Start from a template
Updated 3 min readWorks without an account
A template is a finished, furnished layout you can reshape however you like. Pick one from the projects page and it opens as a new project of your own; the original is never changed.
Open a template
- Step 1: Open the template picker
On the projects page, click the Template tile above All projects, or Templates in the sidebar and then More templates: houses, ADUs, single rooms and plot sizes. Before your first project, the page shows Start a plan with the same More templates button.
- Step 2: Pick a group
The Start from a template dialog has tabs: Starters, Houses, Apartments, ADUs and Single rooms. Blank plot starts an empty plan with your plot drawn on it.
- Step 3: Click a card
Each card shows the plan, its floor area and what is in it. Click it to create the project and open it in the editor.
The New project dialog also offers the three starters under Starting point › Template. In the editor, an empty plan’s Use a template opens Start from a template: a template you pick replaces the empty design.
| Field | What it does | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Units | Feet or Metres for the plot sizes. | In the editor, the project’s units; on the projects page, Metres | |
| Width (left to right) | The plot’s width. | 3–500 m (about 10–1,640 ft) | 70 ft (21.34 m) |
| Depth (top to bottom) | The plot’s depth. | 3–500 m (about 10–1,640 ft) | 120 ft (36.58 m) |
| Plot area | Shows the area once you press ↵ or leave a size field. |
Click Start with this plot to start an empty plan with the plot drawn on it, so you can fit the house inside its edges.
The templates
| Group | Templates |
|---|---|
| Starters | Studio, Two-bedroom apartment, Family house |
| Houses | 3-bed ranch with 2-car garage, 3-bed ranch with finished basement, 4-bed two-story, 1,500 sq ft 3-bed starter house, Side-by-side duplex, Fourplex (four 2-bed units), 3-bed barndominium with shop, Cabin with sleeping loft, Mexican two-storey casa, UK 3-bed semi-detached |
| Apartments | 3-room apartment (3-Zimmer-Wohnung) |
| ADUs | 800 sq ft 2-bed ADU, 2-car garage to studio ADU, Basement secondary suite, Garden suite (laneway house) |
| Single rooms | L-shaped kitchen, Galley kitchen, U-shaped kitchen, 5×8 full bath, Jack-and-Jill bathroom, 12×12 bedroom with closet, Primary suite, Accessible bathroom, Laundry and mudroom |
Units and building codes
- The US and Canadian layouts are drawn in feet and inches with 2×6 exterior and 2×4 interior walls, and open under the IRC code profile.
- The Mexican casa, the UK semi and the German apartment are drawn in metres and open in their own region, with its units, currency, paper, wall build-ups and code profile.
- You can change the units or the region afterwards in Settings.
Questions
Do I need an account to use templates?
No. Guests can start from any template by default.
Can I change a template?
Yes. It becomes your own project; move walls, swap furniture or delete rooms as you like.
Why does a template show “Templates are locked”?
Templates can be switched off for some plans. Start from a blank plan or a plot size instead.