Udemy – Blender for Architects: Floor Plans to CAD-Style PDFs – 6474911

Draft floor plans like a CAD professional — using free software.

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Most floor plan courses teach you a one-trick drag-and-drop app. This one teaches you a real production workflow inside Blender: draft to scale, annotate with dimension lines, import AutoCAD blocks for furniture and fixtures, and export a finished technical drawing on a paper sheet with a title block — all with the clean, line-art look of a CAD export.

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Blender is free, runs on any modern computer, and gives you a single environment that can take a floor plan from initial sketch all the way to printable PDF and 3D visualization later. If you’re an architecture student, a draftsperson, a self-taught designer, or an AEC professional curious about open-source alternatives to AutoCAD and Revit, this workshop is built for you.

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No prior Blender experience required. We start from a blank screen — interface, navigation, basic modeling — and build up to a complete, dimensioned, CAD-style floor plan you can hand to a client or a contractor.

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What you’ll learn

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  • Navigate the Blender interface and master the core modeling tools you actually need for 2D drafting (we skip the sculpting, animation, and game-dev noise)

  • Set real-world scale and units so every wall, door, and window measures correctly

  • Draft walls, openings, doors, and windows from a reference plan

  • Import AutoCAD DWG/DXF blocks into Blender and reuse them as a library of furniture and fixtures

  • Add dimension lines, annotations, room labels, and a title block

  • Configure Blender’s NPR (non-photorealistic) rendering to output clean line art that reads like a CAD export — not a 3D render

  • Compose the final drawing on a paper sheet at proper architectural scale (1:50, 1:100, etc.)

  • Export a print-ready PDF ready for submission, printing, or client review

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Who this course is for

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  • Complete beginners to Blender who want a practical project rather than another donut tutorial

  • Architecture and interior design students looking for a free alternative to expensive CAD software

  • AutoCAD and Revit users curious about what Blender can add to their workflow

  • Draftspeople and self-taught designers who need to produce professional-looking floor plans without subscription fees

  • AEC professionals exploring open-source toolchains

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What’s included

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  • Step-by-step video lessons taught by a licensed architect

  • Exercise files and the reference floor plan used in the workshop

  • AutoCAD block library for furniture and fixtures

  • Final project: a complete dimensioned floor plan exported as a scaled PDF

  • Lifetime access and future updates

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About your instructor

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I’m a licensed architect and the creator behind Blender 3D Architect. I’ve been teaching Blender to AEC professionals since before BlenderBIM existed, and my books and courses on Blender for architecture are used by thousands of students worldwide. This workshop is the course I wish I’d had when I started using Blender on real projects.

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By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a repeatable, professional workflow for producing technical floor plans in Blender — and the confidence to bring it into your real work.

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