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0:00What if you could scan a space in
0:02minutes and turn it into a fully styled
0:04architectural drawing set the same day?
0:06From laser scan to complete drawing set,
0:09here's how to do it accurately,
0:11efficiently, and fully cloud-based. In
0:14this video, I'll show you how to go from
0:15a real world space scan to a fully
0:17detailed architectural drawing set using
0:19IMAP and Rayon Design. First, we'll see
0:22how to capture a space with IMAP's fast
0:25and precise laser scanning workflow.
0:27Then we'll export the scan as a DXF and
0:30transform it inside of Rayon into a
0:32clean, styled, presentation ready
0:35drawing set, all just in a few steps.
0:37[music] So, let's get started.
0:42Let's start by reviewing IMAP's scanner.
0:44It's an affordable, fast, and precise 2D
0:47laser scanner designed [music] for
0:48remodeling professionals who need 100%
0:50reliable measurements with a lightweight
0:52process. IMAP captures floor plans in
0:56minutes, helping you measure every space
0:58with confidence and save hours on
0:59[music] site. Set the IMAP on its tripod
1:02to the center of the room. Press one
1:04button and it will scan the entire space
1:06with plus or minus 2 mm accuracy at a
1:09range of 30 m in under 3 minutes. At the
1:12same time, the device captures five
1:14wide-angle reference photos to
1:15understand the space at 360°. IMAP can
1:19take horizontal scans in just one tap.
1:21Or by rotating it on its tripod, you can
1:24take vertical scans that allow you to
1:26measure ceiling heights, roof slopes,
1:28and stair angles. By combining them in
1:30your drawing software, you can create
1:31detailed 3D or 2D models. You can also
1:34control it via your phone using the IMAP
1:37Connect app. Use the built-in bubble
1:39level to ensure IMAP is level before
1:41measuring. And when the scan is done,
1:43it's uploaded straight to the cloud. No
1:46SD cards, no cables, no waiting. That
1:49means your files are instantly available
1:50to your team. Moreover, with a simple
1:53sharable link, anyone you [music] choose
1:55can view the project wherever they are,
1:57so everyone in the project is in sync.
1:59Its algorithm automatically stitches the
2:01scanners together for you, instantly
2:03generating an accurate 2D layout that's
2:05detailed enough to capture crooked
2:07angles and walls, door jambs, tile
2:10lines, window frames, and more. Every
2:12measurement point is linked to its
2:14original reference photo, so you'll
2:16always know exactly where it was taken.
2:18You can even use IMAP outdoors with a
2:20range of up to 25 m. Measure room
2:23angles, distances between any points,
2:25wall thicknesses, and room areas, so you
2:27can create quick estimates, and share
2:29measurements instantly with your team.
2:31With the automatic floor plan feature,
2:33you can accurately see wall thicknesses
2:35and easily place window openings and
2:37doors with a single click. Once your
2:39edits are complete, you can export them
2:41to your favorite drawing software. IMAP
2:43works seamlessly with drafting and
2:44design software thanks to supporting
2:46DWG, STL, and IFC files. So, [music] now
2:50you've got a glimpse of how IMAP works.
2:52Let's export a scan measurement as a DXF
2:55and import it into Rayon Design to turn
2:57it into our full architectural drawing
2:59set [music] in just three simple steps.
3:02So, let's jump in. Let's start by
3:03importing the DXF file, scaling it
3:05properly, and cleaning it up so we can
3:07work efficiently and create this
3:09professional document set. First, I'll
3:11import the DXF file generated by IMAP.
3:14We'll go to import, and I'll find it in
3:18my downloads, which is a uh DXF file.
3:22So, you can see here there are a number
3:23of toggles that I can turn off and on.
3:25Um, I don't want to choose any of those,
3:26so I'll go to import. So, this just
3:28takes a second to convert the model. So
3:30you can see here that since this comes
3:32through a 3D scan, the geometry is very
3:34accurate, but it does also include these
3:36redundant lines. So first thing we want
3:38to do is make sure that the scan is
3:40scaled correctly. So I'm going to choose
3:43[music]
3:44two points. So these two main wall
3:47points here that see that it's 10.29 m.
3:50So that's fine. So we're coming in in
3:52meters. So we'll come in and press
3:54continue. So now we know that this has
3:56been imported um to scale and that
3:58ensures that everything we draw, walls,
4:00openings, furniture, they'll all be
4:02precise. Now we can clean this up using
4:05the layer panel. So the one thing that I
4:07want to do is be able to separate out
4:09the very accurate but obviously messy
4:13overlay layers into the more um refined
4:16floor plan layers. So you can see here
4:19I'm going to create a new group and I'm
4:22going to call that import.
4:25And I'm going to drag all of these
4:27layers that aren't the one that say
4:30floor plans into that import subfolder.
4:34So then I just have those two folders.
4:36So floor plan [music] and import. I'll
4:38select that as my active layer and I
4:40will turn off my import layer. And what
4:43I'm left with is that cleaned up floor
4:45plan. So that's with all of those input
4:48datas being rationalized by IMAP and
4:51turned into this 2D drawn information.
4:54So that gives us this clean working
4:56environment whilst also keeping the
4:58original data intact. Now that our plan
5:00is scaled and cleaned up, we can set the
5:03foundations. There are two ways that I
5:05would approach this and you can choose
5:07the one that best fits your workflow.
5:09Okay, so option one is to simply work
5:11with these vector lines, the ones that
5:13have been imported. We know that they're
5:15accurate and flexible, but we can also
5:17edit them to show them how exactly we
5:19[music] want um the drawing to appear.
5:22We can also delete or refine the line
5:24styles [music]
5:25to improve the aesthetic quality say. So
5:27at the moment, if we click in one, we
5:29have a current line thickness. So I
5:32could decide that my external wall wants
5:35to be thicker. So I can go in there, I
5:37can increase the thickness of that line,
5:39and I could say that is my external
5:44wall style for example and then I could
5:48tab all of these. Click on there
5:52and then everything becomes thicker. I
5:55could also start cleaning out some other
5:56other elements. So for example, we could
5:59say actually the lines between the
6:02windows that show the voids, you know,
6:05they want to be something lighter like
6:08so. And then I could just add in
6:12some lighter lines that show the window
6:16sill below. Similarly, I could start
6:19filling if I wanted to. So just using
6:21the bucket tool which exists down here.
6:24So we go to bucket and [music] again I
6:28could set a style. So I could say
6:31actually this is wool fill and I could
6:35say that it wants to be a sort of mid
6:38gray color and that means that any of
6:41those that I chose would have that same
6:44fill and that very quickly starts to
6:48show the drawing very clearly. Similarly
6:51I can do exactly the same for the
6:52internal. So I could use the bucket tool
6:56again
6:57and I could say the internal areas have
6:59a tone and you know that could be
7:02something different. It could be a
7:04hatch. It could be a pattern you know.
7:06So for example we could say it's a very
7:09light [music] crosshatch. We can change
7:12the scale of that to say
7:1635 for example.
7:18And again, I can save that as a as a
7:22style. So any of these fills, I can just
7:26hatch that [music] through. And that's a
7:27very basic floor plan. Now, now that's
7:30fine. That's a fast workflow for an
7:32initial design phase or a feasibility.
7:35But option two would be to redraw the
7:37wall elements with rayon walls, which
7:40are inherently smarter and more
7:42flexible. That's the way I'd um suggest
7:44you went. So what I want to do now is I
7:46create a new layer and we'll call this
7:51existing for example. [music] I can lock
7:54this layer and now I want to go in and
7:58just measure 37. So I can set up a ray
8:01on wall that is [music]
8:0537.
8:07That's something nice and bright so I
8:08can see it. I'll save that as
8:12uh external
8:15wall for example [music] and then I can
8:17start drawing and this is very quickly
8:20just tracing these elements like that
8:24and then I can do the same for the
8:26internal walls [music] as well very
8:28quickly. So you can see there I can turn
8:30off my original and now I have all of
8:32those as smart rayon walls. And then we
8:35can go in and we can add doors, windows,
8:38all of those different elements which
8:39we've had in the block library. So the
8:40block library is over here. We have all
8:43of our pre-built blocks. If I want to
8:45add a window or a door, I can go to
8:47opening um and I can select what I want.
8:50So a window or a door. Select that. And
8:53then I can very quickly
8:57>> [music]
8:59>> start putting these into the wall and I
9:01can even go in and adjust them
9:04afterwards as well. So, I could turn on
9:07my floor plan [music]
9:10and then I can adjust these, snap those
9:13to those openings, [music] make sure
9:15everything's nice and accurate. But, it
9:17just allows you to be a lot quicker and
9:19smarter with your workflow. I would just
9:22really recommend it um to future proof
9:24your work and um be able to use this as
9:27a workflow moving forward. Now, let's
9:29take this plan from the simple enclosure
9:31into something that's fully populated.
9:33So, we can use things from the block
9:36library. So, our furniture, symbols,
9:38trees, people. The really great thing is
9:41that they're all available in um front,
9:44side, and top view. So, they're relevant
9:46for my plans, my sections, and my
9:48elevations. And you can see here we have
9:50a variety of, you know, anything you
9:52would want. Um, a guitar, a bed, um, an
9:55armchair, an elevation marker. And they
9:58come in this library of all these
10:00different subfolders. So things from,
10:03you know, bedrooms, commercial,
10:05electrical symbols, gyms, you know,
10:07anything I would want. For example, if I
10:09wanted to put some living room layouts
10:13in, I just very easily drag and drop
10:16that into the space. And the really good
10:19thing about these is if I go to open
10:21just on this left hand side, I can see
10:24that front and side view which relates
10:26to my plan which for me is perfect. I
10:29can do exactly the same thing. Um say I
10:31wanted to find a bed for example. I
10:33could just search for [music] bed find
10:36that in the individual blocks and again
10:38I can say maybe this one looks good. So
10:42I can drag and drop that, [music]
10:44put that in the space. And just as
10:46before, if I wanted to include that
10:48front or side view, I've got those here
10:51as well. And I know that they match that
10:53plan viewing. The other great thing is
10:55that Rayan have introduced parametric
10:57blocks. So let's take a door for
10:59example. So I can go to my opening and I
11:03can choose a different block here. Um,
11:06and let's find a door. So, anything with
11:09this little symbol here where it says
11:12parametric, that means it can be swapped
11:15and changed in terms of its dimensions
11:17while still retaining its overall um
11:20geometry. So, let's find a door. Here we
11:23go. Up here, we'll press select. [music]
11:25And that means that I can load this in.
11:28So, let's add a door onto our living
11:31room. I can choose the direction swing
11:34of the door. And you can see here that
11:36where I have these arrows, I can stretch
11:40this without affecting um or stretching
11:43the geometry. Everything stays locked in
11:46that. I can also, you know, increase the
11:49jam width if I wanted to. So it plays
11:52perfectly into getting this very
11:54accurate door position based on our IMAP
11:57survey. And that works exactly the same
11:59way as if it was, you know, let's say a
12:01sliding door for example. So, we can
12:03select that here and I can say there's a
12:05sliding door to here. And again, if we
12:08just zoom in, you can see those arrows.
12:11So, I can even determine how open or
12:13closed the sliding door appears on the
12:15plan, how big overall is, and if I need
12:19to increase the jam width at all. So,
12:21they work really, really well. The other
12:23great thing is that I can now go in and
12:25start to think of the style of the plan.
12:28for example. So, I'm just going to hide
12:30my floor pan behind. And I'm going to
12:33say [music] actually this style, you
12:35know, that was fine for when I was
12:36drawing it, but maybe this wants to be,
12:39you know, a bit more aesthetically sort
12:41of considered exactly the same thing
12:44with [music] this one. I could say maybe
12:45that wants to be the same color. Same
12:47with these. And you'll notice that
12:50anywhere which is saved as a style, I
12:53just change it in that style tab. And I
12:54don't need to go through and start
12:56affecting all the different things. It
12:57does all of that automatically. Now that
12:59our base plan and layout are ready,
13:01let's enhance it. Okay, I've just spent
13:03a little bit more time adding some
13:04furniture. You can see some of the trees
13:06in the background as well. So, the next
13:08things I want to look at are one adding
13:11zones. So, that will give you um not
13:14only texture on the floor plans, but
13:16also an area. So if I go down here to
13:18zones, I can very quickly click zones
13:21into these spaces um and they are
13:24reading the boundary of those rooms and
13:26that gives me this overall area amount
13:29as well. So I can change the tag of this
13:34to give it a title. See there? And the
13:38other really good thing is that I can go
13:39in and I can change the style. So the
13:41visual style of that as well. So I could
13:43add in a hatch. Let's say I could add in
13:47texture maybe. So why don't we add in a
13:50wooden floor or in the bedrooms we could
13:54add in a carpet.
13:57Make sure that these are all set to the
13:59back of our layer. So we get the
14:01furniture in front and then maybe the
14:03three bathrooms we add in a tile
14:06texture. We can go and we can edit that
14:09texture as well. So you know say those
14:11te those tiles are actually coming up
14:13too big.
14:15make those a bit smaller. [music] And as
14:17long as I tab them through, everything
14:19matches.
14:21Yeah, I can even say, oh, actually the
14:22tone of that um that timber is a bit
14:25much. So, let's So, let's bring the
14:28exposure down [music] and the
14:29saturation, make it a bit more muted. I
14:32can even go in and change the size of my
14:36tags. So, you see there, I can just
14:38select those, pick a style, and make
14:41those match with the other. The other
14:43thing I can do is add dimensions. So
14:46again to our layers, we'll just add an
14:50annotation
14:51layer. And then I can go to dimensions
14:54[music] and I can pull these off my
14:57walls. And exactly the same as with all
15:00the other styles. I can change the size
15:02of these. I could say, you know,
15:05actually they want to be a bright color.
15:07[music]
15:07And I can change the size
15:11of the ends just like that. And I can
15:14even save that as a style. So I'll call
15:17that dimension A. And then any of these
15:21others, I'll just make sure that I pick
15:22a style. There we go. So do exactly the
15:27same on this side.
15:30And again, I just select these,
15:33pick a style, and then match those. And
15:36then lastly, I could do something like
15:38add a shadow. Now, [music] this is very,
15:40very simple. So, I just create a
15:43polyline. I can just trace the outline
15:46of my floor plan just here.
15:51Complete that. I'll remove the stroke.
15:53I'll set that to black and set it to
15:55something like 15%.
15:5810%.
15:59That just helps give it a little bit of
16:01a lift. [music] And lastly, we could do
16:03something similar, you know, with a
16:05patio area over here. So again, I'm just
16:08tracing my polyline. I set that with a
16:12texture. I'll say maybe there's some
16:15stone paving here. Maybe it's a bit
16:17lighter texture. Correct layer. And
16:20there we go. So with that all set up and
16:22looking good, let's put it on a sheet.
16:24So you can see here that I have my model
16:26canvas. Um, but I also have a paper
16:28canvas, and that's where I create my
16:30sheets. So I'll start by creating a
16:32page. So I'll set that as an A3 over
16:36here on the right hand side. I can set
16:37that as portrait or landscape. I'll go
16:40to my block library. And [music] there
16:43are pre-built um title sheets which work
16:47really really well. So if I scroll down
16:50to title blocks and annotations, you can
16:52see one of them here. So I can just drag
16:54and drop that onto my sheet. I can fully
16:57customize those or make my own [music]
16:59if I wanted to. And I'll jump back to
17:02layers and set up a new view. So, this
17:04is basically where I'm looking back at
17:07the model canvas, which is here. I can
17:10scale my uh view. I can set the scale
17:15here. Let's say it's 1 to 50. [music]
17:17And then I can crop here and here, which
17:21you can see here. [music]
17:22Brilliant. And then what do I do with
17:24that? So, I can export a PDF. So to
17:27export a PDF, we just go to menu, export
17:30PDF, and I can do that. Here I can
17:33confirm the title, the format, so PDF or
17:36PNG if I wanted to, the image quality,
17:38and then the stroke scale. So depending
17:40on how you're viewing it, how those
17:42strokes are showing up. That's the kind
17:44of oldfashioned way. Um, but the best
17:46way I found is to share this. So I can
17:48share this over here. So I could share
17:51this with my boss for them to review it.
17:53I could share this with a teammate or a
17:55collaborator. [music] Um, but the really
17:57great thing is to be able to share as a
17:59presentation. So for a client, for
18:00example, so we'll just swipe this little
18:03toggle here and that gives me an
18:05address. So a web URL and I can give
18:08that to my client and they will be able
18:09to view this PDF. See that here if we
18:12open it. So there we go. So that's the
18:15perfectly looking PDF of that floor
18:17plan. [music] The really really powerful
18:19thing is that if I went in and I said,
18:22"Oh, actually,
18:24you know, [music] maybe my annotations
18:26look a bit strong and they want to be
18:29this similar greeny color. Make that a
18:32bit more muted." When I go back into my
18:34paper canvas, I can go to share again
18:36and you'll see this little update
18:37button. So that's if anything has been
18:39updated since that link was published.
18:41So I'll press update and that will
18:43update that. It doesn't change the link,
18:45which is perfect because the client is
18:46only having to look at one place.
18:48[music]
18:49But when I go back into it, just take a
18:51second to load and you see that there.
18:53So, it's been updated. [music] Perfect.
18:55And that's it. From a space scan in IMAP
18:58to a fully designed and styled drawing
19:00set in Rayon Design. [music] In this
19:02workflow, you can move from onsite
19:04measurement to professional
19:05documentation faster, more accurately,
19:08and completely cloud-based. Try it
19:10yourself using the free links below and
19:12see how much time you can save on your
19:14next project. Thanks so much for
19:15watching.
19:18>> [music]

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