What Options Do I Have When I Download or Print My Floor Plans?

When you draw your floor plan in RoomSketcher, you’re working at real-world 1:1 scale — meaning the digital plan matches actual sizes. When downloading or printing, you can then choose various formats, sizes as well as a scale (e.g., 1/2"=1'-0"). This ensures measurements stay accurate and the layout prints correctly to scale.

This video takes you through the steps, or read along for all details.

 

Find out more about the various options: 

• Formats to Download and Print
  • Letterhead
  • Scale
  • Web Image
• Paper Size
• Orientation

Formats to Download and Print

RoomSketcher offers a wide variety of options for downloading and printing your floor plans. Learn more below. 

Letterhead

Choose a Letterhead format if you want to export a printable floor plan with optional logo, disclaimer text etc. The file format for the letterhead is PDF or JPG. When you are working on a tablet, the file format for the letterhead is an image.

 Read more about Letterhead options and how to set it up here.

Letterhead options: 

• Letterhead: Standard - The floor plan is downloaded on a letterhead, in no specific scale. 
• Letterhead: Keep Relative Size - available for multi-level projects; the relative size between the floor plans for each level is maintained, i.e. the level with the smallest footprint in the project will also have the smallest footprint when saved/printed.
• Letterhead: Combined - available for multi-level projects; use this option if you want all levels of your project to appear together on one page.
  • Example: If your project has two floors, choosing this option will generate one page showing both floor plans together.

Scale

You can save your floor plans to a precise, printable scale by choosing a letterhead with a built-in scale. This makes it easy to share drawings that accurately represent real-life measurements.

Here's how you can do it

Choose a letterhead options with a scale when you save your floor plan as a PDF. For example, selecting 1/2" = 1'-0" means that half an inch on the drawing represents one foot in real life.  

A few important things to know

• Scale options are only available when saving as a PDF and choosing Save to Disk.
• Scale options are not available on tablets.
• The scale is also added automatically to the title of your drawing, shown in parentheses. 
  For example: 71 Mainstreet (1/2" = 1'-0")
• If you want to clearly show distances on your floor plan, you can add a scale bar, or also called a measuring tape in the RoomSketcher App. You’ll find the measuring tape under Symbols, Text and Lines, please find more information here: How Can I Add Annotation, Text and Helper Symbols to My Floor Plan?
• If you see Invalid Paper Size as the file name, the selected scale doesn’t fit on the chosen paper size. Try switching to a larger paper size or a different scale.

Printing your scaled floor plan

• Once you have saved your scaled floor plan to your computer or Mac, you can print the PDF. 
• Make sure to select Actual size in your printer settings. If you don't, the printer may adjust the size automatically, which will throw off the scale because built-in page margins.
  Learn more here: I Printed My Floor Plan but It's Not to Scale
  
   

Web Image

Choose a Web Image format if you want to export just the floor plan image, with no logo or surrounding text. The file format for the web image is JPG. 

• Web Image Full Size - The floor plans is downloaded in no specific scale and without a logo.
• Web Image 800x600
• Web Image 600x450
• Web Image 400x300
   

Paper Size

The following options for paper size are available:

*These options are only available when using Save to Disk. They are not available if you choose Print directly from the RoomSketcher App.

 

Orientation

Additionally, you can also choose your preferred paper orientation, Portrait or Landscape.

Portrait	Landscape