How to Create, Preview and Reuse a Measured Layout
Record room and wall measurements, add openings, use the layout preview, and manage reusable layouts without mixing in prices.
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A layout is your reusable measurement record. Use it to describe rooms, walls and openings, then choose that layout whenever you need a construction or finishing estimate. Keep prices and product choices for the estimate stage.
You can keep several layouts: one for each property, floor, renovation zone or measured alternative. Saving a layout does not create an estimate.
Prepare your measurements
Choose your measurement system in Settings. For each room, record its clear internal dimensions, wall height and relevant wall thickness. For separate walls, measure their length, height and thickness. Write down doors, windows and other openings before entering them.
Use one consistent definition of each dimension. For example, do not enter an outside building width where the field asks for a clear room width. Check the field label and displayed unit every time you switch between room dimensions and smaller details.
For irregular rooms, use the available shape inputs that match the measured geometry. Avoid forcing an irregular space into a rectangle just to get a total. If a site detail needs clarification, record it in the layout notes and confirm it before ordering materials.
Start with a template or your own layout
Choose Create a layout from the workspace or Layouts. The starting page offers Single Room, Single Wall and Whole Home / Advanced Layout, followed by four choices under Or start from a template. Choose a room or wall to begin with one measured space, or choose Whole home to build your own plan.
The four starters include rooms, doors, windows and bathroom vents:
| House template | Built-up area | Included spaces |
|---|---|---|
| 20 × 30 ft 1BHK | 591.3 ft² | Living room, 1 bedroom, kitchen, dining and 1 bathroom |
| 20 × 40 ft Compact 2BHK | 790 ft² | Living room, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, dining/lobby and 1 bathroom |
| 30 × 40 ft Family 2BHK | 1,191.3 ft² | Living/dining, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, 1 common bathroom and 1 attached bathroom |
| 30 × 50 ft Family 3BHK | 1,476.3 ft² | Living room, 3 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, 1 common bathroom, 1 attached bathroom and a short bedroom lobby |
Each template has a continuous rectangular house perimeter, connected rooms and 10 ft wall heights. Clear room dimensions use half-foot steps with nominal 9-inch exterior walls and 4½- or 9-inch partitions. The built-up area is slightly below the named house size to keep those dimensions and wall allowances. It includes the measured walls and no surrounding open space. Clear floor area counts the inside rooms. Bathrooms have ventilators on an outside wall.
A fresh workspace includes the 1BHK layout and a separate painting and flooring estimate. Both work like any other saved record. Material snapshots retain editable, dated illustrative prices. Choosing a template opens an unsaved layout; choose Save layout to keep it.
Give the layout a useful name. “Ground floor — measured 30 October” is easier to identify later than “Layout 2”. Add rooms or wall spaces and name them as you go, for example “Bedroom east” or “Compound wall north”. Those names help you select the correct scope during estimation.
Enter rooms and walls carefully
Work through one space at a time. Choose the geometry, enter the dimensions, and review the preview before moving to the next space.
In Single room, use the dashed Add another room button just below the dimension cards to add a fresh room. In Single wall, Add another wall adds a fresh wall in the same place. Adding a space collapses the other dimension cards and opens the new one for editing. Use Expand or Collapse on each card. Initially, only the last room and its last opening are expanded; manual choices stay open or closed as you set them. You can keep adding spaces without starting a new layout. Whole home also offers Add standalone wall.
Duplicate room and Duplicate wall remain inside each expanded card. Duplicate copies that space’s measurements and openings, so use it for a similar room or wall; Add another starts with editable example dimensions and no openings. After adding or duplicating, check its dimensions and position in the preview. Use the drag handle, or its up and down arrow keys, to change card order.
When rooms share a physical wall, check their positions and wall details rather than treating both faces as two separate walls to build.
The preview is there to help you inspect the measurements. Moving a shape is not a substitute for entering its dimensions. Similarly, rotating the view changes how you look at the plan; it does not replace the measured length and width.
If structural members are part of your recorded geometry, copy their dimensions and positions from approved project information. These inputs support quantity calculation; the application does not design structural members or reinforcement.
Add doors, windows and other openings
Within the relevant wall or room, add each opening and choose its type and shape. Enter its width and height, or the dimensions requested for a circular or arched opening. Record its height above the floor and distance from the wall start where those fields apply.
Check that the opening fits the wall. A window positioned beyond the wall end or higher than the wall can give misleading deductions. Opening depth can also matter for exposed edges and faces in finishing calculations, so use the actual measured or specified depth.
For example, a rectangular 10 ft × 9 ft wall has 90 ft² of face area. A 3 ft × 7 ft door removes 21 ft² from that flat face, leaving 69 ft² before any separate edge or finish rules. Enter the door as an opening so later estimates can apply the relevant deductions consistently.
Use the preview controls
The controls at the lower left let you zoom out, zoom in, fit the plan and rotate the view. Fit plan is useful when the geometry moves outside the visible area. Expand the preview when you need more room to inspect a busy layout.
In the editor, the lower-right controls provide undo, redo and shape locking. Lock shapes when you want to inspect the plan without moving them accidentally. When an editable shape is selected, Rotate shape changes that shape’s orientation. It is separate from rotating the overall view.
Room names adapt to the space available: the viewer tries a different orientation, then reduces the text size if needed. Zoom in or expand the preview to read small rooms more comfortably. Dimension labels keep clear of the room names.
Look for overlapping rooms, misplaced openings and unexpected shared walls. Read any geometry warnings and correct the measurements or position before using the layout for costs.
Save, rename and duplicate
Choose Save layout when you are ready to keep the draft. Return to the layout library to rename it, edit it or duplicate it. Duplicate is useful when you want an alternative while retaining the original measurements.
Existing estimates keep their own layout snapshots. Editing a layout therefore does not update previously saved estimates. After a change, create a new estimate from the revised layout and give it a name that identifies the new scenario.
Deleting a layout removes it from your reusable library. Keep an export before deleting work you may need again. Read the backup guide for transferring or restoring records.
Continue into an estimate
After choosing Save layout, use Use for estimate in the editor or Start estimate on its library card. You can also select the layout through Estimates and choose New estimate. You will choose the work and prices there. Follow the saved estimate walkthrough to turn this measurement record into a transparent cost calculation.