Free blueprint maker

How to make a set of house plans

1. Draw the plan on each floor: walls (W) with their real thickness, doors (D), windows (N), stairs. Or start from a template and change it.
2. Dimension it. Shift+M draws a dimension line that follows the walls, and T adds a text note. Room names and areas print with the plan.
3. Pick the look. The View button → Plan style offers Materials, Coloured outline, Black and white and Blueprint. Exports follow the style you draw in.
4. Add elevations and sections. Press 4 for Elevations: north, east, south and west are drawn from the plan and the roof automatically, with levels, door and window tags and material notes. Press X to draw a Section line through the house for a section view.
5. Fill in the title block and export. Export → Print set builds the PDF: choose the paper and the scale (or Auto), all floors or this one, and type the client, address and revision for the title block. Options add a building summary, the schedules and a 3D view.

Sheet sizes and scales

Scales are 1/4", 1/8" and 1/16" = 1'-0" in feet and inches, or 1:50, 1:100 and 1:200 in metric; Auto picks the largest standard scale that fits the sheet. A 70 ft house at 1/4" = 1'-0" is 17½ in long before its dimensions, too long for an 11 × 17 sheet, so drop to 1/8" or use ARCH C. Floor plan scale has the full arithmetic.

What is on each sheet

• Plan sheets: one per floor, at the chosen scale, with a ROOMS schedule (name and area) and a scale bar.
• Title block: project name, sheet title ("Ground floor · Floor plan"), client and address, scale and paper, date, revision, and a north arrow.
• Optional sheets: a building summary (net and gross areas), the schedules and budget (doors, windows, finishes), and a 3D view.
• Elevations export on their own from the Elevations view as PDF, SVG, PNG or DXF.

Will a building department accept it?

Sometimes. Many US jurisdictions let homeowners submit their own drawings for decks, small additions, finished basements and some ADUs, and a scaled FloorGen print set covers what a floor plan sheet usually shows. Others require a licensed architect or engineer to prepare or stamp the drawings, especially for structural work and multi-unit buildings, and nearly all need a site plan and details FloorGen does not draw. Ask your building department first; drawing floor plans for a building permit goes through what reviewers look for.

What it does not produce

• No stamped or sealed construction documents, and no structural, framing, electrical or plumbing sheets.
• No wall sections or construction details beyond the section view of the building.
• No DWG export; DXF (R12) opens in AutoCAD and most CAD programs for a drafter to finish.