When it comes to measuring plans accurately one of the fundamentals is measuring the internal wall thickness.
Dimension floor plan wall thickness.
Measuring within the nearest 1 4 or even 1 2 foot of outside walls is probably sufficient.
Go to floor planmenu of the ribbon input a wall thickness value in the box and click set selected wall thicknessbutton to set for a selected wall.
It is dimensioned to the centerline of the wall.
Smartdraw will open a work area for you with a rectangular room having default dimensions of 15 0 by 20 0.
The purpose of a floor plan is show a dimensioned and scaled map of a building s interior spaces depicting the relationship to one another connections between the interior and exterior and the location of key elements such as openings objects and wall thickness s.
Figure 6 32 dimensions on a floor plan generally locate the framework of the building such as the face of these 2x4 studs.
You can change these dimensions in one of two ways.
Set unit and precision.
If you re a real estate agent or appraiser and your floor plan drawing is simply to measure the approximate size of the building and show the general interior layout you don t need to be overly accurate.
Similar to walls there are a couple of symbols that represent different types of doors.
Swing doors are represented by wedge like symbols that also show indicate their opening radius and direction.
It only takes one of the walls to be thicker than the rest and you can easily have 20 30cm unaccounted for.
Either click on a wall and slide it to its desired length or click on the dimension and type in the measurement you want to use.
Click set all wall thicknessto set all the walls at one time.
The numbers that surround your floor plan indicate wall dimensions.
Figure 6 33 all dimensions in this floor plan are to the face of a stud except for the wall between the closets.
When we plan to build a new home the floor plan is a treasure map written in a symbolic language and promising the fulfillment of a dream.