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~suv: Undo revision 66907 by Tempwalls (Talk)

~suv — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:17:03 GMT

Undo revision 66907 by Tempwalls (Talk)

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	* Draw ~~[http://allweekwalls.com/ temporary~~ walls ~~nyc]~~ in a new layer "Walls". Easiest is probably to use simple lines with a specified width and a nice color. Using "Paste style" comes handy.		* Draw walls in a new layer "Walls". Easiest is probably to use simple lines with a specified width and a nice color. Using "Paste style" comes handy.
	** Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.		** Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.

Tempwalls: /* Drawing a Floor Plan */

Tempwalls — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:25:51 GMT

Drawing a Floor Plan

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	* Draw walls in a new layer "Walls". Easiest is probably to use simple lines with a specified width and a nice color. Using "Paste style" comes handy.		* Draw [http://allweekwalls.com/ temporary walls nyc] in a new layer "Walls". Easiest is probably to use simple lines with a specified width and a nice color. Using "Paste style" comes handy.
	** Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.		** Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.

Colin Marquardt: /* Drawing a Floor Plan */ Expand a bit.

Colin Marquardt — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:25:42 GMT

Drawing a Floor Plan: Expand a bit.

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	* Import the bitmap floor plan into it, and rotate it so that most of the walls are horizontal and/or vertical. Lock the layer.		* Import the bitmap floor plan into it, and rotate it so that most of the walls are horizontal and/or vertical. Lock the layer.

	* ~~adjust~~ scale!		* Adjust scale of the image: draw an object (e.g. a rectangle) of which you know the real dimensions of. In our example, we use the 3×2 meter balcony, so a rectangle of 300×200 is good. Then scale the rest of the image to match it. Doing this only visually is just fine, that scan is not exact anyway.

	* (adjust document size)		* (adjust document size)
	* ~~draw~~ walls~~, doors and windows~~ in a new layer "Walls"
			* Draw walls in a new layer "Walls". Easiest is probably to use simple lines with a specified width and a nice color. Using "Paste style" comes handy.
	** Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.		** Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.
	* draw your furniture in a new layer "Furniture"
	* print to scale?		* Optionally draw doors and windows, possibly in a new layer.

			* Draw your furniture in a new layer "Furniture". You can use just rectangles, where you type in the measures in the toolbar, with the same scale factor you used for the balcony.

			* (print to scale?)

	==See also==		==See also==

Colin Marquardt: /* Drawing a Floor Plan */ +image

Colin Marquardt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:16:56 GMT

Drawing a Floor Plan: +image

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	=Drawing a Floor Plan=		=Drawing a Floor Plan=

	Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but not all) measures.		Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but maybe not all) measures, similar to this:

			[[Image:Floorplan_blueprint.jpg]]

	If you did not get an electronic copy of the floor plan, the first step is to scan it. You will thus have a bitmap, and we will trace it into a vector image, but without using the automatic Trace feature of Inkscape.		If you did not get an electronic copy of the floor plan, the first step is to scan it. You will thus have a bitmap, and we will trace it into a vector image, but without using the automatic Trace feature of Inkscape.

Colin Marquardt: /* Drawing a Floor Plan */

Colin Marquardt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:21:26 GMT

Drawing a Floor Plan

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	* (adjust document size)		* (adjust document size)
	* draw walls, doors and windows in a new layer "Walls"		* draw walls, doors and windows in a new layer "Walls"
			** Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.
	* draw your furniture in a new layer "Furniture"		* draw your furniture in a new layer "Furniture"
	* print to scale?		* print to scale?

Colin Marquardt: /* Drawing a Floor Plan */

Colin Marquardt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:38:45 GMT

Drawing a Floor Plan

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	Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but not all) measures.		Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but not all) measures.

	If you did not get an electronic copy of the floor plan, the first step is to scan it. You will thus have a bitmap.		If you did not get an electronic copy of the floor plan, the first step is to scan it. You will thus have a bitmap, and we will trace it into a vector image, but without using the automatic Trace feature of Inkscape.

	* Open up Inkscape, and create a new layer, let's call it "Background".		* Open up Inkscape, and create a new layer, let's call it "Background".

Colin Marquardt at 19:35, 19 February 2008

Colin Marquardt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:35:45 GMT

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			=Drawing a Floor Plan=

	Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but not all) measures.		Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but not all) measures.

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* http://www.opendimension.org/ida5D/inkscape.php		* http://www.opendimension.org/ida5D/inkscape.php


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Colin Marquardt: Seed with some thoughts.

Colin Marquardt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:34:07 GMT

Seed with some thoughts.

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Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but not all) measures.

If you did not get an electronic copy of the floor plan, the first step is to scan it. You will thus have a bitmap.

* Open up Inkscape, and create a new layer, let's call it "Background".
* Import the bitmap floor plan into it, and rotate it so that most of the walls are horizontal and/or vertical. Lock the layer.

* adjust scale!
* (adjust document size)
* draw walls, doors and windows in a new layer "Walls"
* draw your furniture in a new layer "Furniture"
* print to scale?

==See also==
* http://www.opendimension.org/ida5D/inkscape.php