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0:02Welcome back to the interior design
0:04playbook. We have reached lesson five of
0:06module one where the focus is going to
0:08be streamlining sections and elevations.
0:10Two of the most important and
0:11timeconuming drawings in your set. In
0:13our last lesson, we created lighting and
0:15power plans and learned how to draw them
0:17faster, present them clearly as both
0:19client-friendly and construction ready
0:21documentation. Today we're shifting to
0:23sections and elevations. We will cover
0:24the fundamentals like choosing the right
0:26section cut and dive deeper into
0:27practical tips like line weights,
0:29material representation, annotations,
0:31and more. As always, I'll be showing you
0:33how to do all of this right within Rayon
0:34Design. With the wall tool, style
0:36presets, and a massive block library
0:38with a readytouse side views, we'll be
0:40able to work twice as fast on these
0:42sections and elevations compared to
0:43other CAD tools. By the end of this
0:45lesson, you will know how to create
0:46clear, consistent, and professional
0:48quality sections and elevations that
0:50convey your design intent. If you'd like
0:51to follow along with me, you can always
0:53create a free account and download the
0:55template linked below. And if you're
0:56looking for more personalized support,
0:57you can always book a one-on-one demo
0:59session with the Rayon team. If you're
1:00finding this series useful, please make
1:02sure to like, subscribe, and comment
1:04with any of your takeaways. I'd love to
1:06hear how you're using this workflow on
1:07your own projects. Let's get into it.
1:09So, what are the section and elevations
1:11purpose? Well, sections and elevations
1:14are 2D architectural drawings that
1:15reveal a building's vertical aspects
1:18either by slicing through it like in our
1:20sections or showing it from the outside.
1:22So, elevations, so think like head-on
1:23view of the outside. They are essential
1:25for communicating spatial relationships,
1:28materials, and structure. And they are
1:30actually required in almost every
1:32drawing set, whether you're working on
1:33renovations, new builds, or anything
1:36else. Now, since we are doing a heavy
1:38focus on the interior, um we won't be
1:40too focused on elevations, but I will
1:42show you how you can create an elevation
1:44from a section that you've already
1:45drawn. But our main focus here is going
1:48to be in the sections. So, in this
1:49tutorial, I will start by drawing a
1:51section from scratch um using uh our
1:54floor plan. So, using this floor plan
1:56that we've already created. Just a side
1:58note though, for those of you using
2:00Rayon as part of a 2D to 3D workflow,
2:03you can actually import DWG PDF or
2:06images of your rough sections onto the
2:09Rayon canvas to complete them and make
2:11them presentation ready. So, now that
2:14we've got that past us, let's talk about
2:16how to create a section. And we will
2:18start by organizing our file because
2:20that is just the best way to work in
2:22Rayon. I am working in our drawing
2:24template right here. So, I already have
2:26a section and elevation canvas set up.
2:28If you are starting in a blank rayon
2:31file, you can just hit the plus button
2:32here and create a new model canvas. And
2:34then that's where you can um name it
2:37your section and elevation canvas. So,
2:39since I have this section and elevation
2:40canvas set up right here, I'm just going
2:42to go right in there. And before we do
2:44anything, we're going to start by
2:45setting up a layer called section. So,
2:47you'll just go to the plus button, hit
2:49layer, and then call that sections. And
2:52then inside of it, uh, we are going to
2:55add a nested guidelines layer. So, what
2:58this is going to do is this will allow
2:59us to create some guidelines for some of
3:02our like different heights of things
3:04like for instance the floor, the
3:06ceiling, the window sill. And by putting
3:09these on their own layer, it will just
3:10make it easy for us to like lock it or
3:12hide it layers later. So, we'll go plus
3:15layer and we'll just call that
3:16guidelines. And then we will just drag
3:18that guidelines under our sections. And
3:20then you can see here we've got that
3:22right here. We've got guidelines under
3:24sections. And now before we start
3:25drawing anything, we do need to bring
3:27our floor plan in to guide us. That's
3:29usually the easiest way to start drawing
3:32in section elevation is we need to
3:33figure out like where on this floor plan
3:35are we looking. So um we will bring
3:37right into here, right into this uh
3:39model canvas that we're working. We'll
3:41hit the plus button and we'll go to view
3:42and we'll just bring in our floor plan
3:44view. Now this is not an editable floor
3:48plan or anything. And you can see it
3:49brought in like pretty much all my
3:50layers. All it is is basically just a
3:52reference point for me to start drawing.
3:54So before we do anything, we need to
3:56make sure that it is to a 1:1 scale. So
3:59basically for us in the US, uh 12 in
4:02equals 1 ft. Um if you're using meters,
4:06it would just be a 1 one scale. So I am
4:09going to hold down my command key and
4:11just kind of scrunch this in a little
4:13bit. And what we want to do is determine
4:15where our section is going to cut first.
4:17Um, so again, since we are like heavily
4:20focused on interiors in this course, I'm
4:23thinking that we could either do we
4:25could either do a long slice along here
4:28or just to keep things a little bit more
4:30simple and streamlined, we could just do
4:32a little slice through this more narrow
4:35area and then um you can tackle one of
4:37these longer spaces on your own. So, I'm
4:40thinking that we will probably slice
4:42right through here, maybe right behind
4:44this table, and then look towards this
4:46little kitchenette. So, if we want to,
4:49we could just start by adding in a
4:51little section cut like annotation
4:54basically for ourselves. Uh, eventually
4:56we might want to create a section cut
4:59like on our actual floor plan, but for
5:00right now, to kind of initially indicate
5:03where our section cut is going to take
5:04place, I'm just going to draw like a
5:06little guideline basically. um so we can
5:09understand where exactly we'll be
5:11cutting this. So for instance, I'm
5:12thinking right about here. And then I'm
5:15also thinking maybe we are looking this
5:18way. So if you wanted to, you could
5:20always go over to the block library
5:22where Rayon has over 10,000 blocks and
5:26um download some sort of section uh cut
5:29type of thing. Now this is this floor
5:33plan in here is really just for our
5:34reference only right now. Um, so this I
5:37mean I don't necessarily need to be uh
5:39getting this in here right now, but if
5:41we wanted to, we could just kind of like
5:44add in this little section um to kind of
5:49just remind us where we are cutting. I'm
5:52basically just placing it and mirroring
5:54it. So using my little mirror tool over
5:56here. And now this is just going to
5:58remind us where exactly we're cutting.
6:01First things first, I'm going to
6:03actually
6:05this this is just kind of like my
6:06reference guide over here, right? Okay.
6:08So, I'm just going to copy and paste
6:10this. And now I'm going to actually
6:12rotate the entire floor plan and use my
6:15command key to kind of like chop where
6:19we're looking. Now, in our actual
6:22drawing set, if we go back to our uh
6:27presentation canvas, you can see in
6:28these sections here, you see the cut of
6:31the section. This is pretty much where
6:32we're cutting through. Uh but then you
6:34also see the house behind and the house
6:36beyond. Most of the time, you're not
6:38going to necessarily need to model in
6:40that exterior of the house for an
6:43interior plan, but like I said, I will
6:45show you kind of how to develop those.
6:46But for this lesson, we're just going to
6:48focus on this little chunk right here
6:50because that's usually what we're going
6:52to be dealing with as interior
6:53designers. So, going back to our section
6:55and elevation canvas here. Uh, again,
6:57I'm just kind of like chopping this area
7:01to what we're going to be seeing.
7:04So, this is kind of where I'm going to
7:07be standing looking toward this
7:10kitchenet. Um, so again, just kind of
7:13chop this in here. And now that's just
7:14like a little bit more manageable for me
7:16to understand. Um, when you are choosing
7:19uh your section cut, you just want to
7:21make sure that you choose something that
7:24is going to convey multiple rooms, cut
7:26through multiple doors, multiple
7:27windows. Um, and this is really going to
7:29help explain the relationship between
7:31different spaces. Now, for instance,
7:33this one that we're focusing on, again,
7:34this is kind of more of like a consolid
7:36like a more of like a intimate space
7:38just for teaching purposes, just to not
7:40like overwhelm you. But you should be
7:42able to take what I'm teaching here and
7:44apply that to any other section cuts
7:46that you do. So, this section cut is a
7:48little bit more simple just for the
7:50demonstration. Again, if you wanted to
7:52go grab a section symbol or something
7:54like that from the block library, you
7:56are welcome to. Um, but we're not,
7:58again, we're just using this floor plan
8:00as our reference for right now. Um, the
8:02section cut wouldn't necessarily need to
8:04be shown on this model canvas, but maybe
8:06on our floor plan canvas um when we are
8:09presenting it later. But let's go ahead
8:11and start by uh creating a grid. So uh
8:16again, I just kind of like duplicated
8:17the floor plan, rotated it, cropped it,
8:20and then using some guidelines, it's
8:22going to anchor our different elements,
8:24like I said, like floors, ceiling
8:26heights, furniture, structure, and we
8:29can also color code them to help the
8:31grid be more like readable as we place
8:33our walls and our furniture, um and that
8:35kind of thing. So, let's go ahead and
8:37get started with that. So, all I'm doing
8:38is uh grabbing my line tool right here,
8:41and I'm just going to start uh kind of
8:45snapping to different items. So, I'm
8:49going to start by drawing my a grid line
8:51over here. And again, with the color
8:53coding, uh let's go ahead and make a new
8:56style. I'm going to uh come over here,
8:59and that looks good. Let's go ahead and
9:02make this one a red uh line. And this
9:05will be kind of like walls that we cut
9:07through. Um, so we've got that. We've
9:11got
9:12uh again, we will snap this one to this
9:15wall.
9:17And then we're going to be cutting
9:18through these walls as well. So I'm
9:21going to draw these guidelines over
9:22here. Um, just place them in the right
9:26spot. Uh, we should be making sure that
9:28we're drawing on our guidelines. Uh,
9:31which we are, which is good. I'm going
9:33to just kind of snap that up there. And
9:36so these red lines are now the start of
9:39our section. Just kind of like showing
9:42which walls we're cutting through. Next,
9:45I might want to add like a ground plane
9:48line. You are welcome to make this one a
9:50different color. We'll just leave it at
9:52um black because basically what we're
9:53going to end up doing is tracing over
9:55these guidelines with actual like walls
9:58and fills. So again, these are literally
10:01just kind of like starting our grid. So
10:05next up, I'm going to create another
10:07line and I'll go over here and maybe
10:10this one will be green. And this will
10:12just be uh walls that we see beyond. So
10:16I'm going to just hold down my shift key
10:18to make sure that these stay straight.
10:21And grab another line. Looks like we can
10:25see this wall beyond
10:31and we'll copy this whole thing because
10:34the same situation happens over here.
10:37So, we'll kind of like link that up to
10:39this wall.
10:41And now you can start to see that we're,
10:43you know, we've got these walls, these
10:45walls, we've got our ground plane, and
10:47then let's just see like what else we
10:49can see in elevation that we might want
10:51to block out. Like if there's any doors
10:53beyond, for instance. Looks like there's
10:55an opening beyond here. So maybe we want
10:58to make a different style for our
10:59opening. So maybe openings are going to
11:02be blue. So I'm going to draw my line
11:04from here to here. And we're just
11:07basically setting ourselves up for
11:09success later on when we want to start
11:11placing blocks. You're going to have all
11:12of your grid lines nice and set up so
11:14you can see, you know, where uh to place
11:17those.
11:19Um you can also do the same thing for
11:20any furniture. I'm just going to kind of
11:22eyeball that, I think. So, looks like we
11:25kind of have like a pretty decent setup
11:27here. Now, next up, you would probably
11:29want to uh draw your like the height of
11:33your ceiling. So, I have a few uh
11:36dimensions here. So, we've got our our
11:40kitchenet height is at 7'6.
11:43So, I'll basically go 7 foot 6 in and
11:46then
11:48dock my line there.
11:51Then draw another grid line this way. My
11:53next elevation height that I need to put
11:56on here is uh basically the bottom of
11:59the pitched roof. So like the eve
12:01height. And then um I've also got my
12:04like the top of the uh pitched roof as
12:07well. So we'll add those in. So let's
12:10again click align and we're going to go
12:12from our ground level and we'll say 11'
12:146 in. And then snap that there.
12:21And these can be like somewhat messy
12:22because again they're basically just our
12:25guides. Um, and then our last height is
12:2817t 3 in. So 17t 3 in. And we'll plop
12:34that there. Draw our last grid line
12:36here.
12:40So now what we can do is just kind of
12:42like start tracing the exterior so we
12:45have kind of like so then we can like
12:46kind of work inwards. I'm going to start
12:48by just grabbing a polyline because I
12:50want to be able to select multiple
12:52times. Um, again, this is just a
12:53guideline. So, um, I'm going to make
12:56this like pretty thick just so I can see
12:58it. You can always save that style if
13:00you'd like. Um, and I'm just going to
13:02start tracing this. So, this is my
13:04exterior wall. Basically, this is my eve
13:06height. I know that I have to I'm going
13:10to have to like snap I'm going to have
13:11to find my middle here. Um, which I have
13:13not done yet, but we can always move
13:15that. Um, basically there. And then
13:18we're going to snap to the exterior
13:19again. Exterior. And there we go. So now
13:24let's just go in here really quick and
13:25figure out what our center line is. Um,
13:28I'm going to grab a line. And
13:32we should be able to find the center
13:33line from one of these walls. So like
13:37right there.
13:39Okay. So obviously I was off a little
13:41bit, but um, no problem. And we can just
13:43double click into that polyline and just
13:44move that verticy right over there so
13:46it's nice and centered. Now you can keep
13:48that line if you want. I'm just going to
13:49delete it. So that's basically the
13:51outline of this section. Right. So now
13:55what we need to do is use our wall tool
13:58to
14:00indicate the actual cutthroughs of the
14:03wall. So one of the reasons that drawing
14:05a section with rayon is so much faster
14:07is that it's incredibly responsive. like
14:09you just draw it and then it
14:10automatically applies a wall thickness
14:12and fill which you can edit later from
14:14the style planner. So, we'll go down
14:16here and grab our wall tool. Um, I'm
14:19going to actually also just start
14:21drawing in my uh section layer instead
14:24of my guidelines now because the
14:26guidelines I want to be able to turn on
14:27and off like so. Under our sections,
14:30we're just going to grab our wall tool
14:32and basically start um drawing a wall
14:34here. And now that since we have our
14:36guidelines, we can just kind of like
14:37snap to those guidelines, which is
14:39really helpful. Um, so we can see that
14:41this wall is um the wrong size, we need
14:44it to be a little bit thicker. We need
14:45it to be, let's do a measurement here
14:47real quick.
14:51It should be, let's see here, 11 12 in.
14:54So over here, we'll give it an 11 and
14:571/2 in thickness. So 11.5 in. And then
15:00if you want to change the fill, the
15:02color, um the stroke, anything like
15:04that, you can do that. And once you have
15:06the size that you want it to be, you can
15:09just hit plus and then say like exterior
15:11wall. And then that will save that into
15:14your style library. So again, we want to
15:18draw that same thing over here.
15:22Going to click there and there. And now
15:24we have our two exterior walls. Also,
15:27it's pretty standard to create or to
15:30make a wall cut through like black or to
15:33even show like some sort of insulation,
15:35which uh you can also easily do that by
15:38just creating a line right here. And
15:41then within this stroke over here under
15:45add dash, they do have
15:48like a little batting right there. So,
15:51um you can do that and then change the
15:52size of course. Uh maybe a little bit
15:55bigger than that. like that if you
15:57wanted to show more detail of the wall.
16:01Again, we'll just keep it simple for now
16:02and turn that off. So, then you can grab
16:05your wall tool again to uh kind of like
16:08create your roof line. And if you want
16:11to, you can select these walls and make
16:13them like a little bit less thick. Maybe
16:16uh closer to 6 in or something like
16:18that. Again, if you want to save that
16:20wall type and maybe that's like your
16:21roof wall or something like that, then
16:24you can do that. But you can see how
16:25easy that is to adjust sizes of
16:28everything in here. We will also draw
16:31ourselves a nice little floor right
16:33here. And I'm just going to keep it as
16:35that current wall type, the exterior
16:37wall type that I have. And now it's
16:39looking like an actual house. So then
16:42you would just basically continue by
16:43tracing. So um again, grab your wall
16:46tool and trace this interior line. Now
16:48this wall is much uh less thick. Let's
16:52do a little dimension here to see how
16:54thick. So, 4 and 1/2 in. So, maybe this
16:58wall, maybe we want this wall to be like
17:01a white color. And it obviously needs to
17:03be closer to 4 and 1/2 in. And just kind
17:08of like drag that up to kind of mesh
17:10into the ceiling and the um floor. And
17:15then rinse and repeat. So, we'll make
17:17sure that we'll go back here and we'll
17:19save this style as interior wall.
17:23And then we can grab our wall tool again
17:26and just do that same thing. Just make
17:28sure that we have our interior wall. I'm
17:30going to pick our style here and draw
17:33that right there. So, this is just the
17:36process that you would continue. And
17:38then again, the nice thing is that yes,
17:40a lot of this is like more work on the
17:44front end, but once you set up like
17:45typical interior walls and exterior
17:47walls, like you can reuse this on all of
17:50your projects. So, um it is a little bit
17:52of like setup work, but your future self
17:56will thank you. Now, to start adding
17:58some furnishings in here, like for
18:00instance, I want to add um like a door
18:03over here, and like we need to get our
18:04kitchen in here. Um, we are obviously
18:08going to head over to our block library,
18:10which again, Rayon has over 10,000
18:12blocks. Um, many of them have front,
18:15top, and side views, which means that I
18:17don't have to be searching for any like
18:19sort of matching symbols or convert
18:21anything manually like I would have to
18:23do if I was using AutoCAD. I'll just add
18:25in a couple different things here. I'm
18:27going to add in a door. I'll show you
18:28how you can add in like a side view of
18:31cabinetry. And then we'll also throw in
18:33a person. So, mosy in over here to our
18:36block library. I'm going to just scroll
18:38down here and look for openings.
18:42So, openings right here.
18:45And you'll see that these are all these
18:48like say family. If you click on the
18:50family, let's find a door that we like
18:52and click on the family. Click on
18:54family. And what that's going to show
18:56you is the three different views that it
18:58has for this particular door. So, we
19:00have a floor plan, we've got our
19:01elevation, and then we've got our side
19:03section. I, for instance, want to grab
19:05this door. Even though it says it's an
19:06EU door, that's fine. Um, so we're going
19:09to drag and drop this over here. And
19:10because we have this, uh, project to
19:13scale, uh, it's going to drop into
19:15scale. We have it as like a 1 one scale.
19:171 ft equals 12 in or 1 ft equals 1 ft.
19:21And if we need to, we can just like
19:23adjust the size like that. Scale it up.
19:26Um, or you can also just search for any
19:28other doors if you need to. Um, if you
19:30need to like mirror this, maybe it opens
19:31on the other side, you can easily do
19:33that. Now, let's go take a look and see
19:35if we have any like good cabinetry in
19:37here. So, under kitchen basics, let's go
19:41click in there, and we'll see that we've
19:44got all different kinds of items in
19:48here. So, I'm going to just type in the
19:51search button. And I'm going to just
19:52type in case work or mill work or uh
19:56joinery or whatever it is wherever you
19:59live. Um and then I'm going to click on
20:01the family and I'm just going to drag in
20:04this elevation of this case work. So
20:07it's as easy as that. I'm just going to,
20:09you know, drop it. If you need to make
20:11multiple of them, you just kind of copy
20:12and paste. If you need to add in a
20:16fridge or something like that, you're
20:18going to be able to find that in the
20:19block library. Now, before I kind of
20:22like work on detailing this a little bit
20:24more, let me show you how to add in a
20:26person, which is a really good way to uh
20:28show some scale here. So, if we just
20:30scroll down to people,
20:34I'm going to go over here. And again,
20:36these all have like three different
20:38views. So, uh we can, you know, find the
20:42same person maybe we had in our floor
20:44plan. Uh but we're just going to see
20:46them in elevation or section. Now, I'm
20:49just going to type in
20:51standing. See what we get here.
20:54So, person standing. Let's go see what
20:57views we have. We've got a front on side
21:00and then uh top view. So, awesome. I'm
21:03going to just drag in the side view and
21:04you'll be able to see like how much
21:06scale this gives. So, now we've got our
21:09person standing on the side and this
21:11section is off to a great start. Now, if
21:14there are any other blocks um that you
21:17have from CAD or if you want to like
21:19create your own, you can totally uh
21:21import those, you can also just curate
21:23your own blocks into a personal or team
21:26library. You can also go ahead and edit
21:28some of these. So, if you click on the
21:30block and go down to edit, like for
21:32instance, if you wanted to you didn't
21:35want these legs to show in section, you
21:38can just delete those. And you can see
21:39any other instance that I've copied it
21:41like it's going to delete those as well.
21:43So, heading back over to our layers now,
21:45let me just show you when I turn off my
21:48guidelines here. Now, it looks like an
21:50actual section, right? And um as I
21:54mentioned before, if you are uh
21:56detailing,
21:58you know, what's actually beyond this
21:59section cut, so maybe you're detailing
22:01some of like the rest of the house over
22:02here, you would just basically rinse and
22:04repeat that entire process that we just
22:06did. um just use your lines as your
22:08guidelines and then start, you know,
22:11creating basically a polyline is what
22:14you're going to do. You're going to
22:15create a polyline and then you'll just
22:18give that polyline a fill to indicate
22:19whatever kind of material you have. So
22:21for instance, I just created that
22:23polyline and then if I want to go to
22:24fill, if I want to indicate that this is
22:28let's see here, maybe this is
22:32brick. So we'll have like this, you
22:34know, stack right here. So that's gonna
22:36how you're going to kind of like give
22:37more of like a fill to the exterior part
22:39of the elevation. So after some more
22:42development, this is what our elevation
22:44or our interior elevation or our section
22:47starts to look like. So um we've got
22:50some of our blocks in here. We've got um
22:52our walls. We've got our roof. A little
22:55bit more just detail everywhere. Now let
22:58me just show you how we could add some
23:00dimensions and some tags in order to
23:02give a little bit more information here.
23:04So, all you need to do is just grab your
23:06dimension tool down here and um just
23:10click point A and point B of what you
23:13want to dimension. So, I'm going to
23:15click this and this. And this might be a
23:17good time also to maybe create another
23:20layer that you would put all of your
23:22dimensions on. Um, and that would be
23:24under your section layer. So, it would
23:25be like again another nested uh layer in
23:28there. So, we've got our first dimension
23:30here. If we want to make that a
23:32different color to make it stand out,
23:33you know, all we do is come over here
23:35and change the color, change anything
23:38over here that we want. I'm going to put
23:39a red stroke. Maybe you want the ends to
23:42look a little bit different. Maybe they
23:45should have arrows on them. So, we can
23:46do that. And then once you find the
23:48style that you like, you just hit plus
23:50and you just say like red dimension.
23:53And now we have that style. So then when
23:55we want to add any other dimensions like
23:57for instance if we want this height that
23:59we have here um you can either just use
24:02your uh picker tool um or just select
24:05the dimension and say replace all and
24:07then select our red dim um that we just
24:10created. So
24:12you can just continue to populate like
24:13that. Um we can also add in a nice
24:16little leader line. For instance, maybe
24:17if we want to call out something like
24:20this uh tile, you'll just click where
24:22you want to annotate. Maybe maybe we'll
24:25just say like backsplash
24:28uh Ashler installation or something like
24:32that. And then of course we can always
24:35edit the style of this as well. So um if
24:38you already have one in your file,
24:40great. Or you can change the color, the
24:44stroke color, the stroke thickness. Um,
24:46you can also change like if you want it
24:48to be um an arrow or uh like a dot like
24:51that, change the font, the font size,
24:54everything. And then once you get that,
24:56you would just say like red annotation.
24:59Or if you already have one um that
25:01you've saved from another one of your
25:03canvases or something, then you just
25:05grab that one. So that's kind of how you
25:06can start to populate this section with
25:10more annotations. Now, before I show you
25:12an easy little trick to convert this
25:15section into an elevation, just a recap
25:18real quick on these fills. So, similar
25:21to how I was just showing you how you
25:23could uh, you know, kind of fill in your
25:26exterior materials, you can do the same
25:29thing with these interior materials. So,
25:30if I'm like double clicking here a
25:32couple of times, if I want to um I'll
25:35just delete that fill real quick. If I
25:36wanted to create a fill with a tile, all
25:39I have to do is just go grab my polyline
25:41and then snap and basically outline
25:44wherever I want it to be.
25:47Right. And then once you have that, just
25:49hit escape. And now you can fill this
25:51with whatever you want. So I'm going to
25:52add my fill. This is going to be a tile.
25:55So let's go see if we can find like a
25:57good tile. And of course you can add in
25:59something realistic or something just
26:01more of like a pattern. Um let's just
26:03select that one. We can let's see here.
26:05make it we could make it half the size.
26:09So, let's just say 0.5. And I want to
26:12get rid of our stroke. So, I'm going to
26:14say remove stroke. And now we've got um
26:18this very easily editable fill that we
26:21can always go back and change. Like for
26:22instance, if we change the tile and we
26:24want to represent it differently. All
26:25you have to do is go in, select this
26:26fill, and then change the texture. It's
26:28the same kind of thing with that whole
26:30like exterior material thing. The same
26:31kind of thing works for the interior as
26:33well. So now as we wrap this lesson up,
26:35this is obviously the more detailed
26:36version of this section. So you know, we
26:38can see our little um interior section
26:41that we just created, but then also we
26:43have a representation of all this
26:45exterior, which like I mentioned is not
26:48necessarily going to be in the scope um
26:50for an interior designer. It just kind
26:52of depends on what you work on. If you
26:54were to model or, you know, model line
26:57all of this, uh it would be just the
26:58same kind of uh process that we just
27:01went through. But if you did want to
27:04convert this to an elevation really
27:06easily, uh all you really have to do is
27:09either delete the interior of this space
27:12and then replace it with a fill or um my
27:15kind of like easy way to do it is to
27:18just create a fill and put that on its
27:20own layer that you can turn on and off.
27:22For instance, if you wanted to be able
27:23to transform this into an elevation
27:26really quickly, all you have to do is
27:28let's see here. We'll create a new
27:30layer. Um, I'm going to call it
27:33elevation. And then we'll grab our
27:35polyline. And I'm just going to
27:37basically trace
27:39this part of my building that we were
27:42just like showing all of our interior
27:43stuff.
27:45And I'm just going to create a fill
27:47that's going to essentially cover it up.
27:50So, we've got this fill here. We've got
27:51this polyline. And all I have to do is
27:53add in a fill. Um, I can even just use
27:56my little eyropper and grab that fill
27:57right there. Um, and now this has
28:00basically been converted into an
28:02elevation. Now, um, if I wanted to turn
28:05that off, all I would have to do is come
28:06over here and turn that off. And now
28:08we've turned it into a section. So, um,
28:11that just saves you a little bit of
28:12work. Now, you can, of course, always,
28:14uh, copy and paste uh, these sections
28:17that you've created and then create a
28:19whole new elevation from that like we
28:21kind of have over here. Like this is
28:22basically a copy paste version. So, the
28:24elevation just lies on its own little um
28:28piece of this canvas, but it's really
28:31just up to you and how like big the
28:33scope of your project is, um the size of
28:36your project, all that kind of stuff.
28:37So, that's really just up to you to
28:39determine. Um but this is the easiest
28:41way to create these elevations and
28:43sections. Now, to kind of wrap things
28:45up, let me just show you, as always, how
28:47to add these to your own paper sheet
28:50within our um paper canvas. So, I'm
28:53going to just drop in a whole new page
28:56and just kind of show you how to do it
28:57from scratch. So, over here under
28:59layers, we'll go to plus page and it's
29:01going to drop a new page on here. And we
29:03are using an A3 page. So, we'll just
29:06keep that as is. And then same thing
29:09that we've done for all these other
29:10drawings, we are just going to add in a
29:14view. So, we'll hit the plus sign right
29:16here. And then we'll go to view and
29:18we're going to say section and
29:19elevation. And what that does is that
29:21brings in our entire set right here. If
29:23you hold down your command, we can just
29:26kind of focus in on uh whichever views
29:29we want. So, for instance, if we want to
29:32make our section sheet, uh we've got
29:34these right here. And then over here,
29:36you can just change your scale. So, I
29:38believe we were using 11 128s before.
29:42So, or 128 in.
29:46So, I need to move this out a little bit
29:48more. Um, and that's kind of what these
29:52look like. Now, of course, you might
29:54have your title block over here, but
29:56eventually what it's going to look like
29:58is this sheet that we have here. Um, and
30:01you can see that we do have like some of
30:02our guidelines and some of our
30:03dimensions turned on for these views.
30:06Um, I really love in here how, you know,
30:10we've got like a little bit of like blue
30:12indicating the pool. You could also do
30:14kind of like a blue transparent type of
30:17color for windows. You can just get like
30:20really creative with it. And it just it
30:21depends on what kind of style you want
30:23to go for. If you want to do something a
30:24little bit more realistic, um then you
30:26maybe want to make your fills those more
30:28realistic uh materials instead of just
30:30like the pattern fills. Now, if you want
30:32to also get a little bit more realistic,
30:34you can also add in uh shadow lines like
30:37this, which again is just created by
30:39adding those fills. So really just up to
30:41you as a designer how detailed and
30:44intricate you want these uh drawings to
30:46look. It's really amazing what you can
30:48create uh all right within this one
30:51design platform. And that wraps things
30:52up for lesson 5. Today we cover the
30:54essentials of creating drawing sections
30:56and elevations more efficiently. All the
30:58way from choosing the right section cut
31:00to applying line weights, material
31:01representation, and annotations to keep
31:03your drawings clear and professional.
31:05You also got a chance to see how Rayon's
31:07wall tool, dial presets, and side view
31:09block library can speed up your workflow
31:11dramatically. By now, you should feel
31:13confident creating clean, consistent
31:15elevations and sections that are both
31:16presentation ready and build ready
31:18without wasting hours redrawing and
31:20reformatting. Don't forget, you can
31:22download that editable drawing set
31:23template linked below and adapt it to
31:25your own project. If you'd like extra
31:27guidance, you can also book that
31:28one-on-one demo call using the link
31:30below. And as always, if you're enjoying
31:31this series, please make sure to like,
31:33subscribe, and comment with your
31:35takeaways. We want to hear how you're
31:36using this workflow to streamline your
31:38own projects. Up next, we're going to be
31:39focusing on Milwork shop drawings, so
31:41stay tuned for that. Until then, thanks
31:43for joining me today, and I'll see you
31:44in the next lesson.
31:46[Music]

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