Project Design Workflow

The majority of your work can be done in the 2D view. The 3D view is usually used in the middle and at the end – basically, to choose materials, match colors, adjust light and, finally, take pictures of your interior design.

Live Interior 3D designs are made up of objects: walls, floors, ceilings, openings, furniture, lighting sources, etc. You can draw basic objects like walls, floor and ceilings by using the corresponding tools in the 2D view. More complicated objects can be taken from the built-in library.

You can add, delete, move, resize objects and apply materials (textures) to them.

The major steps of the design process are as follows:
1. Opening or creating a project
2. Setting up the project
3. Drawing walls
4. Adding floors and ceilings
5. Adding doors and windows
6. Adding furniture and other objects
7. Setting up the lighting
8. Applying materials to objects
9. Adding cameras
10. Printing a 2D plan, taking pictures in the 3D view, creating QTVR and movies

Actually, the order of the steps may be altered, as the design process usually consists of iterations. Some steps may be omitted. For example, you can draw all the walls, insert all the furniture, and then change their materials. Or you can change materials right after adding a new object.

If you are creating a multi-floor building, you should add more storeys and repeat steps 3 – 10 (all or some of them) for each storey.