RESIDENTIAL DRAFTING IN AUTOCAD
Step by step. From your first floor plan to finished drawing sheets.
Learn residential drafting through a guided house project. Create floor plans, elevations and a site plan using a ready-made AutoCAD template, then build your skills with three additional residential projects.
For learners with basic AutoCAD familiarity.
Course in development · Planned price US$129 · Join free
FROM KNOWING COMMANDS TO MAKING DRAWINGS
Knowing the tools is one part of drafting. Bringing the floor plan, elevations, annotations and sheets together is another.
DRAFTYR pairs a prepared drawing setup with practical guidance and completed residential references. See the finished result, explore the editable file and follow how the pieces fit together.
For people with basic AutoCAD familiarity who want a clearer way to approach residential drawings.
THE TOOLKIT + THE TEACHING
The resources give you the setup. The guidance shows you how to use it. The completed projects stay beside you as references.
A prepared AutoCAD template with organised layers, reusable blocks and drawing layouts.
Follow one residential project from floor plan to elevations, site plan and plotted sheets.
Apply the workflow to three more projects with guided exercises and completed drawing references.
Planned course inclusions. Final files, lesson formats and project inventories will be confirmed before purchase.
LEARN THE WORKFLOW / PROJECT 1
The main guided course connects the template to a finished residential example. These are genuine drawing previews from that project.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN TO CREATE
Learn how the pieces fit together: draw walls, position windows, develop elevations, prepare a site plan and present your work on finished sheets.
Select a drawing to enlarge it. Reference examples are not approved construction or building-consent documents.
ONE PROJECT / A CONNECTED WORKFLOW
Follow the same home through each stage. Use the completed drawings to check how your plan, elevations and sheet presentation work together.
THE PROPOSED COURSE PATH
Find your way around the layers, drawing elements and prepared file.
Bring walls, openings and fixtures together in a clear residential plan.
Give the drawing a readable hierarchy of linework, dimensions and text.
Carry the same building through its external views and site context.
Work with title blocks, paper-space layouts and viewports, then review your PDF set.
PROJECTS 2–4 / APPLY THE WORKFLOW
Build on what you learn in the main project. Three guided applications focus on adapting the workflow, with completed files for reference.
Apply the drawing setup to another home, using its completed plan as a reference while you work.
A further guided residential application is in preparation. Its preview and drawing scope will be confirmed before enrolment opens.
THE TOWNHOUSE PROJECT / GUIDED APPLICATION
Follow the same townhouse project from the site and elevations into the layouts of three individual lots. Open any drawing for a fully framed, closer view.
INSIDE THE TOWNHOUSES
Compare the room layouts, circulation and stair connections across Lots 1, 2 and 5.
LOT 01 / ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
Two more views of Lot 1 bring the roof forms, openings and cladding into focus.
Selected drawing references. The illustration is a separate visualisation, and the drawings are not approved construction documents for use on another site.
INSIDE THE DRAFTYR AUTOCAD TEMPLATE
Organised layers, reusable drawing elements and prepared sheets. Explore the actual resources behind the project drawings.
A prepared layer structure keeps drawing elements organised as the project develops.
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Door and window examples with their corresponding plan and elevation views.
Explore a broader selection of sofas, dining settings, beds, kitchen and bathroom fixtures, and stairs from the supplied block library.
See the paper-space layout and its title-block details together.
Drawing previews are exported from the supplied PDFs. The layer list is a typeset presentation of the same selected layer names shown in the ad creative. Select a drawing to inspect it at a larger size.
YOUR COURSE + DRAFTING TOOLKIT
Learn through the main guided course, apply the workflow to three more projects and keep the drafting template and completed residential references alongside you.
The course is in development. Final lesson scope, file compatibility and licence terms will be confirmed before enrolment opens.
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EARLY ENROLMENT / RESIDENTIAL DRAFTING IN AUTOCAD
Join the early enrolment list for DRAFTYR’s residential drafting course. Get lesson previews, course updates and an email when enrolment opens.
Joining the list is free. It does not reserve a course place, take payment or grant course access.
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
Architecture students, graduates, junior technicians and independent drafters who know basic AutoCAD commands and want a clearer residential drafting workflow.
The proposed course focuses on using the DRAFTYR template to develop a residential drawing set. Basic AutoCAD familiarity is recommended. Relevant tools are introduced as they are needed.
Project 1 is the main guided course. Projects 2–4 are guided applications of the same workflow, with project briefs, targeted explanations and completed references. They are not four separate, repetitive follow-along courses.
A drafting template, included dynamic blocks, editable project DWGs and PDF drawing references. The final project-by-project inventory and teaching formats will be confirmed before sales open.
Compatibility, DWG versions, units, fonts and plotting dependencies are being checked. Confirmed requirements will be published before purchase. AutoCAD software is not included.
Permitted personal, educational and commercial uses will be stated in the final licence before purchase. Redistribution and resale are not promised. The reference buildings are not site-specific construction or consent documents.
The course is in development, and an enrolment date has not been announced. Join the early enrolment list for course previews and an email when enrolment opens. Joining is free and does not reserve a place, take payment or give course access. The planned course price is US$129, subject to final confirmation.