CAD · Commercial tenant space

From a Marked-Up Sketch to a Commercial CAD Plan Set

Architive turned a hand-marked sketch of a commercial tenant space into a clean, consistent set of CAD plans the client's team could use to plan the fit-out.

Overall CAD plan of a commercial tenant space with floor space, security room, lobby, toilets, break room and reception

Overall plan

Project

Commercial tenant space

Service

CAD Drafting: Commercial Plan Set

Status

Completed

Overview

The client sent a hand-marked sketch of a commercial tenant space, with rough room outlines, handwritten notes and a few dimensions. They needed clean CAD plans their team could use to plan the fit-out.

We redrew the sketch as a clear base plan showing the lobby, security room, break room, reception, toilets, entrances and exits. Then we built a separate plan for each system on top of that base.

Our role

Redrawing the sketch as one clear base plan
Building a separate plan for each system on top of that base
Overall plan, door plan and glass plan
Camera plan and motion plan
Light plan and HVAC plan
Smoke plan and egress / ingress plan
Bathroom layout

The challenge

The starting point was a hand-marked sketch with rough room outlines, handwritten notes and only a few dimensions, and the client needed drawings their team could plan the fit-out from.

How we worked

Receive the sketch. A hand-marked sketch of the tenant space
Draw the base plan. We redraw it as one clear plan of rooms, entrances and exits
Layer each system. Doors, glass, cameras, motion, lights, HVAC, smoke and egress each get their own plan
Deliver. Every plan is a single sheet with the same layout

The result

One base plan feeds every sheet, so a change to a wall or door shows up everywhere. The client started with a marked-up sketch and ended with a complete, consistent set of 11 sheets.

Project visuals