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How to Trace a Floor Plan From an Image — RoomSketch3D

Have a floor plan on paper, as a PDF, or a scan? Import the image into RoomSketch3D and trace over it to recreate it as an accurate, editable, 3D-ready plan — setting the scale, tracing the exterior and interior walls, placing doors, furnishing, and viewing it in 3D.

2 minUpdated 2026-11-09
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What this video covers

  1. 1Tap Floor Plan Image or PDF on Home and pick your file
  2. 2Check the picture, crop it, then tap Next
  3. 3Name it and choose Trace it myself
  4. 4Calibrate: Room size (tap inside a room whose size you know)
  5. 5Check the arrows reach the walls
  6. 6Calibrate: or use the Tape measure
  7. 7Outline: put the first corner down
  8. 8Outline: draw the outside walls
  9. 9Walls: draw the inside walls
  10. 10Re-check the scale with your walls drawn (Recalibrate)
  11. 11Doors & windows
  12. 12Match each door's swing to the drawing
  13. 13Create the design

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