DRAFTHOUSE parametric floor plan drafting
Click a box or the panel to start a cable Cable Circuit Lines Cold from Size
left-drag orbit · right-drag pan · scroll zoom
WALL Circuit
Finish
Pick an object and hit Place, then click the wall · select anything to see its dimensions — double-click a value to type a new one · openings write back to the floor plan · Dim adds a measurement to any reference
CEILING Circuit
Finish Crown
Looking down on the room, north up, cropped at the wall faces · pick a feature and hit Place, then click in the room — it snaps beside a joist, centred in a bay, or to the room centre · select a feature to see its distances to the walls — double-click a value to type a new one · Dim measures from any reference · Esc closes
0 segments
Wall
Opening
Section
Blueprint
Projects
Materials
Waste %
Floor hookups
Click anywhere to place — no room required · drag moves · Del removes · subfloor type lives in the Section dialog (R)
Stair
Width
Max riser Tread
Rise and run follow the level height · the deck above gets a framed opening
Reference objects
Layout reference only · R rotates the selected object
Roof sections
Each roof is drawn in the plan as two parallel RAILS — the bearing lines it spans, landing on the double top plate. Everything between the rails and their end points is covered; overhangs are added outside that. Compound roofs come from composition: cross-gable = two sections with perpendicular rails, hip-and-valley = hip main + wing, multi-level = an upper section plus a lower one.
Gable end
The end wall of a roof section — the triangle standing between the top plates and the roof. Skin it like any other exterior face, and mount an attic vent or a light on it. Positions are measured ACROSS the end from rail A, and UP from the top plates.
Covering
Framing settings
Level heights
Floor joists Floor system Stud OC
Corner T type
Foundation
Truss Ridge Pitch /12
Door RO ht Window RO
Win center
Load-bearing header rules (RO width up to → header)
Wall framing
Stud OC
Bearing
side A
side B
Covering, insulation and everything mounted on a side are set in the side editor — or double-click that side of the wall in the plan
Length
Formulas OK: 0.5*c12 — click a dimension to reference it