Cross out a wall with an “X”
Draw an X over a wall to delete it. Over the whole wall removes it; an X in the middle splits the wall in two; an X at one end trims it back.
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How to mark up a printed plan the AI can read
Edit a plan the way you already do on paper. Print or export it, mark your changes by hand, and upload it — Drafthouse separates your marks from the printed lines and applies them. Here are the exact marks it reads and how to draw them.
The marks Drafthouse reads
Three handwritten edits are applied automatically on import. Everything else lands untouched in the editor for you to adjust.
Scribble over what's gone
A dense back-and-forth scribble over a wall deletes that run too. Useful when an X is awkward — just fill the wall solidly so it reads as one mark.
Strike through a room name
Draw a line through a printed room name to remove it — strike right across the word, end to end. Write a new name nearby and it's kept as its own label.
Get the cleanest result
Drafthouse tells your marks from the printed plan by stroke thickness — thin strokes are your edits, thick ones are the print. A few habits make that split reliable.
Use a finer pen
Mark with a pen thinner than the printed wall lines — a fine felt-tip or ballpoint. Avoid a fat marker as thick as the walls.
Press dark & clear
Make each mark solid and easy to see. Colour is for your eyes — the reader keys off how dark and how thin the stroke is.
Mark right on target
Centre the X on the wall you mean and strike straight through the whole word — a small stray tick near it won't register.
Reversible in the editor
Every edit lands in the point-and-click editor. If a faint printed detail is misread, undo that change before you export.
Do
- Start from a printed copy or exported PDF
- Cross out a wall with a clear X to delete it
- Scribble a wall out solidly as one mark
- Strike all the way through a room name
- Use a pen thinner than the printed lines
- Upload the marked-up PDF, or a flat, well-lit photo of it
Don't
- Mark with a fat marker as thick as the walls
- Leave a half-hearted tick instead of a full X
- Strike only part of a room name
- Expect added walls or new rooms from marks — add those in the editor
- Photograph it crumpled, dim or at an angle
- Pile several edits on top of each other in one spot
Before & after
An interior wall crossed out and the CLOSET label struck through — here's how Drafthouse reads it.
BeforeYour printed PDF, marked up by hand
AfterEdits applied, plan cleaned
Ready to try it?
Mark up a printed plan, upload it, and watch Drafthouse apply your edits into a clean, editable plan — then export a polished PDF. No credit card to start.