From your first wall to a complete plan

Use a computer with a mouse or trackpad. Explore the sample first, or start with your own room. You can draw without an account.

1. Open the editor and choose My projects at the top left. Select Example plan to practise selecting and moving furniture.
2. Choose Blank design if you have room measurements. Draw the outline first, then add partitions, openings and furniture.
3. If you have a plan image, choose Trace an image. Select a PNG or JPG up to 5 MiB, calibrate it, then trace the walls.
4. To continue a design, open it under Local projects or Cloud projects. Use Import design backup for a saved JSON backup.

Choose tools on the left, draw in the centre and edit the selected object in the right-hand inspector. Project, save and export controls are at the top.

1. Use the left rail to switch between Furniture, Walls, doors and windows, Floors, Utilities, Measure and Layers. The adjacent panel shows the tools in that category.
2. Choose Select above the canvas, then click an object. Its name and dimensions appear on the right. Confirm numeric edits with Enter or by leaving the field.
3. Use the mouse wheel or Zoom in / Zoom out for detail. Choose Pan and drag to move the view; Fit to view returns to the whole drawing.
4. Turn on Snap to help align wall endpoints and furniture. Grid is a visual aid; zooming does not change real dimensions.

Close the room outline before adding openings. Wall length follows the centreline, so account for wall thickness when working from inside-room measurements.

1. Choose Walls, doors and windows → Draw walls. Click a starting point and successive corners to draw connected walls, or drag to draw a single wall.
2. Return to the first point to close the outline, then press Esc. Switch to Select and click a wall.
3. Enter Wall length (mm) and Wall thickness (mm) in the inspector. For exact placement, edit the start and end X / Y coordinates, or drag the endpoints.
4. Use Repair wall connections for small gaps. Or Shift-click two walls and choose Connect selected walls. Split wall at midpoint divides a wall into two segments.

A reference image is a tracing guide. Set its scale from a measured distance before drawing walls so furniture sizes can be compared meaningfully.

1. After uploading through My projects, open Measure → Reference image. Use the image visibility control and Opacity to see both the reference and your drawing.
2. Use Move reference image and Reference scale (%) to position and resize the image first. Calibrate after these adjustments.
3. Choose Calibrate with two points and click the endpoints of a known distance in the image. Enter its measured length in Actual length (mm), then choose Apply calibration.
4. Use Measure between two points to check a second, independent distance. Once the scale is right, trace wall centrelines and set wall thickness.

Openings need the right position, width and direction. The door arc shows which space the open leaf occupies.

1. Choose Walls, doors and windows → Add door or Add window, then click near the target wall. Snap helps the opening attach to the wall.
2. Select the opening and enter Opening width (mm). Check Host wall and choose the correct wall if needed.
3. For a door, Flip hinge side changes the hinge end. Flip opening direction changes which side of the wall it opens toward. Watch the leaf and arc as you adjust each control.
4. Drag the opening into position. For an opening without a door leaf, select Passage under Type.

Place large items such as beds, sofas and wardrobes first. Use their full outside dimensions, not just the advertised mattress or desktop size.

1. Search by name under Furniture and open a category. Drag a card onto the canvas, or click the card and then click to place it.
2. Select the item and enter Width (mm), Depth (mm) and Rotation (degrees). Use numeric fields for exact sizes, or corner and green rotation handles to explore layouts.
3. Drag to reposition; arrow keys nudge, and Shift makes the nudge larger. Shift-click several objects or drag a selection box from empty space to move a group.
4. Use Duplicate for matching items. Review overlap warnings and Furniture edge to wall clearance, then measure gaps between furniture items.

Closed walls can generate a room floor. You can also draw an irregular area point by point and choose its finish and colour.

1. Once walls form a closed outline, open Floors and choose Generate rooms from walls. If no room appears, check the wall joins.
2. For a manual area, choose a finish and board / tile size, then select Draw floor area. Click at least three boundary points in order without crossing the edges.
3. Choose Finish drawing at the bottom or press Enter. Select the floor to move its vertices, change finish, direction and colour, or read its area.
4. Read an automatically generated room’s area in the inspector. To label it “Bedroom” on the drawing, use Measure → Add text.

Mark sockets, switches, lights, water supply and drains. Draw routes to communicate where you want lines or pipes to run.

1. Under Utilities → Utility points, choose a point type and click to place it. Select it to edit its name, position, rotation and Circuit / group.
2. Under Wiring and pipes, choose an electrical line, cold-water pipe, hot-water pipe or drain pipe. Click the route’s turning points in sequence.
3. After at least two points, choose Finish drawing or press Enter. Select the route to move nodes, record its circuit / group and diameter, and read its path length.
4. Use descriptive names such as “Desk socket” and “Kitchen supply”. Hide furniture in Layers to review the routes more clearly.

Dimensions communicate distances; notes explain intent. Mark the measurements and positions you want someone else to check.

1. Choose Measure → Measure between two points and click the two endpoints to create a dimension.
2. Select the dimension and drag its endpoints to adjust what it measures. Its value follows those endpoints and the current scale.
3. Choose Add text and click to place a note. Enter its wording under Annotation text, then adjust font size, colour and position.
4. Start with the room’s inside length and width, then mark openings and key furniture gaps. Keep notes clear of walls, door arcs and other dimensions.

View a complex drawing one category at a time. Hiding controls visibility; locking protects objects you have already placed.

1. Open Layers and toggle floors, walls, openings, furniture, utilities and annotations.
2. Click a name in the Objects to centre and select it. Its category becomes visible if it was hidden.
3. Select an object and choose Lock / unlock to protect it from accidental edits. Unlock it before editing. Bring to front / Send to back changes overlap order within its category.
4. To compare layouts, choose Make a copy in My projects. Rename the copy “Option B” and rearrange its furniture while keeping Option A.

Save locally keeps a design in this browser. Cloud saving lets you continue on another computer. A design backup is a JSON file you keep yourself.

1. Local drafts are saved while you edit; you can also choose Save locally at the top. Download a backup or finish cloud syncing before clearing browser data.
2. For a file backup, choose Export & backup → Download design backup. No sign-in is needed. It does not contain the uploaded reference image, so keep the original image too.
3. To save across computers, sign in with Google and choose Save to cloud / retry in My projects. Later edits continue syncing; wait for Synced before leaving.
4. On the other computer, open the editor, sign in with the same Google account and open the design from My projects → Cloud projects. Use Import design backup for a JSON file.

Open Export & backup at the top and choose a format. Sign in with Google for free exports without a brand watermark. Pick the file your recipient needs.

1. Choose Export PNG to share a layout image. Check visible layers and annotations first. The reference image, grid and selection handles are omitted.
2. Choose Export PDF for a document or printed overview. The drawing is an image fitted to the page, so it is not a scale drawing to measure with a ruler.
3. Choose Export DXF to continue in CAD. Select millimetres, centimetres or metres and the required layers. If the scale is estimated, calibrate first or explicitly accept an estimated-scale drawing.
4. Open the downloaded file and inspect it. In CAD, confirm DXF units and measure a known length. Set paper size and print scale there if you need a scaled print.

Build your first plan from a defined set of dimensions. This is a teaching example; replace the furniture sizes and layout with your own measurements.

1. Start with My projects → Blank design and rename it “Bedroom practice”. Draw four connected walls, close the outline and press Esc. Set each wall to 120 mm thick.
2. Select each wall and set its endpoints in the inspector: top (1000,1000) → (4120,1000); right continues to (4120,4720); bottom to (1000,4720); left back to (1000,1000). All coordinates are in mm.
3. The centrelines enclose 3120 × 3720 mm. Subtract half a wall thickness at each side to get 3000 × 3600 mm inside. Dimension the inside faces. For a real room, calibrate against a measured reference length.
4. Add an 800 mm door to the bottom wall opening inward, and a 1200 mm window to the top wall. Check the hinge and swing direction.
5. Add a 1500 × 2000 mm bed and a 1200 × 600 mm desk. Try the bed on the left and desk near the top. Check furniture and door-swing overlap, then measure the space for use.
6. Generate the room floor and check that its area is about 10.80 m². Add “Bedroom” and any remeasurement notes. Save locally and download a backup; sign in to export a PNG for sharing.

Keep a copy of the current design before dealing with sync, scale or export problems. Do not clear browser data as a first troubleshooting step.

1. For an accidental move or deletion, try Undo. For an older state, open My projects → Restore versions, check the name and time, then restore. Cloud projects offer up to 3 recovery versions.
2. If saving fails or sign-in expires, download a design backup first. Check your network and sign-in, then retry sync in My projects and wait for Synced.
3. If cloud projects are full, check the recycle bin in My projects. Back up anything you need before choosing Permanently delete to free a slot. You can still draw locally and export.
4. If an object will not move or is missing, press Esc to return to selection. Check its lock and layer visibility, then locate it in the Objects. Use Fit to view if you have lost the drawing.

Use shortcuts while working on the canvas. Leave text and number fields before using drawing commands.

1. Ctrl / ⌘ + Z undoes; Ctrl / ⌘ + Shift + Z or Ctrl / ⌘ + Y redoes.
2. Ctrl / ⌘ + D duplicates the selection; Delete / Backspace deletes it; Ctrl / ⌘ + S saves locally.
3. Arrow keys nudge selected objects; Shift + arrow moves them farther. Shift-click adds to the selection.
4. Esc leaves drawing mode or clears the selection. Enter finishes a floor area or route after enough points have been placed.