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Save your current drawing to a file first?
INSERT PHOTO / PDF
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Pick a PDF or image. It gets inspected first — vector PDFs are kept as-is, photos and scanned pages convert once to a compact image.
INSPECTING — {{ insertFileName }}…
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Preview
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SCALE ON PAPER
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WIDTH ON PLAN
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Calibrate
REAL DISTANCE
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UNDERLAYS IN THIS DRAWING
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CONNECT AT CORNER
This garage wall continues the house wall from the far side — pick the offset and the run shifts over square, or keep it IN LINE if the walls should align.
DETACHED GARAGE FOUNDATION
Grade beam hangs off grade with a 4" slab sloping 1/8"/ft to the door on graded fill; thickened edge pours one LEVEL monolithic slab — 4" field, 1'-0" edge, 45° taper, on gravel; frost wall stands 8" concrete on a strip footing at the house's footing depth, with the same sloped slab.
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OPEN KEYBOARD & LAYER SETTINGS → OPEN COMPANY STANDARD LAYERS →
Layer Philosophy
  • Layers follow AIA-style CAD names (A-WALL-EXT, S-SLAB…) so drawings convert cleanly to AutoCAD/DXF.
  • Commands assign layers automatically — the layers organize themselves, so nobody manages them by hand.
  • Views (PLAN, FLOOR, ELECTRIC…) are display groupings only; the layer taxonomy is the source of truth for export. Layers can be shared across views — e.g. walls show in both PLAN and ELECTRIC but are only edited in PLAN.
File name
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Import an existing file
Drop a file here or choose one from your device.
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Professor Gruff
CLOSE ALL OTHER BROWSER WINDOWS AND TABS FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE. The drafting engine runs entirely on your machine — videos and busy tabs in the background can slow the cursor down.
Professor Gruff
Automatically using the default project settings to build your house now — trace away! To update this project's specifications press Escape, or hit the PROJECT button right up there.
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CLIMB — ENTER / SPACE / TAP
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ROOM TRAY
Tap a name, then tap the plan.
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Professor Gruff
An attached garage hangs off the house: click your first corner ON the house outline, draw the three legs out, around, and back, and land the last corner ON the house too. Missed it? No trouble — grab the corner and drag it onto the house.
Areas
Developed area per level with the room roll-up, recomputed from the drawing each time this opens.
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Building total
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Create Assembly
Name the selected drawing items, then choose whether this assembly stays rigid.
Y / ENTER / SPACE = FIXED · N / ESC = NOT FIXED
Draw / Edit
Build
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Line Layer
Names and print rules live in Company Standard Layers.
Selection
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Object Type
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Group Wall Assembly
BASE HEIGHTTOP HEIGHT
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Extend
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Copy
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Wall Type
Ref Line (Exterior Face)
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Base Ht
Top Ht
Use 8-1 1/8, 8'-1 1/8", or 97.125"
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Floor · Structure
Total Thickness
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Shape
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ABOVE SHEATHING
Saves on A-FL-FLOORING · area + finish feed the future estimates
Outline
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Dimension
First string offset
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Fenestration · Type
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Width
Sill Ht
Head Ht
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Stair Width
Headroom
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Column · Pad Footing / Pile
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Beam · Mode
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Stair · Shape
Stair · Handrail
Width
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Kitchen
Bath
Laundry
Bedroom
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Room Tags
Annotation · Leader End
Text Box
Fill Opacity %
Corner Bullnose
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Roof · Mode
Eave Overhang
Pitch (rise : 12)
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Click the side of the line to look toward
Elevations
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Levels
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BONEYARD
Sections
Press [{{ cutShortcut }}] to cut a view
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PROJECT
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LENGTH
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MODEL LAYOUT PROJECT SPECS Rough Drafter home