how, you know, things are
  247. 8:43hinging, how things are put together,
  248. 8:45but also we've got, you know, an
  249. 8:46aesthetically pleasing and communicative
  250. 8:49drawing that shows how everything is
  251. 8:51functioning as well. Now that I'm done
  252. 8:52with my architectural drawings, I'm
  253. 8:54ready to present them. Normally, you
  254. 8:56would be exporting your drawings from
  255. 8:57your design tool and then stylizing them
  256. 9:00in another tool and then maybe another
  257. 9:02tool for setting up your presentation.
  258. 9:03In Rayon, it can all be done in the same
  259. 9:05place. And really, that's where the
  260. 9:07magic happens. But how exactly do you
  261. 9:09set your drawings up into a presentable
  262. 9:11state? Well, let's jump into Rayon's
  263. 9:13paper canvas. I'll first show you the
  264. 9:15end result and then we'll recreate it
  265. 9:17together step by step. Okay, having
  266. 9:19explored the model canvas, I now want to
  267. 9:21show you the paper canvas. So, you'll
  268. 9:22see up here on the left hand side
  269. 9:24there's canvases. So, there's floor
  270. 9:25plans, which is the model canvas, and
  271. 9:27then you've got paper canvas here. So,
  272. 9:28I'm going to click on here, and you'll
  273. 9:29see we've got a variety of pages for our
  274. 9:32presentation already set up. So, we have
  275. 9:34our front cover, which gives us an idea
  276. 9:36of the type of feeling of the space, the
  277. 9:38duplex home renovation title. Here we've
  278. 9:41got a sort of thematic idea and a
  279. 9:43legend. And so we've got the sort of,
  280. 9:44you know, the contents of the
  281. 9:45presentation and lots of sort of
  282. 9:47interesting mood board images, our floor
  283. 9:49plans with hints of those mood boards as
  284. 9:52well. So we've got a ground floor plan,
  285. 9:54our first floor plan, and this is set
  286. 9:56within a drawing sheet. Then we've got
  287. 9:58our electrical floor plans. So I showed
  288. 9:59you earlier those electrical layouts. So
  289. 10:02these are now sitting on here as well
  290. 10:04with some ideas of different types of
  291. 10:06light fittings. We've got our sections.
  292. 10:08And then interestingly, there's
  293. 10:09different options within those sections
  294. 10:11as well. So, different options in terms
  295. 10:13of the look and feel. And then we've got
  296. 10:15our FFN information. So, this is um
  297. 10:18materials, loose fittings and fixtures.
  298. 10:20You've got a series of images, um what
  299. 10:22the items are, the quantities, color,
  300. 10:24size, um lead times, and status. Then
  301. 10:27we've got more detailed drawings like
  302. 10:28our Milbert drawing, so the kitchen
  303. 10:30drawing that I showed you earlier. Then
  304. 10:31we've got an indication of the different
  305. 10:33materiality of different elements. And
  306. 10:35then we've got a a rear cover sheet. So,
  307. 10:37that's obviously all living within
  308. 10:38rayon. So the same tool that you're
  309. 10:39doing your drawings in, you're doing
  310. 10:41your presentation in. So I'm going to
  311. 10:43show you how you put something like that
  312. 10:44together. Okay. So starting fresh, we
  313. 10:47can go back into our paper canvas. So
  314. 10:49I've cleared that out and I'm going to
  315. 10:51create a page. We're going to set that
  316. 10:53at an A3. So you can decide on what size
  317. 10:55um presentation you want to have. So I'm
  318. 10:57going to go for A3 and I'm going to
  319. 10:59start with the cover sheet. Import an
  320. 11:02image. So I've just got a series of
  321. 11:04images on my desktop
  322. 11:07and I can very easily import an image as
  323. 11:10my cover. Can set a title. So duplex.
  324. 11:15I can change the font. I can change the
  325. 11:18size. And I can save that as a style. So
  326. 11:21we can call that title. Obviously if I
  327. 11:23change the text box size that will
  328. 11:26change.
  329. 11:27And then I could create a subheading um
  330. 11:30style. So I can detach that style. I can
  331. 11:33create a new one and call that sub
  332. 11:35heading and say actually that's half the
  333. 11:38size. For example,
  334. 11:42and that can obviously snap two
  335. 11:44different elements if we wanted to. And
  336. 11:46then you can see just as an example, if
  337. 11:48I wanted to change that style, I would
  338. 11:50just pick a style, click on the one I
  339. 11:52wanted, and I could match that. And
  340. 11:53that's the really helpful thing about
  341. 11:54setting up styles is that you can have
  342. 11:56that consistency throughout your
  343. 11:58project. Okay, so what about the next
  344. 11:59page? the precedent image page and the
  345. 12:01legend. So I could add a new page. So
  346. 12:05again, I could go to layer. I could go
  347. 12:08to page. I could set that as an A3.
  348. 12:11You'll see there's little numberings up
  349. 12:12here. So page one, page two. Again, I
  350. 12:15could move over my title. I could move
  351. 12:17over my subheading. Actually turn that
  352. 12:19into a legend. So 01 precedent images.
  353. 12:23O2 is floor plans. 03 is electrical
  354. 12:28layout. Four is sections and 05 is E and
  355. 12:3406 is kitchen. Could align that just
  356. 12:38like there title like that. And then
  357. 12:41again I can import images. So I can go
  358. 12:43to import. I can go to image and I could
  359. 12:45import some of these images as
  360. 12:48precedent. I can obviously scale them as
  361. 12:50well. The other thing you can do is
  362. 12:51obviously layer them up. So if you right
  363. 12:53click on there you've got a range. So
  364. 12:55you can bring things forward, send them
  365. 12:56back.
  366. 13:00Another aspect I just want to highlight
  367. 13:01is the remove background tool. So
  368. 13:04sometimes you'll find that maybe you
  369. 13:06don't want the background shown within
  370. 13:08your image and Rayon allows for that. So
  371. 13:10if you just go into edit image, I can
  372. 13:12upscale an image. So say you'd found an
  373. 13:14image, but you could only find a
  374. 13:15lowquality version of it. Rayon has some
  375. 13:17AI tools that will be able to upscale
  376. 13:20your image. And similarly, it can remove
  377. 13:22background. So I'm just going to remove
  378. 13:23the background there. And you'll see
  379. 13:24there that very quickly it removes the
  380. 13:26background and then that will sit with a
  381. 13:28transparent background and it looks
  382. 13:30really good. You know when you start to
  383. 13:32layer up these elements some are solid,
  384. 13:34some without a background. And similarly
  385. 13:36if I wanted to find a image from a
  386. 13:38website for example I could open up
  387. 13:39another tab. I could find 70s style
  388. 13:44interior for example. Find an image say
  389. 13:48this one. I could literally just copy
  390. 13:50that, jump back into Rayon, and then
  391. 13:52paste. And simple as that comes in as
  392. 13:55well. All very quick, all very easy.
  393. 13:57Okay, that's the images, but what about
  394. 13:59the drawings? So, I can create a new
  395. 14:02page, and I could add in a title block.
  396. 14:04So, within the block library, there are
  397. 14:07a lot of existing um annotations and
  398. 14:09title blocks. You see that here on the
  399. 14:11left hand side. So, I could bring in a
  400. 14:14title block literally by dragging and
  401. 14:16dropping it. I can scale that down. And
  402. 14:18then I can start dumping some drawings
  403. 14:20on there. And to bring drawings in,
  404. 14:21you're basically going to be looking
  405. 14:23back at your model canvas. So if you
  406. 14:25remember, we've got the paper canvas,
  407. 14:26we've got the model canvas. If I want to
  408. 14:28add in a new view, so I'll go to here
  409. 14:30and I'll go to view and I'll say from
  410. 14:32the model canvas. So from this floor
  411. 14:34plan canvas, if I command and drag, I
  412. 14:38can change my crop boundary. And I
  413. 14:40always think about this as basically a
  414. 14:42little viewport looking back at my model
  415. 14:44space. You can set the scale as well. So
  416. 14:47obviously at the moment the model space
  417. 14:49is drawn at 1 1:1. Say I want a 1 one to
  418. 14:51100 floor plan. Drag that view in. And
  419. 14:54obviously the other interesting thing is
  420. 14:56because we have layered up our
  421. 14:58information because we've got the ground
  422. 14:59floor and the first floor layered on top
  423. 15:01of each other. I can basically just
  424. 15:03duplicate that view and then change the
  425. 15:07layers that are being displayed and that
  426. 15:09will show the ground floor or the first
  427. 15:11floor. So you'll see at the moment
  428. 15:12they're both showing the ground floor,
  429. 15:14but the one on the right, say for
  430. 15:15example, I want to show the first floor.
  431. 15:17I would just turn off the ground floor
  432. 15:18view and turn on the first floor view.
  433. 15:20And there we have it. And in that view,
  434. 15:21for example, I don't want to show the
  435. 15:22electrical layouts. So I can go into
  436. 15:24this sub um view and I can turn off the
  437. 15:27electrical layouts. There we go. And
  438. 15:29with those, I can bring over my uh
  439. 15:30subheadings so that they're matching.
  440. 15:33Can say ground floor plan,
  441. 15:38change the alignment. And even with
  442. 15:39those, we could bring in some additional
  443. 15:41precedent images if we wanted to, you
  444. 15:43know, that help talk about the style or
  445. 15:45the quality of the space.
  446. 15:49Another thing I like to do is to add
  447. 15:52color fills or texture fills. So, for
  448. 15:54example, we could add a fill that
  449. 15:56matches the timber, change the scale,
  450. 15:58turn off the outline, or we could do it
  451. 16:01as a color. I can even swatch one of the
  452. 16:03colors here. And again, you know, if say
  453. 16:06this piece of furniture, for example, I
  454. 16:07wanted to remove the background. Again,
  455. 16:09I can use Rayon's tools to do that. And
  456. 16:11then I can bring that forward and start
  457. 16:13to layer up the information, you know,
  458. 16:15and all of this is within the same
  459. 16:16drawing tool that I created uh the floor
  460. 16:18plans. And say now that I wanted to show
  461. 16:21the lighting layouts, for example. So, I
  462. 16:23could literally select everything that
  463. 16:25I've just done, copy it across, and then
  464. 16:28go back into the layers. So in this one,
  465. 16:30I could turn off the first floor, have
  466. 16:32the ground floor, and then show the
  467. 16:34electrical layout on there. And on this
  468. 16:36one, I could go in, I could turn off the
  469. 16:39ground floor, show the first floor, and
  470. 16:42have the electrical layout showing on
  471. 16:43there. And I could even add in a new
  472. 16:46view looking back at the um key plan.
  473. 16:51Make the key,
  474. 16:54and we can put that in. All very quick,
  475. 16:56all very simple because we've layered up
  476. 16:58that information. And we can even do the
  477. 17:00same thing for sections for example. So
  478. 17:02again, I can copy this sheet down. Got
  479. 17:05those two sort of view ports set up. And
  480. 17:08then I can just show what's different
  481. 17:11contained within those boot ports. Make
  482. 17:13sure I set the scale.
  483. 17:17Then we've got the section set up. And
  484. 17:18again, I can just copy those labels
  485. 17:21across.
  486. 17:23Section A. The other thing I want to
  487. 17:25show you is about an FFN schedule. So
  488. 17:28FFN schedules are about basicallyuling
  489. 17:30out furnishings, fixtures, things like
  490. 17:33that. So bits that you might need to buy
  491. 17:35for your um internal layout. So again, I
  492. 17:38can create a new page. So we'll set an
  493. 17:41A3 page. Position that within our set.
  494. 17:45I'm going to copy a title down from
  495. 17:49here. an email schedule
  496. 17:54and then I've got some text. So I'm
  497. 17:57going to have
  498. 17:58what should I have? I should have
  499. 18:00picture. So an image of the item,
  500. 18:04item number, the quantity,
  501. 18:10the color or the size, maybe the
  502. 18:16supplier,
  503. 18:19the lead time, so how long it takes to
  504. 18:23come.
  505. 18:25And then finally, maybe the cost. And
  506. 18:29then probably something like status. So
  507. 18:31you know what's the current status of
  508. 18:33this thing? Has it been ordered? Is it
  509. 18:35agreed?
  510. 18:38So those are my headings. Basically
  511. 18:41I can create a shape that sort of
  512. 18:43contains those headings. Add a sort of
  513. 18:48light gray fill to it. Send that to the
  514. 18:52back. Then I can create a series of um
  515. 18:56rows. So maybe I'll just change this to
  516. 18:58a slightly mid gray.
  517. 19:01Move that down too. Set that out nicely.
  518. 19:06So I've just got a series of rows for my
  519. 19:09different items.
  520. 19:11Maybe add in a slightly lighter color
  521. 19:14background
  522. 19:18again. Send that to the back. And I
  523. 19:21could start adding items in. So you know
  524. 19:23I could take these from existing
  525. 19:26pictures that I've contained within here
  526. 19:29for example. So
  527. 19:32the lights
  528. 19:39and again I can just copy these
  529. 19:42down
  530. 19:50and then fill that in. And then lastly,
  531. 19:53I want to show you two more elements of
  532. 19:54the presentation. So one's the mill work
  533. 19:56drawing, so the kitchen. Um, and one is
  534. 19:58our sort of rear cover sheet. So again,
  535. 20:00I'll just copy a page down. I can add a
  536. 20:04new view. So from our model canvas, just
  537. 20:07crop that view down. And I basically
  538. 20:09want to be able to show the plan and the
  539. 20:11elevations of the kitchen. So we'll find
  540. 20:13those in that view. We'll find a scale
  541. 20:15that sits right. So 1 to 25 probably be
  542. 20:19a good one. Let's just crop that in
  543. 20:20slightly. And then we can get the views
  544. 20:23of the elevation as well. One thing I
  545. 20:26like to do is add in a guideline, which
  546. 20:28means that I can align my elevation
  547. 20:32perfectly with my plan. So I can
  548. 20:34duplicate that view. I can drag that
  549. 20:36over and I can make sure that all my
  550. 20:39drawings are aligning nicely.
  551. 20:44Now we've got our section and elevations
  552. 20:47as well. You can see here we've already
  553. 20:49got the dimensions already within the
  554. 20:51model space. So that's all showing up
  555. 20:52perfectly. And with this just to help um
  556. 20:55you know really clarify the the point
  557. 20:58about the kitchen I could add in some
  558. 21:00precedent images. So you know dragging
  559. 21:02them from the rest of the presentation
  560. 21:04or even I could crop them. So if I
  561. 21:06double click on there I can bring in my
  562. 21:09boundary. So it's kind of acting like a
  563. 21:11mask and I could basically use it like a
  564. 21:14material swatch like that. Or even here,
  565. 21:16for example, I could make a rectangle. I
  566. 21:20could pick a style to match that
  567. 21:22flooring. I could drag it down. I might
  568. 21:24just change the scale.
  569. 21:28Maybe if I need the same thing this, I
  570. 21:30can adjust the scale slightly. I can
  571. 21:32drag in my crop boundary.
  572. 21:35And then we could just add a few little
  573. 21:37notes or annotations. So,
  574. 21:40A1,
  575. 21:42A2, A3.
  576. 21:45There we go. And then you could code
  577. 21:47that on the drawing as well. And just to
  578. 21:49round the presentation off, we'll have a
  579. 21:50closing sheet. So I'm basically just
  580. 21:53going to duplicate the front cover. So I
  581. 21:56can copy that down. Make sure it's
  582. 21:58aligned. And then literally just go into
  583. 21:59the image, press upload, find a
  584. 22:02different image, and that will replace
  585. 22:03that within that same boundary. And
  586. 22:05there we've got our rear cover. So, just
  587. 22:07jumping back to our original
  588. 22:08presentation, you can see we've gone
  589. 22:10through how to create the front cover,
  590. 22:11the mood board with the legend, those
  591. 22:14floor plans, which were layered up with
  592. 22:15those precedent images, the lighting
  593. 22:18layout, the sections, the FFN schedule,
  594. 22:21so all of those rows and columns, um the
  595. 22:23mill work drawings, so those kitchen
  596. 22:24drawings, and then that rear cover, so a
  597. 22:27complete presentation, all within Rayon.
  598. 22:29Now that I've completed my sheets, I'm
  599. 22:31ready to export them for review from
  600. 22:33collaborators and clients. Rayon makes
  601. 22:35it so easy to share your work to get
  602. 22:37input from others and present them
  603. 22:39seamlessly all within the browser. Let's
  604. 22:41get started. So with the presentation
  605. 22:43finalized, there's a few things that I
  606. 22:45can do with it. So let's go into share.
  607. 22:47So I could invite a colleague for
  608. 22:49example to review it. So I'm just going
  609. 22:51to send this to myself. Set the person
  610. 22:54as a viewer and that means that they can
  611. 22:56view it but they can't change anything.
  612. 22:58So in my business email I'll see that a
  613. 23:00um a notification has appeared. So Chris
  614. 23:03has shared the model with you. I'm going
  615. 23:05to click into this, open it with a
  616. 23:06different browser, so the different side
  617. 23:08of me can review it. And within that
  618. 23:11presentation, I can now view it. I can
  619. 23:13click on things, but I can't move them
  620. 23:15or change them. But I could measure
  621. 23:17things or um judge the square meterage.
  622. 23:19The most important thing I can do is add
  623. 23:21a comment. So, say you were sharing with
  624. 23:22a colleague or your boss, for example,
  625. 23:24and they were reviewing the kitchen and
  626. 23:26I could add a comment like, "Uh, the
  627. 23:30client has asked for a double sink. Can
  628. 23:35we accommodate
  629. 23:39question mark?" And then I could even
  630. 23:42add a little sketch to say push this
  631. 23:44out. And the double sync goes in here.
  632. 23:48Click done. And you'll see that that now
  633. 23:50lives in the comments. And now back in
  634. 23:52my original browser, I can see the
  635. 23:54comments tab. And I can now see these
  636. 23:56comments. And then you'll see where they
  637. 23:57appear, what they're referring to, and
  638. 23:59then that markup as well. And obviously
  639. 24:01I can respond to it. So I can add a
  640. 24:03reaction. I'll let you choose what
  641. 24:05reaction you want to make. Or I can
  642. 24:06respond to it. So yes, that should be
  643. 24:10possible. I will update and resend.
  644. 24:14Reply. And obviously that then keeps a
  645. 24:16feed and that sort of back and forth
  646. 24:19transparent. And once you get any design
  647. 24:20items resolved, you can then share the
  648. 24:22presentation. So the other really
  649. 24:24helpful element of uh rayon is about
  650. 24:26sharing presentations. Rather than
  651. 24:28having to endlessly PDF things, update
  652. 24:31them, send um you know Google Drive or
  653. 24:34Dropbox links to places. We can just
  654. 24:36send the presentation as it is. So we
  655. 24:38just click on update presentation and we
  656. 24:41can open that link. Takes a second.
  657. 24:45And you will see there we've got our
  658. 24:47presentation just like a little
  659. 24:49slideshow. All coming in perfectly. Line
  660. 24:51weight's looking good. All the images
  661. 24:52loaded up. There we go. Obviously, you
  662. 24:54can zoom in, zoom out, and go from
  663. 24:56there. And the really, really helpful
  664. 24:57thing is that if I then make any
  665. 25:00changes, I can just update that link.
  666. 25:02You could also copy that into an email
  667. 25:04and just send it to your client. And
  668. 25:06then finally, you can export um as a
  669. 25:08PDF. So, say you wanted to print the
  670. 25:10document. So, we can go over to um
  671. 25:12export. We could export them as images
  672. 25:14as PDF files even as a rayon file if we
  673. 25:17wanted to. So we could select which
  674. 25:19pages we'll select the resolution. Um we
  675. 25:23can call it presentation. Do export
  676. 25:27again. Takes a second. I'll find
  677. 25:29somewhere on my desktop to put it. And
  678. 25:30then you can see from my desktop I can
  679. 25:32just open up the PDF. And there it is.
  680. 25:36So again we've got our perfectly
  681. 25:37formatted presentation. All our pages,
  682. 25:40all our drawings, our FFN schedule, and
  683. 25:42our rear cover. All looking good, ready
  684. 25:44to present or ready to print. And that's
  685. 25:46all from within Rayon, all within your
  686. 25:48browser from your model canvas and your
  687. 25:50paper canvas. Great work following
  688. 25:52along. You've just learned how to
  689. 25:54transform technical drawings like floor
  690. 25:56plan, sections, and milwork drawings
  691. 25:58into a complete client ready
  692. 25:59presentation with Rayon. And now you
  693. 26:01know how to take those raw drawings and
  694. 26:03elevate them with a cover sheet, legend,
  695. 26:06mood board, and FFN sheet. turning
  696. 26:08technical details into a stunning
  697. 26:10presentation that will win client buyin
  698. 26:12and showcases your ideas professionally.
  699. 26:15Remember, Rayon lets you create and
  700. 26:17present everything in one place, so you
  701. 26:19can spend less time switching tools and
  702. 26:21more time designing. If you want to put
  703. 26:23today's lessons into practice, don't
  704. 26:25forget to download the free template
  705. 26:27linked below. If you'd like more
  706. 26:29personalized guidance, you can always
  707. 26:30book a one-to-one demo with the Rayon
  708. 26:32team. Finally, be sure to like and
  709. 26:35subscribe for more tutorials and share
  710. 26:36your thoughts or questions in the
  711. 26:38comments. I'd love to hear your
  712. 26:39feedback. Thanks for watching and I'll
  713. 26:41see you in the next one.

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