NA INSTRUCTION

CUBICASA OY

CONTENT
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Get to know Drawing tool (Vivid tool): slide 3 - slide 28

Pre-processing: slide 29 - slide 39
Furniture: slide 40 - slide 53
Post processing: How to use GIMP: Slide 55 - slide 66
Dimension and Roomlabel: Slide 67 - slide 84
How to name the room correctly: slide 85 - slide 105
Important notes: slide 106

Get to know Vivid tool

CubiCasa Oy

PREPARATION
GO TO: http://producer.cubicasa.com/VividWeb
Note: Install Unity Web Player (plug-in) if required

LOGIN by USERNAME & PASSWORD:

username: training6
password: cubicasa

remember to create your own folder (your full name) and save all your floorplans there

STEPS TO DO THE FLOORPLAN

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Upload SOURCE & SCALE

Set Wall COLOR & upload LOGO
Draw WALLs
Draw WINDOWs, DOORs
Add FURNITURE
Add COLOR for outside part
Create 2D and 3D images
Check the OUTPUT & fix BUGs
Note: Remember to save the project during the process of drawing

NOW WE WILL DO A SAMPLE WORK

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION
CAREFULLY
WATCH :

http://youtu.be/GHtpsvVdS7g

(this is guide to draw a Finnish house, so this is Finnish source)

1A: UPLOAD SOURCE

1.
2.

Go to EDIT MODE
Click the FLOORPLAN

FLOORPLAN

EDIT MODE

1.
2.
3.

Click browse
Select source floor plan
Click upload the image

source floorplan

source link

Left Mouse: DRAW

Right Mouse: SCALE
Both Mouse: MOVE

Zoom in/Zoom out

1B: SCALE
1. Zoom MAX before scale

2. Find a SINK/CUPBOARD in KK (KITCHEN)

then draw the left mouse over the DEPTH.
3. Enter 65 cm. (65 cm is the standard depth
of cupboard. We use 65 for every floorplan).
4. Click on USE IMAGE
Check this video:
http://www.screencast.com/t/CoTyPSHND

NOTES
Click SAVE AS to save your work.
Create a folder with your FULL NAME, store all your works there
Always save your works in CAPITAL LETTERS
E.g: EXAMPLE, NOT example
NO space in the name, replace space by _
E.g: EXAMPLE_1, NOT EXAMPLE 1, NOT EXAMPLE1

2A: SET COLOR

- In EDIT MODE
- Click WALL COLOR.
- Input: #D00000 (wall color of this sample)

Set the wall opening color

2B: UPLOAD LOGO

1. Click Upload Logo.
2. Browse then select logo
3. Click Upload image

LOGO
Upload customer logo

logo link

3: DRAW WALLs
Once the source is visible you can start drawing
Wall drawing function

3: FULL wall or HALF wall

- Most of the walls inside of apartment are FULL wall- Outside parts
(balcony, terrace) are usually HALF wall
Half wall

Full wall

MATERIAL
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Textbook for Finnish floorplan: link

OPENING TEXTBOOK (LINK)

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 1.10,

2.1, 2.2, 2.3

example

SAVE YOUR WORK

4: DRAW WINDOW, DOOR

In main material (LINK)
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Read part 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5

Read part 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.

WINDOW

DOOR

4: DRAW WINDOW, DOOR

In main material (LINK)
- read part 4.5
- read part 4.6

NOT CORRECT

CORRECT

SAVE YOUR WORK

5: ADD FURNITURE
In main material (LINK)
- read part 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8

SAVE YOUR WORK

7A: CREATE 2D OUTPUTs

1. Stay in Room elements/2D VIEW.
2. ZOOM the floorplan so that it fits the visible area
3. Click on PICTURE and save it to your local folder.

Read part 18.7

2D view

7- ZOOM TO MAXIMUM

TOO SMALL, NO GOOD

TOO BIG, Then

some part of model
is missing.

GOOD!

7B: CREATE 3D OUTPUTs

1. Go to 3D view mode
2. SPIN & ZOOM so that it fits the visible area.( ALWAYS choose the view
angle directly from top)
4. Click on PICTURE
3D view
angle

WRONG 3D OUTPUTs
Remember make the perfect 3D output (directly up from top)

Inclined

Not up from top

Perfect one

2D output images

RESULT

3D output images

PRE-PROCESSING

Step 1: Create the source

You will get 1 link like this:
http://tour.homevisit.com/view/86615?v=3d
Open the link in GOOGLE CHROME
NOTE: NEED TO USE VIVID IN FIREFOX.
(we have to use MATTERPORT VIEWER
LINK and VIVID on different browsers to
avoid crashing the unity plugin)

Step 1: Create the source

This is the original
source for drawing
follow this orientation

Click here

Then click
here

Step 1: Create the source - OBJ FILES

Beside the source link, there is also 1 zip file
(this is OBJ file, see the image below).
MUST use these obj files to draw/scale in
vivid.
2.3. How to create the source for drawing with
OBJ files
Note: follow orientation of original source, not
obj files
Step 1: Take SCREENSHOT for original
source
Step 2: use photoshop/gimp to put combine
layer OBJ file and ORIGINAL source.
Step 3: use that image and upload in vivid tool
to draw
Step 4: SCALE RED LINE in the source with
300. (need to scale exactly)
Watch this video: link

Step 1: Create the source

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Take screenshot
Crop the picture
=> We get floorplan for first
floor. (see picture)

Change the floor

Then do the same for other floors. => We get floorplans for second and
third source (see picture)

Step 1: Create the source

Important note:
Keep the direction from the source link (Not OBJ
file). All the floor have the same direction.
EACH floor is drawn in 1 MODEL (e.g: 3 vivid IDs
for 3 floors)

Step 2: scale for the case without obj

UPLOAD AND SCALE
Upload the floorplan to the producer
normally
Take scale from toilet seat depth and mark
the depth to 76cm

Finish drawing wall/window/door/furniture for

1 floor first, then continue with another floor

Step 2: DRAWING
LETS TRY WITH FLOOR 2
DRAWING THE WALL
We draw with wall 15cm
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Draw the basic walls first, do not try to be exact at the beginning
Tips: if you see some grey areas, draw the wall around. (e.g: white rectangle)
This could be a small room, or closet or something else. We will check later

Step 2: DRAWING
Now we will use 3D model to check wall, add door and window.
Left
mouse:
zoom the
model

Right
mouse:
move the
model

You can use arrow keys to

turn model around. Lets try

Click here to VIEW

3D MODELS

Make sure we are in the

right floor

Step 2: DRAWING
DRAWING THE WALL/DOOR/WINDOWS
Go to every room to check wall/window/door, double click to that room to
have a closer view

Use arrow keys (left, right, up, down) to turn around (please try). Add
door/opening/windows and fix walls if needed

Furniture
Check the showcase link for each room

KITCHEN

cupboard (CB)
counter-top

In Vivid

you will see this many times in NA kitchen,

this are oven and cupboard above. But we
dont have this furniture in Vivid, so we use
closet for this

KITCHEN

Notice: in the kitchen, you usually find

a fridge, sometimes, its hard to find
because of their look, easy to mistake
with cupboard

BATHROOM (Toilet seat )

QA Abbreviation: TS
Location: NA Furniture

how it looks in output

Bathroom (shower)
Abbreviation: SH
location Bathroom
Location:

Bathroom (Bathtub)
Abbreviation: BT
Location: Na furniture

Bathroom (sink)
Location: Bathroom & toilet
Note:
-

Do not use sink in kitchen, based on source to choose the

right one. Sometimes have to combine sink with CB
Follow source to pick square sink (basin 1) or round sink
(basin)

LAUNDRY - Wash machine (WM) & Dryer

you can use both furniture in Vivid. In

the picture, there is also upper
cupboard above! also needed to draw

CLOSETS: CCWH and CWH

CCWH: closet with hanger

(there is NO closet door)

CWH: closet with hanger

(there are closet doors)

Fireplace in dining, living room, family room

Abbreviation: FP
Location: Structure

Dotted line
To show the open space in upstair where we can see downstair
Location: Structure

Stair
Location: Use stair or line (based on source)
Note: stair of every floors have same style

Use line in
this case

Stair sample

POST PROCESSING
We use Gimp for doing post processin (add roomlabels, dimension)

HOW TO USE GIMP

FOR DOING PO.P (POST PROCESSING)

DOWNLOAD GIMP
LINK DOWNLOAD: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Get to know GIMP

1.
2.

Open gimp
Open tool box: go to Tools -> new toolbox

Get to know gimp

3. Open tool option: Go to windows ->
Dockable Dialogs -> tool options

Get to know gimp

3. Open LAYERS: Go to windows ->
Dockable Dialogs -> LAYERS

you can
delete the
layer here

Get to know gimp

You can change the position of layers to decide
which one is visible

Get to know gimp

Go to windows -> choose
single-window mode

Get to know gimp

Move tools
Keyboard shortcut: M

Choose layer, click this button or use keyboard M

Note: When moving, keep shift key to move the right layer

Get to know gimp

Crop tools
Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + C

Note: Before cutting, choose the layer REMEMBER to

choose option current layer only in tool options.

Get to know gimp

ADDING TEXT tools
Keyboard shortcut: T

Note: Before texting, choose the right font and right size
in tool options.
Font: SEGOE UI
SIZE: 40 (could be smaller 35 if the floor plan is too big)
50 for small floor
Use same size for all the floor in 1 order

Get to know gimp

SCALE tools
Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + T

Note: Before change scale, MUST click here to keep the

ratio

Get to know GIMP

How to export file, go to FILE -> Export As.
MUST Choose PNG FILE

Dimension and Roomlabel

we use CubiCasa tool to create the layer of
dimension and roomlabel

STEP 1: CONVERT VIVID ID TO OBJ

1.
2.

See Vivid IDs from the order once floorplan is ready

create SVG (use SVG LINK below): ->SVG link

Copy Vivid ID and place it after the = sign. Press enter. The file will download
automatically on your computer (it takes a while, so wait).
This is how it looks on your downloads.

Double click it. It opens a new folder. Double click that.

STEP 2: DRAG SVG FILE to DIMENSION LINK

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Open SVG folder

Open Dimension link

Drag and drop that SVG file into Floorplan tool:

Step 3: calculate the dimension

FIRST, choose INCHES OR METER

click here if you want

to change to meter

Inches is used in USA

Meter is used in Europe and Asia.

Read extra information of the order carefully to choose the right option.

STEP 3: CALCULATE THE DIMENSIONS

1.

Measure dimensions: Choose MEASURE DIMENSIONS on the let top

Put your mouse on the corner of the room you want to have dimensions, drag the area you want by keeping the right button
of your mouse down. You can see the selected area marked with red dotted line. type then choose the right roomlabel.
and Enter
To remove dimensions: click the right button of your mouse.
2.

Change the dimensions: Go to Scale Dimensions

Click left mouse, then fix the dimension.

after finish, click right mouse to remove the red circle, go back to measure dimensions

STEP 3: CALCULATE THE DIMENSIONS

3. How to rotate the dimensions. (for the inclined room). Choose ROTATE DIMENSIONS

RIGHT MOUSE: rotate the dimension CLOCKWISE

LEFT MOUSE: rotate the dimension COUNTER-CLOCKWISE
must-watch video: http://screencast.com/t/70nrmF3deKu

STEP 3: CALCULATE THE DIMENSIONS

4. Change the size for roomlabels and dimension if needed.
The default size is 28.
With big model, change it to 30,32, or 35 if labels are too small

with small model, change it to 25,22, or even 20 if labels are too crowded

STEP 3: CALCULATE THE DIMENSIONS

After finish all the roomlabels:
Take screenshot, send screenshot to QA for checking first.

STEP 3: CALCULATE THE DIMENSIONS

IF everything is correct, click DOWNLOAD

Then it will go to another link, go to that link, right mouse click, choose save as. Save the svg file to
your computer.

EXAMPLE
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Need to scale close to the wall (no overlap, no gap)

usually scale until the door of that room if there is another room (W.I.C, or bathroom), we don't scale it, but if normal closets inside the room, then we include the closets also.
if sliding door, folding door, door. then don't scale. but if just normal clo in the room. scale it.

STEP 4: ADD THE LAYER TO GIMP

Need to find the right SCALE NUMBER.
Insert the model svg file, scale the layer so that it matches with
the output pictures. Then check what is scale number. For
example: 2650 is the right scale number.

STEP 4: ADD THE LAYER TO GIMP

Then insert the dimension file to your work in GIMP. change the WIDTH with 2650
(keep ratio)

see this video: http://screencast.com/t/4mA7zkAb

NOTE:
1.

We need the dimensions for the rooms that have room labels (no need for WC, bathroom, small
rooms).

2.

Always draw from the inner face of the wall.

If kitchen and living room are connected, end the measuring to something what separates the two spaces.
For example: Kitchens fixed furniture, open doorway, end of an wall, corner..

3.
HOW TO MEASURE
Always choose the longest walls of the room to calculate

VIDEO
Watch these video for doing dimension:
-

If you use gimp (recommended):

If you use photoshop: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BHMst0tDfoqZ1RQaTJKXzN5UjQ/view?usp=drive_web

Do po.p for MATTERPORT BETA

MATTERPORT BETA: NO FLOOR COLOR, no CUBICASA ,MATTERPORT LOGO on the right, only
2D, create Pdf
1.
2.

Open gimp
Choose the right footer
Download file from this link to your computer. Save in 1 folder name (Matterport)

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Change the position of layer to get the right footer (which floor)
Add roomlabel and dimension layer
Export to PNG file (not JPEG)
Save as another file (so you can fix it easily if needed)
File -> open again right footer file and work with another floor

Practice with this files: 2D floor 3

DO po.p for MATTERPORT NORMAL

MATTERPORT BETA: NO FLOOR COLOR, no CUBICASA ,MATTERPORT LOGO on the right, only
2D, create Pdf
1.
2.

Open gimp
Choose the right footer
Download 3 files from this link to your computer. Save in 1 folder name (Matterport)

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Change the position of layer to get the right footer (which floor)
Add roomlabel and dimension layer
Export to PNG file (not JPEG)
Change the layer of output to 3D
Check roomlabel position
export to PNG file (not JPEG)
File -> open again right footer file and work with another floor

Practice with this files: 2D floor 3

CREATE PDF FILE FOR MP

1.
2.
3.

Open Gimp
Open the footer file: BETA PDF (see slide 3)
Insert all floors picture (the ones before adding labels) , crop and scale them smaller.
They need to have the same size/same scale.
Read carefully the guide how to scale without changing ratio
Choose the good position for them (same rules when we doing pp)

4.
5.
6.

Adding floor label (font: Segoe UI, font 42): floor 1, floor 2
Export as pdf file
Save as another file (for fixing if needed)

Watch 2 videos:
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http://screencast.com/t/qXRktbIMs86
http://screencast.com/t/RDNulmORm

Practice 3: create the pdf file for 3 floors, download the image here

Output

Difference between MP normal, MP beta

(read extra info to know its BETA or normal)
MP normal
1. 2D and 3D
2. No MP logo, Cubicasa logo
3. White floor color
4. Save name with address

MP BETA
1. only 2D
2. MP LOGO
3. save name with only code: 1065_1,
1065_2, 1065_3, 1065 10

How to name the room

ROOM LABEL
-Biggest bedroom is always Master Bedroom,
-Dont name bathrooms
-Room next to kitchen with table = Breakfast
-Room with dining table = Dining (but if next to kitchen check above)
-Room with television and sofa = Family Room
-Room with sofa but no tv = Living Room
-Room with billiard table or something else similar = Game Room
-Room with table and office chair = Office

LIVING ROOM
-

Near foyer
The room with sofa, fireplace, and no television (for big house)
If that is the apartment, only have Living room, no family room, then the room
can have television

For the big house, the living room

has no television

For the small apartment, the living room has

television

FAMILY ROOM
In the big house, we
usually have FAMILY
ROOM
-

Near kitchen
Have sofa,
television, fireplace

KITCHEN
Easy to know :)

BREAKFAST - DINING
In the big house, we have separate place for breakfast and dining.

Here is breakfast place. Breakfast is next to kitchen,

smaller than Dining

Here is Dining. Dining is near to foyer or living room,

bigger than breakfast

BEDROOM - MASTER BEDROOM

The biggest bedroom in the house is MASTER BEDROOM
Master Bedroom usually links with the biggest bathroom (has bathtub)
If there is only 1 bedroom in an apartment, then put BEDROOM.

here is
BEDROOM.

here is MASTER
BEDROOM. Its
bathroom has
bathtub

OFFICE
There is office chair with table (for studying or working)

LIBRARY
There will be lot of
books

GARAGE
for parking Car

WINE CELLAR
To store wine (usually in basement)

STORAGE

GAME ROOM or BILLIARD

there are a lot of games
here (billiard, chess, etc.)
If there is only billiard,
then put BILLIARD, not
GAME ROOM

W.I.C (walk in closet)

The big closet where we can walk in

LAUNDRY
Put LAUNDRY when you see washmachine and dryer

FOYER
The main entrance (for big house) (in main house, near living room)
Note: for small apartment, do not put FOYER

THEATER ROOM
to watch movie (there is usually a big screen like in cinema)

ACTIVITY ROOM
Where we can do many things (play game, watch TV, read book, billiard)

GYM

BEDROOM
Put BEDROOM for the
room of children

BALCONY - DECK - PORCH

READ: http://www.homedit.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-porch-balconyverandapatio-and-deck/
PORCH: like Kuisti in Finnish floorplan, in front of entrance
Balcony: in the second floor

Important note

CHECK FLOOR COLOUR BEFORE CLOSE THE MODEL

Use SQFT tool to check.
Drag file SVG to the tool.
Then click total AREA button
The red area is correct. fix the area without red line
SQFT tool link
Watch this video: http://screencast.com/t/bCGEqojq0Whu

CHECK FLOOR COLOUR BEFORE CLOSE THE MODEL

CORRECT FLOOR COLOR

The area with yellow marked is not

correct. Need to fix in Vivid. (delete and
redraw 1 random wall)

Using "OPEN TO BELOW" label in upper floor to point "open space", do not use dotted line.
Note: this is the space from second floor where we can look down to downstair (NO DIMENSION FOR
THIS SPACE)

OPEN TO
BELOW

FOLDING DOOR (FOLDING DR)

If you see two door just has one
door handle folding door
four door with only 2 door handle
double folding door

always leave gap

Check more in video: https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=e8s2rrMWL0k

SLIDING DOOR (SD)/SLIDING DOOR

TRANSPARENT (SD.T)

For glass in shower, we use SD.T

(sliding door transparent)

If there is sliding door in

showcase, we draw SD like this

If there is an door to open to

shower need door icon, no
gap between SD

Extra wall
Sometimes, need to draw some wall for closet space even there is nothing in the
source. (check the model carefully). Be careful with door of the closet or ddor to
outside
here is door for small
room (storage),

draw extra wall

here

SLIDING DOOR (SD)/SLIDING DOOR

TRANSPARENT (SD.T)

Sliding door for another room is draw

with normal SD

No extra wall if you see there is the lock on the door

outside
this is door to
go outside
this is door of
closet space

How to determine the door direction- see its edge

edge on the right

edge on the left

no edge, so open
to another side

no edge, so open
to another side

Full win and normal win

Use Normal Win

Use Full Win with Sliding Door

Transparent

Use Full Win

Outside part
Do not need to draw outside part
But, draw if its in the source and we know the size of it (see picture)

Outside (balcony)
Need to draw the balcony in second floor (can see through the door/window)

No need to draw.

EXAMPLES

Examples
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13QgY2Wb6f22xssP2lTWLwEHGlbv3wcNfa-8FO5hx_k/edit#gid=0

HOW TO DO TOTAL sq ft

HOW TO DO TOTAL sq ft
Step 1: get SVG file (from vivid ID, same as SVG file for dimension)
Step 2: drag and drop SVG file to sq ft tool link

HOW TO DO TOTAL sq ft
Step 3: click button TOTAL AREA,

HOW TO DO TOTAL sq ft
Step 4: MUST click button include external wall button, the red line will change
the position (from internal wall to external). Now you will get the info of total sqft
for that model. Take the number, e.g: 353.78

HOW TO DO TOTAL sq ft
Step 5: Use gimp/photoshop to add info on the right of FLOOR NUMBER (in the
middle of FLOOR NUMBER and DISCLAIMER) Font: SEGOE UI, size: same as
FLOOR NUMBER. e.g: 1724 sq ft.

IMPORTANT NOTE
1.

2.
3.
4.

Rounding the result in unit:

e.g: 1234.15 becomes 1234
1234.54 becomes 1235
1253 sq ft, not 1253sq ft, not 1253 sqft, not 1253 SQ FT.
Do not count OPEN TO BELOW in second floor (use remove free area tool), but we still count stair area for each floor.
Watch this video: http://screencast.com/t/Y4CtG8w3
PDF file: no need this info. So only do it for PNG FILES (2D, and 3D)