Module 3 Pro7 min read

Before you draw: setup and strategy

Units, layers and the drawing order professionals follow (walls first, always).

Everything so far happened inside room-practice.dwg — one room, built skill by skill across Modules 1 and 2. Today you open a blank file and begin the real project: a complete one-bedroom apartment plan, start to finish, portfolio-ready by the end of this module. And the first professional secret arrives before a single line gets drawn: drafters do not start by drawing. They start by setting up — and the setup is what makes the drawing fast.

Step 1: the brief — know the numbers first

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