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Turn a Hand-Drawn Sketch Into a 3D Floor Plan (Full Walkthrough)

The first full walkthrough in the series: a floor plan drawn by hand on paper becomes a 3D floor plan you can walk through. No CAD file and no neat drawing needed.

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The steps

1 — Photograph the sketch

A phone photo is enough. The drawing is only a backdrop to trace over, so it does not need to be neat, straight or machine-readable.

2 — Drop the photo in

Drag the image onto WalkMyPlan (PNG, JPG or WebP). It lands under the sketch pad as something to trace over.

3 — Trace the walls

Outline first, then the walls inside it. Lines snap straight and closed shapes become rooms, so a wobbly sketch becomes a straight plan.

4 — Give one wall its real length

A sketch has no scale. Right-click a wall whose length you know and type it under Set the drawing's scale from this wall; every other wall follows. To change one wall alone later, use Make this wall — the scale stays.

5 — Doors, windows, furniture — then Build 3D

Drag doors and windows onto the walls, drop furniture into the rooms, and press Build 3D to walk through what you drew.

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