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Part 5 — Building Sections | Sheet by Sheet

  Plans show you the layout. Elevations show you the faces. But neither tells you what's happening inside the walls. That's what sections are for. A building section cuts straight through the house — vertically — and exposes everything plans and elevations leave hidden. It's the sheet that answers the questions contractors ask most: how high is that ceiling? Where does the stair land? What's the structural depth at that beam? What it shows: Interior ceiling heights — room by room Stair geometry — rise, run, headroom clearance Structural member depths — beams, headers, joists Insulation layers and wall assembly thickness Roof structure and attic conditions Floor to floor heights on multi-storey homes Relationship between indoor finished floor and outdoor grade Types of sections: Building section — cuts through the full width or length of the house. Shows the big picture — overall height, stair relationshi...
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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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