drawing a floor plan
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Activator :
What is a floor plan?
Student Outcome:
RHS Scholars will create floor plans to scale for their assigned library section
and attach them to their design boards.
Creating a Scale Floor Plan
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Bedroom Floor Plan Sample
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 1: Use a graph pad where each square on the paper equals one quarter of an inch precisely (four squares equal one inch) or create your own grid of equal squares on a blank sheet of paper.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 2: Imagine each square represents one foot (12 inches).
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 3: Measure the length of one wall with the tape measure.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 4: Draw a line on the graph paper to represent this length of wall by counting the squares. For example: The wall is eight feet six inches long. Count out eight and a half squares.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 5: Measure the length of each wall around the room.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 6: Measure the length of each door and window opening (without frames) from the corner of the closest wall and add to the drawing.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 7: Draw windows as double lines and doors with a line and an arc.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 8: Measure the length and widths of all built in fixtures such as counters and add to your plan.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 9: Measure the length and width of each piece of furniture for this room with the tape measure.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 10: Draw the furniture on another sheet of graph paper –Remember that each 4 x 4 (red) square equals one foot
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 11: Cut out the individual pieces of furniture with scissors.
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
Step 12: Move the cut out furniture around on your plan to decide on a suitable arrangement. You’re Finished!
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Multiple Room Options
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How to Draw a Floor Plan
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