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Part 8 — Door & Window Schedules | Sheet by Sheet

Nobody reads the schedules. Until a window shows up in the wrong size. Then everybody reads the schedules. Door and window schedules are the coordination backbone of any residential set. They connect what's shown on the floor plan to what gets ordered, delivered, and installed. When they're wrong — or when nobody checked them — the consequences show up at the worst possible time. What it shows: Every door and window in the project listed by mark number Size — width, height, and rough opening dimensions Type — swing, sliding, fixed, casement, etc. Material and finish — wood, vinyl, aluminum, painted, stained Hardware requirements Fire rating where required Notes on special conditions — tempered glass, egress compliance How schedules connect to the rest of the set: Every door and window on the floor plan has a mark — a number or letter in a circle or tag. That mark links directly to the schedule. The schedule then links to the specificatio...
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Rendering a floor plan in photoshop

HOW TO RENDER A PLAN IN PHOTOSHOP

STEP 1

Plot your autocad drawing into pdf with only wall, door and window layers on. Turn off the furniture and text layers.

Open photoshop. Go to FILE -> OPEN (shortcut Ctrl+O) and open your pdf file which you have to photoshop.



STEP 2

Next go to LAYER-> BACKGROUND FROM LAYER.  So you will have a white background. Also double click on the lock symbol near Background layer to convert it to Layer 0.



STEP 3

Next, click on MAGIC WAND (shortcut W) and Selection and start selecting the areas you want to color.



STEP 4

After selecting all the areas, go the bottom right corner and select the CREATE NEW FILL OR ADJUSTMENT LAYER -> SOLID COLOR.



STEP 5

If you want to fill any solid pattern, then click on CREATE NEW FILL OR ADJUSTMENT LAYER -> PATTERN.



STEP 6

Add more depth to the color/ pattern by double clicking on the Layer to open LAYER STYLE. 

HOW TO ADD/ DEFINE A PATTERN

Open Google chrome and find the image you want to use as a pattern and COPY (Ctrl+C) the image from google and open Photoshop.  

Ctrl+N 

Edit -> Define Pattern


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