Help & Tutorials
Everything you need to get the most out of RoomSketch3D — from drawing your first floor plan to walking through a fully furnished room in 3D. Search, pick a topic, or start with the basics.
Project tutorials
Pick a space. We'll walk the idea, then build it in RoomSketch3D.
Turn an attic into a bedroom under the slope
Vault to the floor, add a skylight, and furnish only where you can stand.
Plan a medical clinic, lab or dental office layout
Seven furnished medical and lab plans plus 50 generic lab, clinic and dental pieces, including an analyzer with its sample handler. Line up analyzer modules, check clearances, walk it in 3D.
Plan a barbershop, salon, nail salon, day spa or tattoo studio
Four furnished salon and spa plans plus 24 pieces: barber and styling chairs, mirror stations, shampoo units, pedicure chairs, massage tables, tattoo chairs.
Plan a wedding reception, ceremony or hotel room
A 160-guest wedding reception, a 168-chair ceremony and a king hotel room, all furnished, plus dance floors, rounds, arches and hotel carts to add.
Plan an RV, camper van, boat cabin or shipping container home
Five furnished small-space plans (motorhome, camper van, sailboat, 40 ft and 20 ft containers) and 21 RV, van and boat pieces to rearrange.
Plan a dry cleaner layout
A furnished 40 × 30 ft dry cleaner plus 10 pieces: conveyors, a dry-cleaning machine, presses, a shirt finisher, ironing, spotting and bagging stations.
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Getting Started
Create your account, draw your first room, and learn your way around the editor in a few minutes.
31 articlesDesign Ideas
Furnish a specific corner of your home — a reading nook, a game room, a walk-in closet, a hot-tub deck. Each guide names the exact catalog items to place in your floor plan, the plan to arrange them, and the 3D view to judge it.
62 articlesBuilding Your Floor Plan
Build your whole floor plan — walls, doors, windows, stairs, fireplaces, and balconies; set wall and ceiling heights; lay per-room flooring; and stack multiple floors into a complete home.
52 articlesFurnishing Your Space
Browse real-world items, place and arrange them, set any piece to your exact size, and check what actually fits.
33 articlesViewing in 3D
Step inside your home: switch to 3D, orbit it, walk through it room by room, jump between rooms with the beacons, and toggle the ceiling.
7 articlesSmart Flow Check
Catch traffic, clearance, and door-swing problems before they happen — and learn how to fix them.
3 articlesSaving, Sharing & Exporting
Auto-save and sync across devices, manage your designs, export 2D images and 3D models, and share a link.
13 articlesMobile & AR Scanning
Use RoomSketch3D on iPhone, iPad, and Android — including measuring a room by walking it with AR.
5 articlesAccount & Billing
Buying, licenses, restoring purchases, account changes, and privacy.
7 articlesTroubleshooting
Fixing problems: a design that won't save, missing designs after signing in, a black screen or frozen canvas, connection errors, and slow or interrupted 3D.
4 articlesWall Fixtures: Doors, Windows & More
The complete guide to every wall fixture — door types (hinged, French, sliding, pocket, barn), window types (fixed, sliding, bay, corner bay), fireplaces, balconies, railings, and stairs. What each one is, when to use it, and how to add it in RoomSketch3D.
41 articlesStandard Dimensions & Clearances
Standard sizes for sofas, tables, beds, desks, kitchen islands, vanities — plus the clearances around them. The reference you'll come back to every time you ask 'what size is a…'
22 articlesRoom Planning Guides
Per-room layout playbooks: living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens (galley, L, U, one-wall, island), bathrooms, dining, home office, home gym, garage, studio, and outdoor patios.
25 articlesFloor Plan Reference
Glossary of floor-planning terms, symbols library, how to read a floor plan, and the difference between a floor plan, a blueprint, and an elevation.
6 articlesProject Tutorials
Pick a space (a food truck galley, an attic bedroom) and follow the idea, then build it to scale in RoomSketch3D step by step.
6 articlesPopular guides
Take the guided tour of the editor
Let the app walk you through Home and every panel, tool, and menu of the editor on a sample apartment, and jump straight to the part you need.
Seven ways to start a floor plan
Dimensions, custom shapes, floor plan images with AI, room photos, AR scan, templates, backups — pick the right starting point.
How to create a rectangular floor plan
Set up a basic rectangular room with accurate measurements in feet or meters — about a minute.
Complete walkthrough: draw a room, furnish it, and view it in 3D
The complete tour: blank canvas → furnished room → 3D walkthrough, in a few minutes.
Drawing a custom-shaped room
Pick a starting shape that opens straight in the editor, or draw your own corners.
Creating a floor plan from a room photo
Pick a photo of your room; AI builds an approximate floor plan — walls, dimensions, furniture — in ~30 seconds.
Importing and tracing an existing floor plan
Import an existing floor-plan image and trace over it to recreate it digitally.
Adding, moving, and arranging furniture
Add, drag, rotate, and layer furniture — the core moves of arranging a room.
Will it fit? Checking before you buy or move
Measure it, place it to scale, let Flow Check flag blocked doors and overlaps, see it in 3D — know whether it fits before you commit.
Furniture spacing and clearance best practices
Walkway widths, seating gaps, table distances, door clearances — the rules of thumb.
Switching to 3D and walking through your home
One click: 2D floor plan → 3D walkthrough. Orbit it, walk it with W/A/S/D, jump between rooms.
What is Smart Flow Check?
The always-on analyzer that flags overlaps, recliner clearance, blocked door swings, crowded doorways, and more.
Fixing a cramped layout: a worked example
Before & after: a too-tight room goes from red to all-clear without changing a single wall.
Measure your room by walking it: AR scan on iPhone
Tap each corner with your iPhone camera to measure one room. No LiDAR needed.
Door types in floor plans
Hinged, French, sliding (glass + wood), pocket, barn, Dutch, bifold, accordion, pivot — what each is and when to use it.
Hinged (swing) doors
The complete reference for the most common door type — history, mechanism, sizes, hardware, code, cost.
French doors
Paired hinged doors — formal, wide, almost always glass. History, sizes, glazing, hardware, cost.
Sliding glass doors
Patio glass doors — configurations, sizes, glazing, hardware. The complete reference.
Pocket doors
Doors that disappear into the wall — the complete reference.
Barn doors
Surface-mount sliding doors — the complete reference.
Pocket door vs barn door — the definitive comparison
Direct comparison: pocket disappears, barn is visible. When each wins.
French doors vs sliding glass doors — the definitive comparison
French vs sliding glass — every dimension compared.
Garage doors
Single, double, triple — sizes and where they go.
Bay windows
Three styles, two structural types, every dimension. The definitive bay window guide.
Corner bay windows
Two-wall bay windows wrapping a building corner — full reference.
Window types
Fixed, double-hung, casement, awning, sliding, bay, bow, transom — what each is and when to use it.
Staircase types
Straight, L, U, winder, spiral, curved, monumental — every staircase type.
Fireplace types
Wood, gas, electric, ethanol; wall, corner, dual — every fireplace type.
Drawing interior walls
Cross-hair + pull-handle workflow, five styles, and where openings go.
Corner fireplaces
Diagonal corner fireplaces — when they work and how to size them.
Stair riser and tread standards
Standard residential riser, tread, and the formulas behind them.
Dual / double-sided fireplaces
See-through fireplaces — when they work and how.
Straight vs L-shape vs U-shape staircases
Direct comparison: straight, L, U, spiral.
Sofa and loveseat dimensions
Sofa and loveseat sizes by seat count — full reference.
Dining table sizes
Dining tables 2 to 12 seats — widths, lengths, room sizes.
Bed and mattress sizes
Twin to Cal-King mattress sizes and bedroom sizing.
Sectional sofa dimensions
L-shape, U-shape, chaise: sizes, room fit, clearances.
Kitchen counter and island dimensions
Counter heights, island sizes, aisle widths.
Bathroom vanity dimensions
Single and double vanity sizes, heights and clearances.
Furniture clearance and walkway standards
All standard clearances and walkway widths, in one chart.
Standard room sizes
Minimum, average and generous room sizes by type.
TV mounting and viewing distance
TV viewing distance and mounting heights.
Kitchen work triangle
The 1940s rule that still defines kitchen layout.
Living room layout
Three layouts and the rules behind them.
Master bedroom layout
Bed placement, nightstands, dresser, seating, en-suite integration.
Bathroom layout and clearances
Fixture clearances, layouts, code — for every bathroom type.
Galley kitchen layout
Two-counter parallel kitchen — efficient, narrow, fast.
L-shape kitchen layout
Corner kitchen — open, flexible, pairs well with islands.
U-shape kitchen
Three-sided kitchen — maximum counter, single cook.
Kitchen island placement
Sizing and placing the kitchen island.
Small living room layouts
Loveseat-and-chairs layouts for 10×12 to 12×14 rooms, with real clearances.
Open-concept living room layouts
Zone an open kitchen, dining and living room with real clearances.
Floor planning glossary — A to Z
A–Z reference of every term used in our help pages.
Floor plan symbols
Electrical, plumbing, HVAC symbols — quick reference.
How to read a floor plan
Beginner's guide to interpreting any floor plan.
Floor plan vs blueprint vs elevation
What each term means and when each is used.
How to measure a room accurately
Tape, laser, or AR — accurate room measurement.
Sign in on a computer with your phone
Open app.roomsketch3d.com/link on the computer, scan its code from the phone app's Settings, tap Sign in. No password, same account.
Adding pocket and barn doors
Place pocket and barn doors — zero swing arc.
Adding bay and corner bay windows
Bay and corner bay windows — placement and sizing.
Setting per-room flooring
Tile, hardwood, or carpet — set the floor per room and tune it in 3D.
Building a multi-story floor plan
Two-story homes, lofts, basements — switching floors, stairs between them, and troubleshooting.
Getting help & support
Ask, report a bug, request a feature, or give feedback — we read every message.
Duplicate or copy a floor plan
Copy a design to explore versions and variations, risk-free.
Exterior wall placement (Outside, Center, Inside)
Outside, Center, Inside — where walls sit vs your outline, and how it changes Gross & Usable area.
Painting your walls — colors for every wall face
Real brand paint colors on any wall — per wall, per room, or whole floor.
Exact sizes for anything — furniture, windows, doors, fireplaces
Type real measurements for any piece or fixture — no preset limits.
Importing a floor plan with AI tracing
Upload a floor-plan image or PDF and let AI draft the walls, doors, windows and, if you want, the furniture drawn on it.
Export, print & share — every option explained
PNG, JPG, PDF, print, AutoCAD DXF, 3D GLB, JSON backup, and public links — all in one guide.
Design your closet — bay by bay, the way you'll build it
Build a closet bay by bay — hanging, shelves, drawers, shoe racks, and cubbies.
Vaulted ceilings — cathedral, single-slope, and pyramid
Cathedral, single-slope & pyramid ceilings — drawn on the plan, rendered in 3D.
Auto-furnish — 62 design ideas you can pick from and edit
Draw a box and pick from 62 fit-ranked design ideas — or a whole-room layout — then edit.
Tile Planner — see the cuts and count the boxes
Plan a real tile layout — cuts, waste, and boxes to buy.
Add a skylight — daylight in a flat or vaulted ceiling
Tap the ceiling — flat or vaulted — to drop a skylight and see the daylight in 3D.
Change the color, fabric, or finish of any piece
Recolor any piece from its panel — swatches or a custom color — plus fabrics for upholstery and wood, paint or metal finishes for tables and cabinets.
Start, switch, rename, and delete your designs
Make another design, open a different one, rename or delete a design, and restore one from the Recycle Bin.
Undo and Redo: cancel a change
Take back a change with Undo, put it back with Redo, and what Undo can and can't reach.
See the inside size of every room
Inside measurements, room labels with size and area, Gross vs Usable area, and what your typed sizes mean.
Type an exact wall length, and join walls at their corners
Type a wall's length, pick the end that stays put, and make a wall end land on a corner.
Move a wall on its own, or bring its joined walls along
The link button: interior walls move alone to start, outside walls bring their neighbours, and what happens to the wall at the far end.
Edit your walls right on the plan
Move, resize, split, delete and restyle walls by tapping them on the plan. This replaces the old Edit Floor Plan Shape button.
Add exterior walls right on your plan
Draw an extension, garage, porch or wing straight onto the plan: click each corner (or pull out each wall), type its length, end back on the plan.
Gaps in an outside wall: where they come from and how to close them
What the dashed line in your outline means, why a wall left a gap, the + that closes it, and the gap's trash can that removes floor that shouldn't be there.
Type the angle between two walls
Tap an outside wall, tap the corner's angle, type 93°, pick which wall turns and ✓. Works while drawing, for angled extensions and for squaring a crooked corner.
Curve a wall: bowed, rounded and semicircle walls
Tap a wall, tap the curve button, drag the handle or type Depth / R. Semicircles, curved glass and railings, what can't be curved yet, and workarounds for doors.
Add a life-size person to see how big things really are
A life-size person you can drop on the plan and see in 3D, set to any height, to judge how big a room or a piece of furniture really is.
Organize your designs with tags
Group designs by client, project or room with colored tags, tag many at once, and filter your list on Home. This is how to make 'folders'.
Lock wall lengths, measurements and furniture
Padlocks for wall lengths, single measurements and furniture: what each lock stops, what still works, and the messages you'll see.
Paint your ceilings — a color for every room's ceiling
A color for each room's ceiling, previewed live in 3D — whites, brand paints, Apply to all rooms.
Add a detached garage, ADU or shed next to the house
A garage, ADU, shed or greenhouse that stands on its own beside the house, with open ground between, in 2D and 3D.
Add a sunken living room or a raised platform, with steps
Sunken living rooms, conversation pits and raised platforms, with steps sized to the drop, in 2D and 3D.
Draw a split-level house
Half levels with Sunken / Raised Floor and steps, full levels as separate floors with stairs, and what each looks like in 3D.
Plan a sports court: basketball, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, badminton, squash and hockey
Basketball, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, ice rinks, hoops and the Sports Facilities templates.
Sports court dimensions with run-off
Official court sizes, net heights and run-off for basketball, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, badminton, squash and hockey.
Change a door's type without deleting it
Swap a swing door for a pocket, barn, sliding or French door, or an opening, in place.
Using RoomSketch3D on the iPhone Duo
Open flat, half-open on a table or closed: how the floor plan editor lays itself out in each iPhone Duo pose, and how to get the most from the big screen.
Start from a barndominium template
Five furnished barndo plans, from a 30 × 40 starter to a 40 × 60 shouse, a loft and a two-story with an RV shop. Open, switch floors, edit, walk through.
Design a reading nook — seven pieces, one cozy corner
Rug, chair, ottoman, two lamps, a side table, and a bookshelf — a nook in 30 sq ft.
Design a foyer drop zone — everything lands in the first six feet
Console, hall tree, shoe cabinet, umbrella stand, boot tray, mat, lamp & plant — 7×10.
Design a home-office nook — a real workstation in six by eight
Writing desk, monitor, chair on a mat, slim cabinet & plant — a workstation in 6×8.
Design a media corner — movie night, properly set up
Entertainment center, L-sectional, coffee table, sub & floor lamp — 12×14 of movie night.
Design a nursery corner — built for 3 a.m.
Crib, the 3 a.m. chair, dresser-as-changing-station, lamp & toy basket — 8×10.
Design a home coffee station — five pieces in seven by seven feet
Buffet counter, mug cabinet, bar cart, step trash, and a plant — a café in 49 sq ft.
Design a kids corner — sleep, homework, and the reading pile
Twin bed, bookshelf + desk, two bean bags, and the sweep basket — 10×10.
Design a patio lounge — a conversation circle around the fire
Sofa, fire pit, two Adirondacks, a lounger & a planter — a conversation circle in 12×12.5.
Design a home gym corner — cardio, weights, and a stretch zone in eight by ten
Stall mat, treadmill, dumbbell rack, bench, yoga mat & vertical stand — a gym in 8×10.
Design a walk-in closet — hanging on the far wall, island in the middle
Two hanging systems, a dressing island, shoe rack, drawer tower, and a runner — 10×10.5.
Design a game room corner — a home arcade in 12×12
Arcade cabinet, jukebox, kegerator, foosball centre stage, and a bean bag — an arcade in 12×12.
Design a balcony bistro — a table for two and the birds
Round patio table, two chairs, a planter & a bird feeder — coffee for two in 9×9.
Design a library wall — three bookcases in a run
Wide, standard, and tall bookshelves in an L, a chair facing the books — a library in 10×8.
Design kitchen island seating — the counter everyone ends up at
Island + 3 stools, rolling cart, step trash & a plant — 11×10 of the kitchen's social side.
Design a powder room — four pieces, real elbow room
A 24″ vanity, toilet, basket, and plant — a guest-ready half bath in 5.5×7 ft.
Design a one-car garage — park the car first, then keep the stuff
The Sedan parked with door clearance + a shelf, cabinet, bin & tote down the free side — 12×22.
Design a grill station — a working edge, a cook zone, and a serving table
Grill, prep cart, round table, garbage cart & a herb planter — a cook zone in 10×9.
Design a toddler play corner — built for the two-minute sweep
Kid-height cubby, the 5×7 play rug, two bean bags, basket + tote — 8×8.5.
Build a family command center — one wall where the chaos lands
Console drop surface, one cubby per person, keeper cabinet, two bins, a trash can — 9×7.
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