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0:02Welcome to lesson two of the interior
0:04design playbook, expert lessons to
0:06streamline, scale, and succeed. I'm Meg.
0:08I'm an interior designer, and I am
0:09thrilled that you're here. Now, in our
0:10last lesson, we reviewed a full
0:12documentation set and explored the three
0:14core playbook strategies to speed up
0:16your drawing and documentation process.
0:18Starting today and over the next few
0:19lessons, we're going to dive deeper into
0:21actually creating the sheets. And along
0:22the way, you'll learn how to optimize
0:24your workflow to save hours on each
0:25project. In this lesson, we'll start
0:27setting up your project's drawing set.
0:28We'll begin by importing the existing
0:30property floor plan and create an
0:32interior construction plan for
0:33renovation. You will learn how to import
0:35existing floor plans in DWG, DXF, PDF,
0:39or image format directly into Rayon
0:41perfectly to scale. You'll also learn
0:42how to organize your layers and sheets
0:44from the start to keep your process
0:45clear, consistent, and fast. And you'll
0:47learn how to convert them into accurate
0:48construction plans for interior room
0:50dividing and space planning. As always,
0:52I'll be using Rayon Design where I built
0:53the complete drawing set that we will
0:55recreate together in this course.
0:56starting from a single imported floor
0:58plan all the way to furniture, lighting,
1:00FFN, mood boards, and more. Stay tuned
1:02for the next lessons on how to create
1:03each of those sheets as well. Make sure
1:05you grab the free drawing template
1:07linked down below so you can follow
1:08along, customize it for your own
1:10projects, and start streamlining your
1:11setup right away. Let's get started. We
1:13are in our rayon workspace, and we are
1:16going to import a DWG of our existing
1:19drawing to scale. Then we will review
1:21the best way to organize your drawing to
1:22work efficiently, redesign the project,
1:25and add all of our documentation. So,
1:27let's go ahead and import that file
1:29together. I'm just in my Rayon
1:30workspace. I'm going to go ahead and hit
1:32import, and then we're going to go find
1:34our DWG file, which is right here. I'm
1:36going to hit open. And then it's going
1:38to prompt me if I want to rename it,
1:39which I do not. So, I'm just going to
1:41say import. First up, it's going to ask
1:43us if we want to, you know, double check
1:45the scale. So, it's saying pick a known
1:47length by setting two points. So, um, if
1:50there is a length that I know, I can
1:52just use some of the dimensions in here.
1:54I can just click two different points
1:56and tell it what that length is. Now,
1:59it's telling me that that's 3.28 ft. So,
2:01that looks right to me. So, I'm just
2:03going to say that's good. I don't need
2:04to rescale this drawing. Once the file
2:06does import, you're going to find it
2:08over here under layers under your
2:10canvases. This is what we call a model
2:13canvas. So canvases, if you're not
2:15totally sure about what those are, they
2:17are the way that Rayon uses to organize
2:20uh the drawing set. So we're going to
2:23end up creating multiple model canvases
2:25for each drawing. So floor plan,
2:26sections, spec sheets, um etc. Um as
2:29seen in the final drawing set that I
2:31showed you. Um and then we'll also have
2:33one paper canvas. So over here if I say
2:35new canvas, you can see there's a model
2:37canvas or a paper canvas. So, the paper
2:39canvas is where you basically showcase
2:41all of your um drawing sheets. The model
2:44canvas that we have right now is called
2:46import. I'm going to just rightclick it
2:48and rename it to let's just say floor
2:50plan. Okay. So, once we have it renamed,
2:53um this is basically where we're going
2:54to be retracing this file. Now, before
2:57we get started doing that, I do want to
2:59um organize our layers a little bit
3:01before we uh get, you know, too far into
3:03it. I am going to start by selecting all
3:05these layers that it brought in for the
3:07CAD file. And let's actually just create
3:10a new layer called CAD. And then we can
3:13just drag and drop these and like nest
3:16them in there. So make sure that you get
3:17all of them. Zero we want to keep out.
3:19But everything else can go into that
3:21CAD. Now it's just nice and organized.
3:23So if we want to like hide them or lock
3:25them or whatever, uh we can just, you
3:27know, select all of these little layers
3:29in here and say hide or lock. Um, let's
3:32just go ahead and lock them because, uh,
3:34what that's going to do is it's not
3:35going to let me select any of those
3:37lines that it brought in, which is a
3:39positive because I just want to be able
3:41to snap to the lines. I don't want to be
3:42able to move the lines. Let's also
3:44create a couple more layers while we're
3:46over here. Like, for instance, let's do
3:48one for openings. Let's do one for
3:51walls. Let's do one for
3:55annotations. And then along the way,
3:57we'll probably end up adding some more
3:59like for furniture and lighting and
4:00stuff. But for now, this should do good
4:03for us for today. Now that we've got
4:05those, let's go ahead and start
4:09redesigning our project. So,
4:10essentially, we're going to start by uh
4:12tracing all of this exterior work that
4:15we have here, and then we'll end up
4:16designing the interior. So for this
4:19particular project, uh this is a summer
4:21ranch house and the clients asked for
4:23two master bedrooms, two children
4:25bedrooms, and a large main space for
4:27cooking, dining, and living. Now the
4:29exterior shell is uh set in stone. So
4:31we're not going to be modifying that. We
4:33do want to trace it, but we're not going
4:34to modify it. And then it's just up to
4:36us as designers to create an interior
4:38allocation of space. Now, one of Rayon's
4:41features that makes this design phase so
4:43quick is being able to use the walls and
4:46the zone tools that are parametric. So,
4:49like when you make a change, they update
4:50with the change. So, instead of just
4:52line work, like once I draw a wall
4:54enclosure on the canvas, I can actually
4:56move that and edit it flexibly. When I
4:58place a zone within it, I get an
5:00automatic tag with square footage. And
5:02then again, that will adjust as I make
5:04any movements on the walls um or
5:06anything like that. And this helps a ton
5:08when you are dividing the space quickly
5:10with, you know, internal rooms and
5:11areas. So, let's go ahead and get
5:13started. Um, we are going to start by
5:16creating two different wall types. We
5:17want to do an exterior wall type and an
5:19interior wall type. So, to do that,
5:22let's go ahead and make sure that we are
5:23on our wall layer. And then we'll select
5:26our wall down here. And we're just going
5:27to draw two different walls off to the
5:29side here in our model space. So, I'm
5:31just going to draw one wall. And then
5:34we're going to draw another wall.
5:36So, we're going to use these two walls
5:38to create our styles. So, over here
5:40under walls, you can see it's asking for
5:42the thickness. So, I know that these
5:44walls are 12 in thick. So, 1 ft thick.
5:47Um, if you don't know the thickness, you
5:49can just grab your dimension tool and
5:50just click on either side. So, you can
5:52see here that says 1 ft. So, back up to
5:54this little tester wall. I'm going to
5:56type in 12 in on the thickness up here.
5:59And you can see that that thickened it
6:00up. We can also add like a hatch or a
6:03color or a texture to this uh wall type.
6:06I'm going to just do a color so it's
6:08easier when I am uh you know drawing
6:10this to explain. But just to kind of
6:12click through here, you can adjust with
6:14hatches, textures, and then you can also
6:17change the size, you can make it bigger,
6:19you can rotate, whatever you need to do.
6:21But just to keep it simple, we'll just
6:23do this blue one here. And then once you
6:25get this style the way that you want it,
6:27you can just hit plus save style. and
6:29then we'll call it exterior wall. Um,
6:31make sure that all these settings are
6:33right. And then we've got our first
6:34tile. Next, we want to do the same kind
6:37of thing, but make it an interior wall.
6:38So, um, 6 in is fine for our interior
6:41wall. Again, with the color or hatching
6:44or texture. Um, I'm just going to make
6:46this pink. Um, of course, you can choose
6:49whichever one you'd like. You can also
6:50change the opacity and again the
6:52rotation, the size, everything. Once
6:54we're happy with that, we'll just hit
6:55plus under save style and go to or just
6:58type in interior wall here. And now you
7:02have these two walls set up as different
7:04styles in your file. And you can double
7:06check that by going over to styles right
7:09here. And then scroll all the way down
7:11to walls. And you can see our two walls
7:13that we have just created have populated
7:15here. Next up is tracing the space. So
7:20what I have here is all exterior walls.
7:22So, what I want to do is start by uh
7:25drawing my walls. I'm going to click the
7:26wall button down here. I also want to
7:29actually make sure again that I am on my
7:32wall layer. So, we're on the wall layer.
7:34So, when I get into my walls, I can just
7:36click this little eyropper now. And I
7:38can ey style that I want to use. So, I'm
7:41just going to ey drop on the exterior.
7:42And I'm going to start by clicking this
7:45edge here. And essentially just start
7:48tracing this space. Now, if you, you
7:51know, make your wall too long or too
7:55short or, you know, you make it, it's
7:57not like exactly traced, you can easily
7:59adjust that little mistake by just
8:01selecting the wall and just bringing it
8:03in. And you'll see that it like adjusts
8:05all of your uh dimensions and stuff with
8:08it so it's nice and clean. So, the next
8:10step would be to essentially do this
8:12around the entire drawing. So, I'm going
8:14to go ahead and do that and then we will
8:15meet back up to discuss the next step.
8:24[Music]
8:27So, now that we have all of our exterior
8:29walls traced, let's go ahead and just
8:31place an interior wall. And we'll just
8:33kind of zoom into this little space here
8:35to keep things nice and contained. But
8:37what I want to do is I want to again
8:39click on my wall tool and then ey drop
8:41my style. So, now we're going for the
8:43interior wall. And we are just going to
8:47draw the wall the same way that we did
8:48before. You can also do something like
8:52this. It just it's continuous which is
8:54really helpful and easily adjustable. So
8:57like if I you know want to make it a
8:58little bit bigger, you can also view the
9:00dimensions here. Um which makes space
9:02planning just super super easy. And then
9:05before we talk about how to add our
9:07zones, I do want to show you how to add
9:08in some openings. So that would be like
9:10windows or doors. So, just as an example
9:13here, let's go make sure that we're on
9:16openings over here. And then we'll click
9:18this opening button down here. And when
9:20we do that, it will bring up our library
9:22where we can just click or type in door
9:26and then like select door and then hit
9:28select. And what that will do is
9:30populate your cursor with the door. So,
9:32it's recognizing that like these are all
9:34walls. So, like you can snap to them.
9:36Uh, so I'm just going to snap here. And
9:38then you can also tell it which
9:39direction you want it to open. uh all
9:42that kind of good stuff. So that makes
9:44it really easy. You can also easily move
9:46it if you need to. And again, those
9:49dimensions all update with it. Next, to
9:51add in a window, if we go back to
9:53opening, and then click our active block
9:55over here, that will open up our library
9:57again. And then we can just type in
9:59window,
10:01click on one of these windows. There's
10:03all kinds of options in here. They have
10:05so many pre-made blocks that just make
10:06it so easy. So, you'll hit select. And
10:09then that will again populate your
10:10cursor. And then you can just place it
10:12wherever. Again, you need it to like
10:14show which way it's opening. You can do
10:16that. And then I'm just going to hit
10:17escape. And if we need to make it
10:20bigger, uh you can just stretch it out
10:22like that. And then the walls and the
10:25dimensions all update with it. So now
10:28once you have all of those openings in,
10:30we can start talking about zones. Zones
10:33are just a good way to identify
10:35different spaces within the space. So,
10:38it will basically recognize any enclosed
10:41space, even if you have openings like a
10:43door or a window or something. So, to
10:45place those, we're just going to click
10:46this little zone button down here. And
10:48you can see when I hover over a space,
10:50it kind of shows me like, okay, that's
10:51the zone. So, I just click to add the
10:54zone. Go down here, click to add the
10:56zone, and it automatically tells me the
10:58square footage as well. And then like I
11:00said, if you do adjust any of your
11:02walls, you can see how it's
11:03automatically updating those zone square
11:05footages. With that, as with the walls,
11:09changing the properties and the styles,
11:10we can do the same thing with our zones.
11:12So, if I just click on our zone here and
11:15go to our shapes, I can easily again
11:18change uh, you know, the hatch pattern
11:21or the texture. If you click on this
11:23like pattern here, you can do some more
11:25realistic stuff. You can also adjust the
11:28size and the opacity. So, you know,
11:30maybe you want this to be three times
11:32the size, but you want it to be a little
11:35bit, you know, more muted because it's a
11:37floor plan. Um, so that's kind of where
11:40you can adjust that stuff. And again, if
11:42you like that style, you can just save
11:43that style and it will save into your
11:45file. You can also adjust the text
11:48color, the text font. you know, if I
11:50wanted it to be red and I wanted it to
11:52be, you know, my brand font, that's
11:55where you change that. And then, similar
11:58to our picking the wall styles earlier,
12:00if you like this style, you can just
12:03select your other zone and then use your
12:06little picker and then it will apply
12:08that same style to whichever one you
12:10have chosen. Um, now you can still
12:12adjust the fill and all that kind of
12:14stuff, but it's nice that it can
12:16recognize the, you know, the color and
12:18the font and all that stuff that you've
12:19already done there. So, and then if you
12:22did happen to draw something on the
12:24wrong layer, like for instance, I, you
12:26know, added these zones on the opening
12:28layer, I'm just going to hold down shift
12:30and select them. And then over here, I'm
12:31going to put them on my annotations
12:33layer. Um, just to keep things nice and
12:35organized. Now, if you do have a space
12:38that's divided into different zones, but
12:39it's not divided by actual walls, you
12:41can just use this little zone divider
12:43tool over here, which will basically
12:44like slice the room in half or in, you
12:48know, wherever you draw that zone
12:49divider, and then it will literally
12:51create another zone for you. So, if I go
12:53down here to zone and then select on
12:55there, now I've got, you know, a whole
12:57new zone with its own square footage. I
13:00drop my style and then, um, you know,
13:03select a hatch if I want to. Let's just
13:06throw Yeah, let's throw that on there.
13:08Um maybe make it a little bit uh less
13:11opaque. And um that's kind of what that
13:15starts looking like. Lastly, I do want
13:17to show you how to add in a dimension.
13:19Um and I guess let's go ahead and hide
13:21all of our CAD stuff while we do that
13:22cuz there's already a lot of other
13:24dimensions happening there. So, I'm just
13:25selecting all of those and hiding those.
13:28And then right down here, we'll make
13:30sure that we're on our annotations
13:32layer. annotations. Make that the
13:34current layer. And then I'm just going
13:36to grab this dimension tool right here
13:37and just basically select the two points
13:40that I want to dimension and then drag
13:42that out. And again, with everything
13:44else in here, you can change the style,
13:46the text, the color, all that good
13:48stuff. And then if it's a style that you
13:50like, you would just hit save style and
13:51it will save it into your file. Now,
13:54obviously, I have quite a bit of work to
13:55do with my floor plan here, um, as far
13:58as like stylizing and, um, populating,
14:01but once you do everything that we
14:03talked about today, your floor plan
14:05should then start looking something like
14:07closer to this floor plan where, you
14:10know, we've got our hatched walls, we've
14:11got our openings, we've got our zones,
14:14we've got our dimensions, just a lot
14:16more going on, a lot more space
14:18populated. So, this is kind of what all
14:21of that work combined ends up looking
14:23like in the app. Today, we took the
14:25first step in building your professional
14:26drawing set. We imported an existing
14:28floor plan, organized our layers and
14:30canvases for speed and clarity, and
14:31transform that base file into a full
14:33construction plan. With this foundation
14:35in place, you'll find that a clean, well
14:37ststructured setup saves hours of rework
14:39and makes every sheet that you create
14:40from here on out faster and easier. In
14:43our next lesson, we will build off this
14:44groundwork by creating the next two
14:46sheets in our set. some of my favorites,
14:48furniture layouts and mood board finish
14:49plans that will really bring your design
14:51vision to life. If you haven't already,
14:52download the free drawing template
14:54below, open it in rayon, and follow
14:55along with one of your own projects. The
14:57more you practice this streamlined
14:58setup, the more second nature and speedy
15:00it becomes. If you found this lesson
15:02helpful at all, don't forget to like
15:03this video, subscribe to our channel,
15:05and turn on notifications so you don't
15:07miss any more lessons in the rest of the
15:08series. See you in lesson three.
15:11[Music]

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