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0:04Custom millwork is one of the most
0:05impactful parts of an interior design
0:07project. Cabinetry, joinery, built-in
0:10[music] storage, these elements define
0:12how a space actually functions. But
0:14they're also where [music] the designers
0:15tend to lose the most time on the
0:16drawing board. Every project starts with
0:18the same process, redrawing [music]
0:20cabinets, redrawing shelving, redrawing
0:22details that are actually just very
0:24similar to the last project. So, in this
0:26video I want to show a different
0:27approach. Instead of redrawing millwork
0:30from scratch every time, we'll start to
0:31build a reusable repository. A system
0:34[music] where your cabinetry drawings,
0:35joinery details, and design ideas
0:37compound over time. I'll walk through
0:39how to import an existing drawing, turn
0:41it into a flexible template, and build a
0:43library that you can reuse across
0:44projects. If you want to follow along,
0:46there's a link in the description where
0:47you can create a free Rayon account. So,
0:49let's dive into it.
0:53So, the first thing that we're going to
0:53do is import an existing DWG floor plan.
0:56Where we start identifying certain
0:58elements, certain millwork that we want
1:00to create a repository from. And
1:02importing a DWG is really simple. Head
1:04to the top left corner, we'll import it
1:06into Rayon. You can then set the scale,
1:09make sure that it's correct scale,
1:11import it, [music] and then you can see
1:12here now we have a floor plan. Looks a
1:14little bit messy, but we can then start
1:16[music] adjusting and customizing this
1:18floor plan to make it look and feel
1:21professional.
1:22So, we can do this by changing some of
1:25the fills of these [music] furniture
1:27elements, for example. So, if you select
1:29the element, double click in, we can
1:31then change the style to
1:33>> [music]
1:33>> a white fill, for example. So, a solid
1:35white fill. Changing some of these
1:37elements such as these people sat
1:39outside of the table. Double clicking
1:40again, [music]
1:41change the fill to a solid white. And as
1:44long as the the kind of floor finish is
1:46in the background, and the furniture or
1:49people are on top, then you should have
1:51a solid white fill over the top. Fast
1:53forward a bit of time to get something
1:55[music] like this.
1:56Now, what I want to focus on to build
1:58this millwork storage wall is there's
2:01this element here in this floor plan
2:02that I want to
2:03>> [music]
2:03>> kind of create as a kind of storage
2:04unit, a storage cabinet, that we can
2:06then work into. And there's also some
2:08other elements that we could potentially
2:10build
2:11>> [music]
2:11>> um some millwork drawings from. So,
2:13instead of thinking about each millwork
2:15drawing as a one-off task, we can start
2:17building a template system. So, I'm
2:18going to create a model canvas, and I'll
2:20show you all of these examples of
2:23cabinetry typologies that I have located
2:25here.
2:26The different examples that I want to
2:27talk through are base cabinets, wall
2:29cabinets, [music]
2:30shelving systems, joinery details. And
2:32you can see here in Rayon we have a full
2:35suite of those. And so, the idea, of
2:37course, is instead of [music] redrawing
2:39many elements, we have them here located
2:41as a repository that we can then use and
2:44copy across different [music] projects.
2:46And so, here you can see that I've got a
2:48fairly kind of basic suite of joinery
2:51details, cabinets, shelving, etc. You
2:53can see here that they're all kind of
2:54>> [music]
2:55>> black and white, they're all quite
2:56simple and basic. We have lots of
2:58different types of options here that we
3:00can work into. And the idea is that
3:02we're now going to start [music]
3:03basically building a style into these,
3:05making them a little bit more graphic,
3:07and [music] making them a little bit
3:08cleaner, so they're ready for a
3:10presentation format. Now, what we can
3:12use the style panel, this is really
3:14easy. If you want to select any element,
3:15you can head to the right-hand side
3:17[music] here, where you can then change
3:19the fill, stroke, or thickness of this
3:22element, for example. In this case, you
3:23can change it to any color. You can
3:25change it to a gray, for example. And
3:28then we can select multiple elements.
3:31Now, once you're happy with the color
3:32and the style of that element, you can
3:34then save that as a style. So, [music]
3:36if you click the plus button on the
3:37right-hand side, you can save that as a
3:39style. And then you can select multiple
3:41elements across your drawing, and then
3:44pick that style using [music] this pick
3:45style item. Then you'll see that that
3:48style is now going to be applied
3:50across the drawing. Now, the beauty of
3:52this is that now if you select that
3:53element you want to change that style to
3:55red, for example, or a different tone of
3:57gray, it will apply it to across all of
4:00those elements that have that style
4:02assigned to them.
4:03Now, with some of these horizontal
4:05elements, we can then maybe apply a kind
4:07of
4:08uh a brownie, creamy uh color to it. We
4:11can then save that also as a style.
4:13Select certain of elements that [music]
4:15we also want to apply that tone to. We
4:18can then pick style. Then all of a
4:19sudden now we're getting that kind of
4:21timber [music] effect and finish to the
4:23drawing. We can do the same with the
4:24floor. If we wanted to add a kind of
4:26timber floor finish, we can select that
4:28element and we can apply a [music]
4:29texture. So, we're going to apply a
4:32timber texture to that element.
4:35Now, we can do that across the
4:37elevation, section, floor plan. And now,
4:39[music]
4:40all of a sudden, when you zoom out
4:42across all of our drawing, we have lots
4:44of different styles. So, we've worked
4:45into here, we've added lots of different
4:47textures. [music]
4:48We've added lots of different styles.
4:49You can even add or upload an image of a
4:53kind of finish [music] that you're after
4:54to apply to a drawing. And you can have
4:56that now uh populated across your
4:58drawing as a style.
5:00And you can see here now that by of
5:02course adding some kind of textures,
5:05hatches, styles, colors, uh you have a
5:07much more kind of realistic [music] idea
5:10and perception of these elements. And
5:13so, now we're kind of building up this
5:14repository to get it to a point with the
5:16level of detail and [music] material
5:18finish, so that we can then use it on a
5:20regular basis. And the idea is that over
5:22time this becomes a library of
5:24solutions.
5:24>> [music]
5:24>> And the more projects you complete, the
5:26more valuable this repository becomes.
5:28Your work compounds instead of resetting
5:30[music] to zero.
5:33And another thing that speeds up
5:35millwork drawings is [music] having
5:36reliable components and blocks or
5:38families. Rayon includes a block library
5:41of over 10,000 blocks, including
5:43furniture, fixtures, architectural
5:45[music] elements, people, plants.
5:47Whatever you could possibly wish for is
5:48in here. And I can place blocks directly
5:50into the drawing [music]
5:51to test layouts and proportions.
5:53Parametric blocks are particularly
5:54useful for elements like cabinets or
5:56shelving, because you can quickly adjust
5:58their size. And if you need something
5:59specific, you can also [music] generate
6:01custom blocks using AI. But the key here
6:04is consistency. Once a block or detail
6:07works well, it becomes part of your
6:08personal design system. And you can find
6:11all of these blocks in the block library
6:13on the left-hand side here. You'll be
6:14able to search for either blocks in
6:17libraries or and or as individual
6:19blocks. So, if we go to libraries, you
6:20can see here that we've got
6:22pretty much anything you could wish for.
6:23[music] There's different types of
6:24tables, living rooms configurations,
6:26bedrooms, etc. And then if you want to
6:28search for a particular block, in this
6:31case, let's maybe make turn this [music]
6:33into a kind of bookshelf. We type in
6:35books as a single block. We can then
6:37change to maybe front, side, or top
6:40view. In this case, [music] we want a
6:41front view because this is a front
6:43elevation. We can then choose maybe a
6:46set of books that we want to then
6:47[music] pull into our models. You just
6:49drag and drop into place.
6:52Close that down. And then we'll [music]
6:54just position these in. You can then
6:55copy and paste this along. Now, the
6:57beauty of these blocks is that they
6:58don't just come as a front view. They
7:00come as a top, side, and front view. And
7:02so, in this case, you've got this block
7:04which you can select on the right-hand
7:06side as the block instance, [music]
7:07and you can jump between side view,
7:10front view, top-down view, so that when
7:12you're working between floor plans,
7:14section elevations, as [music] we've
7:16discussed here, your blocks will then
7:18match and correspond with each view,
7:20which is really important to make sure
7:21your [music] drawings are consistent.
7:23And so, here we're just going to
7:23position our block into place. I'm going
7:25to start copying it down and populating
7:27the shelving unit. So, we can also have
7:29lots of different types of [music]
7:30books, for example, to add some variety.
7:33And we can populate this elevation to
7:35make it look something [music] like
7:36this, where the the drawing is now all
7:38of a sudden start to show its intended
7:40use. We can also potentially look for a
7:42vinyl player. If we wanted to put a
7:44vinyl player in here,
7:46um if you wanted to pull in then a
7:47chair, so we can then find a chair that
7:49we wanted to drop into place, [music]
7:51so it sits in front of the desk. You can
7:53then copy some of those elements across.
7:55So, take [music] this chair over. We can
7:57then change the view or flip it over,
7:59and then drop it into your plan view,
8:01your side view, and your front view.
8:03So, then now you can [music] then copy
8:05some of these elements like a plant, for
8:07example, copy it over into your
8:08alternative views, [music]
8:10position them into place. Then all of a
8:11sudden, when we zoom out, we've got a
8:13fully populated elevation, section, and
8:16floor plan. Where we've got lots of
8:18different elements here that we've
8:19populated these shelving units. [music]
8:21All of a sudden it is coming to life. It
8:23has that level of detail and that
8:24quality to show that intended use of
8:27these units.
8:28And you can see that throughout all of
8:29these drawings. And a really great
8:31finishing touch is also adding people.
8:32So, you can see here that you can search
8:34for
8:34>> [music]
8:34>> hundreds of people. You've got different
8:36shoes, you've got different elements
8:38here that all help to describe [music]
8:40the use of these kind of furniture
8:43shelving units. And it also adds a
8:45really great level of detail and quality
8:47to [music] them. And now, once we have a
8:49set of details and drawings that we want
8:51to use, what can be really helpful is to
8:54visualize them quickly in three
8:55dimensions. So, instead of building a 3D
8:58model, Rayon's AI tools can generate
9:00axonometric views directly from the
9:02drawing. This [music] is useful for
9:03testing material combinations. You can
9:05do that by let's select this element
9:07[music] here, for example, that we want
9:08to create a 3D view from. Head to the
9:11left-hand side here, and we can generate
9:13something from the Rayon AI panel. So,
9:16you have two options. You can either
9:18>> [music]
9:18>> choose to add a file or add a
9:20screenshot. If we add a screenshot from
9:22this image, [music] we can then do, for
9:24example, generate axonometry.
9:27We can send that off, [music] and then
9:28all of a sudden it will create something
9:29like this,
9:30which is really quite compelling and
9:31useful to show that kind of alternative
9:33[music] view.
9:34Likewise, if you wanted to maybe create
9:36a rendered view of this front shot of
9:39this bedroom, for example, we could grab
9:42another image of that. We can then
9:44prompt it to create a rendered image of
9:46[music] this bedroom layout. Then all of
9:48a sudden it will give us something like
9:49this, which is really [music] great. And
9:52it's really interesting now that when
9:54you you put these side by side, when you
9:55insert this into [music] place.
9:58How powerful and accurate that is and
10:00how realistic this is and how quick that
10:02was to create that. And this is really
10:04helpful for
10:05helping you to not only build this
10:07repository, but when you do have a set
10:09of drawings that you then want to
10:10present to a client and they're
10:11struggling to understand it or to
10:13visualize it,
10:15Rhino has this AI [music]
10:16tool that allows you to really quickly
10:18generate some ideas and to visually show
10:20these ideas.
10:22In the same way you could do this here
10:23with this kind of slightly more zoomed
10:24in
10:25uh elevation of the plant alongside
10:29the bed and as [music] you can see here
10:30it's created something that's really
10:32quite powerful and compelling again.
10:34Which we can then insert image into our
10:37presentation. And then another great
10:39tool that you can use using this panel
10:40is then stylizing this image. So at the
10:42moment it's obviously a hyperrealistic
10:43[music]
10:44render. We can then maybe style it into
10:46a sketch or a watercolor [music] or a
10:49clay model. In this case it will create
10:50something like this as a sketch, which
10:52is also quite [music] a useful and
10:55interesting drawing to have. So you can
10:57apply a sketch style for [music] example
10:59to study the form or test materials by
11:01uploading references directly to prompt
11:03it. It's a fast way to explore design
11:05ideas without slowing down the workflow.
11:09Now that the millwork system is defined,
11:11we can assemble everything into a
11:12presentation. We can also add key
11:15elements such as annotations. And the
11:16way that Rhino works is that there are
11:18paper canvases and there's model
11:19canvases. Model canvas is currently
11:21where we have these drawings, but you
11:22can build a presentation in a paper
11:24canvas. So before we jump into the paper
11:26canvas, we're going to first add some
11:28dimensions, [music] some tags, some
11:30really key information and details to
11:32these drawings. So you can head to the
11:33bottom here and you can see all the
11:34annotation options. [music]
11:35We're going to choose a dimension tag so
11:38you can then change and [music] adjust
11:39the size of the dimension tag. You can
11:41then change the font, stroke,
11:44>> [music]
11:44>> the the end piece etc. to customize as
11:47you please. You can also do kind of
11:48light [music] gray for example to make
11:50it much softer. You can then also add
11:52maybe a leader note
11:53>> [music]
11:54>> uh for the coat hangers for example to
11:56just add that required detail and
11:57reference. You can once again customize
12:00them. And then with a bit of work you
12:01can then add all of this detail in
12:04indicating all of these elements and all
12:06of the details to really
12:08make sure there's enough information and
12:10detail there for someone to understand
12:11how this is built, how it's used, and
12:13how it all comes [music] together. And
12:15so here we you can see across all of the
12:17drawings now we have
12:18plenty of details. Some of it's more
12:20customized with kind of red text for
12:22example. [music]
12:23But what you can clearly see here is
12:24that now this additional annotation adds
12:27that level of detail that's required to
12:29the drawing. [music]
12:30And now if you want to jump into a paper
12:31canvas then and start building a
12:32presentation,
12:33>> [music]
12:34>> you have two options here where you can
12:35click the plus button, model canvas or
12:36paper canvas.
12:38We're going to create a paper canvas and
12:39[music] call it presentation.
12:40Now the first thing we're going to do is
12:41create a page. Now you can customize
12:43these by changing the format to an A3,
12:45A0, whatever size you'd like, whatever
12:47orientation. You can also customize it
12:49as you drag um and kind [music] of scale
12:51it up and down.
12:53We then want to create a view into our
12:56model canvas. And we can then position
12:58our view into place. We can then adjust
13:00the scale [music]
13:01and then start building a bit of a
13:03presentation. So we can add another
13:04page. We can add multiple pages. A
13:06really useful [music] thing to add then
13:08is title blocks. So title blocks are
13:10available in the block library alongside
13:12many other annotations [music] like
13:14section marks like north arrows like
13:15scale bars that you can all pull into
13:17your drawings.
13:19So in this case we're just going to pull
13:20in a title block which we can drop into
13:22place.
13:24And these are really useful [music]
13:25because they have plenty of information
13:26in them which you can adjust and edit to
13:29your own personal drawing. And a
13:30particular [music] title block that I
13:31quite enjoy for these kind of repository
13:34presentations is really kind of simple
13:36and minimal title block here that I've
13:37just positioned into place. [music] And
13:39something that you also have access to
13:41here is also some design details. So we
13:43also have some details of how uh these
13:45kind of connections come [music]
13:46together, how this these elements might
13:48kind of be constructed with the lighting
13:49elements. I also have a kind of board
13:51[music] of inspiration with lots of
13:53different options and elements of kind
13:55of material palettes uh
13:57>> [music]
13:57>> and different kind of visual
13:58inspirations that we could use and
14:00reference in a presentation. And then
14:02with a bit of work and by creating
14:04viewports into these model canvases,
14:06>> [music]
14:06>> you can see here now that all of a
14:07sudden we've kind of built a bit of a
14:09presentation which identifies different
14:11details [music] with different kind of
14:13references that we can use, some visual
14:15references,
14:16some lighting system references,
14:18uh we've then got a kind of mood board
14:20where we're overlapping some material
14:21references that we have with some tags.
14:23[music] And then also some kind of
14:25visual inspiration with the kind of AI
14:28generated images. And so all of a sudden
14:30here we've built up a full presentation
14:33>> [music]
14:33>> from all of these millwork details that
14:34we've created. Now you can share this
14:36presentation
14:37>> [music]
14:37>> by heading to the top right corner here,
14:39click share, click publish presentation,
14:42open it and then all of a sudden you can
14:44send this as a link to someone who would
14:46then have access to this presentation
14:48that could flick through here. And it
14:50comes [music] across as a really kind of
14:51well-curated and strong presentation.
14:54Alternatively, of course you can export
14:56as a PDF [music] as a full presentation.
14:58At the top left corner here, click
15:00export and you can see here now that you
15:01can flick through
15:03uh the presentation. And now we have a
15:04full millwork template that is useful
15:07and that [music] we can reuse and rework
15:09across projects. And this is also
15:11something that's accessible to you if
15:12you want to use these if you follow the
15:14link down below in the description. So
15:16this presentation just creates a clean
15:17client-ready document. And instead of
15:19exporting multiple files, you can simply
15:20[music] share via the live link. That
15:23makes collaboration much easier,
15:24especially with working with clients,
15:26fabricators, [music]
15:27or contractors. Custom millwork will
15:29always require detailed thinking,
15:31>> [music]
15:31>> but the process doesn't need to start
15:33from zero every time. If you treat your
15:35drawings as reusable assets, templates,
15:37blocks, details for example, [music]
15:39your workflow becomes faster with every
15:42project. Your expertise compounds
15:44instead of resetting. And that's really
15:46the shift here. [music] Not just about
15:48drawing faster, but building a system
15:49that grows with your work. If you'd like
15:51to try this workflow for yourself,
15:53there's a link in the description where
15:54you can create a free Rhino account
15:56>> [music]
15:56>> and explore the template used in this
15:58tutorial. Thank you for watching today's
15:59video and I'll see you in the next one.
16:06>> [music]

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