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0:02Welcome to the fourth lesson of the
0:04interior design fundamentals course. My
0:06name is Valerie and I'm the owner and
0:09lead designer of Viola House. And in
0:11this lesson, we'll be covering how we
0:13create millwork drawings that are easy
0:15to use, easy to read by everyone during
0:18the project. Millwork drawings is where
0:21your design vision becomes actually
0:23buildable. Whatever it is, a custom
0:25headboard, kitchen cabinetry, built-in
0:28bench, your drawings need to be precise
0:30to ensure that they can build exactly as
0:34you planned them. In this class, I'll
0:36walk you through how I built millwork
0:38drawings using rayon design. In my
0:41experience, this is the program that
0:43allows you to build them faster and more
0:45efficient and precise. We'll go through
0:48line work and dimensions to materials
0:50and annotations. And I'll share my tips
0:53and tricks and visual standards I use to
0:56keep my drawings clean, efficient, and
0:58client ready. And as always, you can
1:00download a free template in the
1:02description below and follow along. So,
1:05let's jump in. So, mule workshop
1:07drawings are not just for fabricators.
1:09They're one of the most important
1:11communication tools for the entire
1:13project team including clients,
1:15contractors. So today we'll review the
1:19mill workshop drawings that we've
1:20prepared for this project. It's a lot of
1:23information. It's a lot of details and a
1:26good mill work drawing should be as
1:28detailed as possible. You should include
1:31your plan, elevations, a separate
1:34section for each element. also
1:37dimensions, materials, construction
1:40details, all of this to make sure that
1:43you can minimize your mistakes and
1:46everyone is on the same page and
1:49everyone understands what the direction
1:51is, what you're working on, what
1:53specifically is requested from the
1:55contractor, from the fabricator. Can it
1:58be done? When you do it as detailed as
2:01this, this eliminates a lot of questions
2:03and a lot of back and forth between all
2:07the parties, everyone, clients,
2:09contractors, they already have this
2:11information available. So, think of it
2:13as a mini instruction manual. The
2:16clearer it is, the more detailed it is,
2:19the smoother fabrication and install
2:21installation process will be. So, in
2:24this drawing set, we're focusing on
2:26bedroom, kitchen, and wardrobe. And as
2:29you can see, there are different views
2:31of the middlework drawings. So right
2:34here, for example, we have a plan view
2:37that's kind of the bird's eye view that
2:40you can use as part of the floor plan.
2:42There is an elevation view. So this is a
2:45view looking straight up to the bed.
2:48There's also a detail view or um section
2:52view which is a little bit more detailed
2:56into how this bed frame is going to be
2:58constructed, how it's going to be hung,
3:00and what support is needed and how it's
3:04going to be built. So, same thing in
3:06this bedroom. You have the top view as a
3:10floor plan that kind of gives you a
3:12general idea. You have the elevation
3:15that has a little bit more detail of
3:17what the items are made from, how it's
3:20constructed, and then you have a section
3:24cut out in two different viewpoints that
3:27tells you how the um nightstand is going
3:31to be attached and how the headboard is
3:34going to be built as well. To help us be
3:36more specific, we like to use
3:38annotations like this that specify what
3:40it is, what materials they the items are
3:44made from, any kind of specific
3:46information that we want to highlight.
3:49So, everyone is aware and everyone is on
3:52the same page. And there are a couple of
3:54ways of how you can do that. One way is
3:56to add an arrow. So, we can add an arrow
3:59like this. Uh, so let's do it to the
4:02junction box for example. And if we want
4:06to keep it consistent in terms of style
4:08with this one, we select this arrow
4:10right here, then click pick style and
4:14then click on this one. So, as you can
4:16see, it matched it, but it did it in the
4:19opposite direction. So, to flip it,
4:23we're just going to click this button
4:24right here to flip horizontally. And
4:27right here, it it made it more
4:29consistent with how it looks like. Then
4:31you can add a text box right here
4:36and say that it's a junction box for
4:39example. And again, same thing. We
4:41select the text, pick style, and select
4:45this item right here to make it look
4:48exactly the same. So that's one way to
4:51do it. The other way to do it is to add
4:53a leader. So we'll do it for this LED
4:56style. So you could see you can do it
4:58like this.
5:02There you go. And we're going to write
5:04LED light. You can even add a hyperlink
5:08here if you want. And again, if you want
5:11to keep text consistent, you can just
5:13pick style and click here to make it
5:17look exactly the same. Okay. And of
5:19course, you can change and um edit the
5:23style of your arrows, edit the style of
5:26how you want this to look like. So if
5:28you want the text to be blue or red, you
5:32can do that as well.
5:35So any color you can keep it black. You
5:39can change the opacity too.
5:42And if you want to change the stroke,
5:45you can even add dash. And there are
5:47different options.
5:49So we can do dots for example. And if
5:52you don't like the 10 increments, we can
5:55change it to five or maybe even two.
6:01And the weight could be changed, too.
6:03So, we can make it a little bit bigger
6:05as well.
6:07So, lots of different options.
6:11I think I'll prefer this hidden line
6:13here, but I don't want it to be this
6:16black. So, I'm going to just switch the
6:18opacity to make it a little bit lighter
6:20and less visible.
6:23But the text I want to keep black. So,
6:28there it is. Perfect. And to make it
6:32even easier, you want to keep the
6:34graphics task consistent between the
6:37whole join set to make it more readable
6:40for people and um more uniform across
6:43the whole section. You can also build
6:46your own annotation and symbol style
6:49guide for your team, for example, or to
6:52include on the drawing so everyone knows
6:55what the expectations are. So again, you
6:57don't have to go back and forth and you
6:59know that all of those things are
7:01already specified and um you know what
7:04they would look like from project to
7:06project. In my opinion, professional
7:09milwork drawings doesn't have to be just
7:11technical. They can also be beautiful
7:13and visualizing it very well helps
7:16everyone especially clients that might
7:19not have the mindset and the ability to
7:22see how the project will come together.
7:24This helps a lot but it also is packed
7:27with different kinds of information and
7:29measurements and all kinds of things
7:31that are helpful to the fabricator to
7:33the contractor to the vendors of the
7:36appliances and all kinds of things. So
7:39for this instance, we added the tile
7:41backsplash at the back. And of course,
7:44you can change the color of the kitchen,
7:45the material, anything that you like. So
7:48you can just click here into edit style.
7:51And then in the fill section, you can
7:53select gradient effect, texture, hatch,
7:57or image. So I want to select an image,
8:00and I'm going to use this wooden texture
8:02right here. So there you go. This is how
8:05it has changed very quickly, very
8:08efficiently. And again, if you want to
8:10see a little bit more, you can
8:13definitely change the opacity.
8:16So, for example, we can use it as let's
8:19do 75%.
8:23So, it communicates the intent, but you
8:25can still see all of these jars, how
8:28everything is going to be constructed,
8:30how everything is going to be made. So
8:32it's very easy to understand. So there
8:35you go. And this is definitely an image
8:37that I would love to send to clients
8:39because it communicates the intent a lot
8:42a lot better and um to make sure that
8:45you're on the same page and they know
8:47what they're proven. They know how it's
8:49going to look like even without 3D
8:52renders or any kind of complicated
8:54collages. You can just use the same
8:56drawing in your client deliverables as
9:00well. So this is really nice feature.
9:03And of course all of the items that you
9:06see here in the drawing like the fridge,
9:08the dishwasher, faucet, oven, you don't
9:11need to draw them by hand. They're
9:13already saved in the library of rand
9:17design. So if you go right here under
9:19blocks and click on library,
9:22you can see all kinds of different
9:24options. And they are also organized by
9:27room, by different category.
9:31Or you can also search it up. Let's say
9:33if we want to see coffee machine and we
9:36want to add it to the drawing as well.
9:39Let's do this one for example. So you
9:41just drag it into the drawing. Can
9:43adjust the size and scale if you want.
9:47And another thing that I really like is
9:48that all of the items have different
9:50viewpoints. This is a top view for
9:53example, but you don't really see it
9:55here because it's going to be hidden by
9:56the upper cabinets. So, we want to make
10:00sure that it's visible here on this
10:02drawing. So, we go to the right side
10:04into the block instance. Click on this
10:08item here. And as you can see, there are
10:10different views of the same item. So,
10:13for example, we're going to change it to
10:15the front view.
10:18Going to make it slightly bigger. I'm
10:20going to place it right here on the
10:22contract. And there you go. So, it's
10:24very easy and very intuitive and uh
10:26saves you a ton of time as well. Another
10:29feature that I really like in rayon
10:31design is using especially for mill work
10:34is when you have millwork drawings like
10:37this that are kind of sliced. So, you
10:39could see the different wall materials,
10:41you can see an insulation, you can see
10:43the flooring, all kinds of things. and
10:46you don't want to make them different
10:48colors and create a legend so everything
10:50looks kind of out of place. It's just a
10:53whole mess. There is a hatch feature. So
10:56you can select this item right here for
10:58example and instead of color you can do
11:01either texture or hatch. So there are
11:03different types of patterns that you can
11:06use to communicate what kind of material
11:09this is without attracting too much
11:12attention to it. These are all kinds of
11:14different options and you can use them,
11:16you can modify them, you can change the
11:19stroke, you can change the color, add
11:21the background, whatever you want to do.
11:23So, it's very, very creative. And of
11:26course, if you have multiple blocks and
11:28you want to match their style, you don't
11:30have to do it manually every single
11:32time. You can just um kind of duplicate
11:35it into the same block. So, you just
11:37select the block that you want to
11:39update, pick the style that you like,
11:41and it's going to copy it right here. So
11:43it's going to look exactly the same. So
11:45as you can see, you can easily create
11:47all kinds of drawings in Rayon design
11:50and you can do it all in one program
11:52which is really great. You don't have to
11:54export the files. You can have don't
11:56have to upload them somewhere else. All
11:58of this is done in one place and that
12:00makes the process much much faster. When
12:02you work on large scale projects, you
12:04want all the documents to be very
12:07specific and organized. And the title
12:10page like this one helps you do exactly
12:13that. So you can add different kinds of
12:15information. For example, your company
12:18name, the project. For example, this one
12:20is a forest shelf nightstand. You can
12:23add project address, notes, scale, date,
12:27when it was edited, who it was edited
12:30by. if there are multiple people on your
12:32team. You can also add a section with
12:35revisions, what kind of revisions were
12:37made and when. So, all of this
12:40information really helps you keep track
12:42of all the updates and all of the
12:45information
12:46um during the project. So, I would
12:49definitely do that. And when you're
12:52creating milwork drawings, it's
12:53important to make sure that you include
12:55all kinds of different information from
12:57different viewpoints as well. So, as you
13:00can see here, we have a floor plan. So,
13:03just kind of a um view from the top side
13:06view that indicates how the headboard is
13:09going to be constructed, what's needed
13:11to be uh what's needed to make sure that
13:15we can actually build that. And we have
13:18a front view as well that gives you a
13:20little bit more information about the
13:22materials and how the items are
13:24positioned
13:26in the space.
13:29And same thing here. It's a different
13:31bedroom, but same type of idea. We have
13:34a floor plan. Um kind of the top view,
13:37the headboard elevation. So the side and
13:40front view here as well. And the
13:43headboard elevation. So the just the
13:45overview of all the dimensions of how
13:48everything comes together in the end.
13:51And of course to keep track of all of
13:53that, it's great to use the um
13:57and of course to keep track of that and
13:59make sure that everyone understands what
14:02you're trying to achieve here. It's
14:05great to have the titles. We just use
14:07this simple format and um keep them
14:10consistent throughout your drawing set
14:13to make just not to distract too much
14:16from the drawing set but to make sure
14:18that everything is anndated and
14:20everything is very clear and organized.
14:23So, another suggestion that I would love
14:25to share that helped me save so much
14:27time is to create a new model with all
14:30of your uh mill work elevations,
14:33everything that you worked with for in
14:36the past and that will be your kind of
14:39internal library. So, you can just
14:41reference that and you can adjust things
14:44as you go. It's much easier than
14:46starting every drawing from scratch. So,
14:49it saves you a lot of time. So right
14:51here for example I have the title sheet.
14:55So I just copy it as Xord and then we
14:59paste it right here.
15:02Okay. So as you can see it's much faster
15:04to do it this way and just edit this
15:07information in the properties and just
15:10change the project name, change the
15:13drawing name and um everything's going
15:16to be updated much easier. And of
15:19course, same idea for any kind of
15:21architectural details or legends for
15:24example as well. If you know that you're
15:27using the same type of materials or same
15:30type of construction, you can just
15:32select these items from here and copy
15:34and paste them into your working
15:36drawings for a new project. So that
15:38saves you a lot of time. It takes a
15:40little bit of time to build the library
15:42and the more projects you do, the easier
15:44it gets, but it's definitely worth doing
15:47that and investing time in doing that.
15:49You can make your process much much
15:51faster. If you have any questions or you
15:54need a little bit more guidance, you can
15:55now book a one-on-one demo with Rayon
15:58team in the description below. That
16:01wraps up my Milwork drawing secrets. I
16:03hope that this lesson gave you clarity
16:05and confidence and tools in order to
16:08create beautiful and detailed millwork
16:11drawing. With RAN, you can bring your
16:13millwork ideas to life and manage all of
16:16the stages in one place from concept to
16:19construction. Don't forget to download
16:21your free template below and try
16:23building your own blocks, annotation
16:25styles, and reference models. See you
16:28there.
16:30[Music]

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