In-Depth Floor Plan Tutorial Part 1 [UPDATED 2025]

Watch part 2 here: https://youtu.be/0JdX11vu7Zo Watch part 3 here: https://youtu.be/MEUsrN0V22g This Floor Plan tutorial has all of the new tips and tricks I haven't mentioned before. The pace is moderate and everything is explained step by step. It's beginner friendly as everything is reviewed in detail, but some Blender experience is recommended. In part 1 I show you how to get a floor plan, trace it in Blender and create the walls. Happy Blending! Timestamps: 0:00 What we'll do 0:15 How we'll get there 0:25 Getting a floor plan 1:32 Getting started 1:49 Basic Navigation 2:06 Import your plan into Blender 2:49 Basic transform operations 3:25 Setting up the plan and units 4:02 It all stars with a plane 4:56 Scaling the plane to real dimensions 5:29 Getting the plan in place 6:40 Tracing the outline 9:10 Tracing inner walls 10:23 Break 10:28 Continue tracing inner walls 14:24 Remove doubled vertices 14:35 Save 14:41 Make the floor 15:41 Remove unnecessary geometry 16:23 Make the floor's faces 16:34 Make the background 17:20 Extruding the walls in Z 17:36 Reviewing face orientation 18:15 Adding thickness to walls with Modifiers 18:54 Fixing face orientation errors 21:26 Note on face orientation 22:05 Save As 22:30 If you need thick and thin walls 22:47 Great job!