Draw To SCALE in Procreate For iPad: The Definitive Guide

Not many people know that Procreate is all you need to develop your ideas IN SCALE from early stage concept design to drafted and dimensioned drawings, ready for export to Sketch-up.

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TIME STAMPS
0:40 Retroactively drawing to scale
0:52 Importing an 1/8" = 1' grid template
1:02 Importing an 1/8" = 1' scale ruler
1:22 Retroactively scaling up the plan
1:54 Proactively designing to scale
3:04 Adding dimensions to your scale drawings
3:24 Retroactively scaling a plan image from the Internet
3:35 Adding furniture with an FF&E template
4:33 A new Procreate architect brush set dotted lines, north arrows
4:44 New Procreate Scale ruler brush stencils
4:53 New Procreate FF&E brush stencils
6:58 New Procreate entourage brush stencils with people and landscape
7:29 Retro-coloring your stencils

ABOUT ME

My name is James Akers, I teach iPad Drawing for Architects and Designers at UCLAx, and the name of my business is Akers Architectural Rendering. I'm a registered architect and full-time professional renderer, and my mission is to help architects, interior designers and students master their design and digital rendering skills in Procreate. You can find more design tutorials and inspiration for architects at the links below.

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[mbztalks]

Thank you so much for that ! I downloaded the files and they are very helpful.

[ibdense]

I'm not an architect, but one of your techniques is something I've done for years when doing layout of forms. Like your furniture technique, I fill those forms out. I see so many forms that appear to have been designed with absolutely no apparent concept of how they will be used.

I'm new to Procreate and the iPad although I've been dealing with graphics on the computer since 1985. I've been exploring videos and I am glad I found yours. I find them very informative, easy to understand, and well produced. You make this 77 year old man almost want to become an architect. Thank you, James!

[JasonBallinger-cnlr]

YOU ARE THE MASTER JIM. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE YOUR NEW PROCREATE COURSE !!!

[earnearn]

Wow, I have been thinking to optimize my productivity of drawing plans on iPad and bringing the architectural ideas out of my head without spending days and having to build a 3D model in Revit. I’m working full-time as junior architect since 2, 5 years but rather in the planning sector than design. Nevertheless, quickly drawing and communicating through lines is the way architects talk. I need to practice this skill!And I actually have just decided to subscribe procreate a few days before, but I wasn’t quite sure if this application is useful for my imagination in architectural drawings. Apparently, after seeing your video, it is the right tool for me! This video just gave me the inspiration to practice! Thank you!🙏

[zarcokleynhans]

Awesome video!Is it possible for you to make a video making a model in SketchUp for Ipad?

[ollebelow]

Very nice improvments and splendid presented.

[Ramblingdads]

What an awesome video……👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
More invaluable content than you can shake a stick at!!! (Scaled stick of course!)
Great format these now, keep up the great work 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥

[edenbul]

On autocad we can draw plan as real dimension and we can print it scale. But it seem we shuold draw with scale on this app

[daleshuler]

Great and informative videos. I'm a landscape designer and just switched from 20 years of using trace paper to Procreate a couple weeks ago and I'm loving it so far. Question about the bundles on your website. When you purchase the bundle do you get the "instant" tools like you show in this video or do you need to import everything?

[grumpygrumpygrump]

I want to be able to create quick to scale 2D floorplans, easily add multiple dimensions and then export the drawing within a template border (company logo etc). Should I be looking at Procreate or Morpholio? I have been testing Arcsite and even considering AutoCAD on iPad.

[camilarenaultcalazanspesso]

Hi! That is amazing. Do you have a full course and sell those templates ?

[bristolfashion]

Blimey Heck… the guys at Letraset would of fainted dead away if they saw this… !!

[charlie]

I found a photograph of an old building which has been demolished.
I thought I would build a 1:76 scale model of it.
Not having dimensions but knowing the door height would be 7’-0 I know there is a way to scale the photo and warp the photo to get the correct elevation. Maybe I can put a 7’-0 line on another layer and warp the photo for the correct elevation
Any hints would be appreciated

[thereecious]

It’s a good program, but easier to use concepts.