8 Reasons to Use RoomSketcher Along With Matterport

What is Matterport?

Matterport has made creating a real-life 3D virtual tour of a real estate property easy. Your tour will show the property's existing features, such as the walls, flooring, wall color, furniture, etc. Your resulting Matterport Space (also called a 3D Tour or Digital Twin) will look something like this:

In addition to the tour, you can purchase a schematic floor plan of the property as it is. The standard 2D Floor Plan is a simple black and white drawing that shows room dimensions and the approximate total area. You can find an example of this type of floor plan on the Matterport website:

1. Use Color to Make Your 2D Floor Plans Stand Out

Go from the plain Matterport black and white floor plan to easy-to-understand Customized 2D Floor Plans. Some of our favorite ideas:

• Show the various floor types and colors, like hardwood or cement
• Use color to indicate room types, such as blue for a bathroom and grey for a patio
• Make your walls and doors stand out in color
• Add colored text such as room names, notes, entry arrows, and more in virtually any color

Take this plain black and white floor plan…

… and add flooring! Choose from varying shades of hardwood, tile, cement, and more.

Or, easily indicate room types by setting all similar type rooms the same color.

2. Create Beautiful 3D Floor Plans

Colors look great on 3D Floor Plans as well. Add furniture in any color or style, color the walls, and change the flooring. Customize your 3D Floor Plan to get the exact look you want. Some of our favorite ideas:

• If the existing property has a less-than-stylish color scheme, update it to show the potential
• Create a more consistent look
• Choose a new color for the walls to make them stand out
• Match the furniture to your brand colors

3. Add, Change or Move Furniture on Your Floor Plans

Matterport’s standard 2D Floor Plan schematics show walls and standard built-in features. This is great, but it can be difficult for buyers to visualize the property's potential. Help them out by adding furniture, fixtures, appliances, and much more.

Go from this black and white floor plan…

To professional 2D and 3D Floor Plans with furniture in any custom layout you choose.

Matterport’s standard 3D Floor Plans include furniture. But maybe you want to show a 3D Floor Plan with a different furniture layout. Or maybe you want to have a 3D Floor Plan with no furniture?

5. Match Your Branding

Create professional brochures and handouts with your logo and brand colors. Here’s an example 3D Floor Plan with the logo on the top left and green and white furniture to match the branding. It looks stylish and lets you create floor plans that stand out from the crowd.

Here's a 2D Floor Plan with a blue logo in the top left corner. It features blue and white colors throughout and has customizable disclaimer text at the bottom.

RoomSketcher even lets you have separate styles for separate clients! If you need this feature, make sure it’s all automatically controlled, so your clients get the right look every time.

• Read more about branding

6. It’s All About Measurements

When creating floor plans, it's important to include measurements that are appropriate for your target market, such as meters, feet, or both. It's best to provide a variety of measurements, but be cautious not to overwhelm buyers with too many. RoomSketcher offers several options to assist with this:

• The total area of a floor, level, or the whole property
• Wall lengths on inside and/or outside walls
• Room length by width
• Room sizes in square feet or meters

Let’s take a look at some cool measurement options:

Total Area

The total project area is automatically calculated. You can even choose to include or exclude certain rooms (like a garage or patio) from the calculation.

Wall Measurements

Show inside wall measurements with the click of a button. The software automatically calculates wall lengths, and you can adjust the position of the arrow or text as needed.

Show outside wall measurements, also at the click of a button:

Room Dimensions

Or show the room dimensions, size in meters or feet (or both!):

7. Make Your Own Edits

Did your client call to say they want to have the door to the storage room closed on the floor plan? Did you label a room as “Office” when your client would prefer “Bedroom”? These, and so many more, are changes that we see every single day.

RoomSketcher makes it easy to update your floor plan. Open the project on your computer or tablet, make the changes, and re-export. There's no need to explain or wait—your revised floor plan will be ready in minutes.

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