Create a 2D Floor Plan Drawing from a 3D Building Model in FreeCAD BIM

Download the start file from FCB Lounge shop for free: https://ko-fi.com/s/391226909e In this tutorial for FreeCAD BIM beginners creation of 2D floor plan drawing form 3D BIM building model is demonstrated. Viewers will learn how to create 2D representation of the 3D building model, how to create a page and place the drawing on the page. The tutorial also explains how to create dimensions and other annotation like text. Creation of hatch patterns is also demonstrated in depth. As part of fine tuning the plan view, creation of BIM material is demonstrated. At the end, the sheet (or page as it is called in FreeCAD) is exported to PDF format. FreeCAD version used in the video: 1.0 Support the FCB Lounge channel through Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/fcblounge Other tutorials from the FCB Lounge Channel which might be of interest: 2D Drafting tutorial for beginners:    • Create a 2D Floor Plan Drawing with FreeCA...   Complete overview of Draft dimensions:    • FreeCAD Draft Dimensions and Dimension Sty...   Complete overview of creating hatch patterns in FreeCAD:    • Create Hatch Pattern in FreeCAD   FreeCAD BIM modelling tutorial for beginners:    • FreeCAD BIM Beginner Tutorial | Create a G...   0:00 Introduction 1:38 Creating a 2D representation of the section cut – Shape2DView object 2:49 Projection modes of the section cut object 4:12 Setting line widths for cut lines and projection lines 6:49 Creating page/sheet 7:57 Placing the plan view drawing on the page 8:37 Setting the scale of the drawing 10:48 Setting line widths values on the page/sheet 12:52 Creating dimensions and loading annotation style 19:59 Creating text annotations 27:38 Creating hatch patterns 37:50 Exporting the page to PDF 39:54 Creating and assigning BIM materials to objects 42:25 Fuse arch material option of the Shape2DView object 42:57 Conclusion Download FreeCAD from here: https://www.freecad.org/ Donate to the FreeCAD project: https://wiki.freecad.org/Donate You can support the channel by donating either on Youtube or at Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/fcblounge Follow FCB Lounge channel on LinkedIn:   / fcblounge   Follow FCB Lounge channel on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomaspolak.b... This video was created with the help of OBS: https://obsproject.com/ This video was created with the help of GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/ This video was created with the help of KDEnlive: https://kdenlive.org/ #freecad #osarch #aec #opensource #oss #bim