I am currently enrolled in an online Facility Planning course that requires me to design a healthcare clinic floor plan. I was convinced I was going to fail this class because I had no clue where to begin. I logged onto you tube and searched how to create a facility design using excel and this video emerged. This video gave me the necessary knowledge to execute my assignment and pass the class. Thank you for your post.
I love the internet. You're never too old to learn something new. Of course he was using an older version of excel and that's what I hate about Windows every time they do an upgrade you have to learn where everything is all over again. Thanks Ted for the lesson.
Very Interesting. I never thought about using Excel for creating floor plans. After watching your video, I created some VBA modules to autocreate and made it easier. I'm still working on the modules to get it just right, If it works as i expect I might come back and post a link to it if anyone is interested.
I had to a floor plan for a retail business, for my Marketing classand I did not know how to do it. So I googled how to create a floor, and this video popped up. I know now how to do it. Thanks!
Thanks...forgot all about Excel for simple drafting. Like Dive Like Junk mentioned, there are options for diagonal lines as well; you can also rotate the text how you like and choose where on the square to place it. Another way to open that option window without having to scroll all the way back and forth, is to right click on the highlighted area in windows or open the drop menu in Mac, it will be in the list. That same list also has where you can set the rows height and column width by just entering the number value if you don't want to drag it. Very helpful video thanks again.
Thank you Ted. I need to make an outline of a hotel suite my charity group is using for a green room. The room has all kinds of nooks and crannies, this is soooo helpful.
Thank you Ted. You just saved me $100's of dollars I was dreading having to spend on an office floor plan app. All I need is something simple such as this to start. Thank you for sharing.
A simple and useful "hack" for doing a quick floor plan. This helped me. I just needed to do some rough comparisons between two offices and whether furniture in one would work well if moved to the other. To do that requires a to-scale method of drawing out the spaces. This worked wonderfully. Thanks for putting it together.
Thank you so much. I need to show a floor plan for fire personnel (if necessary) for a residential home and this has just showed me how! Thank you again!
Hey, this is a very helpful tutorial, but you were wrong about the diagonal lines. Excel can make diagonal lines. In the Border options you can see them as clickables on the bottom left and bottom right corner of the options.
Oh wow - thanks so much, Katrina. My son produced a ton of these videos a few years ago, and I did all the Excel ones, but we're both busy with other things now. It's so nice to hear someone has watched more than one of them.
@@VitorEmanuelOliver This is Ted in the video, and it's now 2021. I'm just checking these comments for the first time. So nice to hear people are still watching it.
Wow it is interesting, thank you for this video. and im one of the young people who are interested in creating floor plans by watching this video im very surprised that you made things more easier to create floor plans by using the famous software it was unexpected to me.Thank you so much
Thank you for making this man, really helpful looking to build a lil building to start up a business, this video has giving me a better understanding how to use excel for a floor plan
I use the same process to map cemeteries. However, where Ted made 72 squares for a cell, which I think represents a foot, I reduce mine. I make a cell 15 square for a cell. That equals 6 inches for me. If I were to draw something as small as a house, I would probably make a cell 10 points square and have that represent a half inch. I could be much more precise with my drawing. Don’t forget you can use notes and hyperlinks as well, to show additional information. I don’t know what version of excel he is using, but you can now make 45 degree borders now. The biggest thing to remember here is, you are creating graph paper, be creative with this for anything you would use graph paper for.
As someone who majored in Drafting & Design I can't help but say "There really are better options" including the good ole pencil, straight edge, and paper.
It would really be helpful if the author of this video would tell us what version of Excel he is using (first and foremost) because I am seeing pixels, not inches! Also what operating system he is using... thankfully +carolek09 has given very helpful info!! Thank you +carolek09!!
Hi Bergson. It's been nine years, so I don't know what version I was using, but regardless of the version, you can always change the display to show different units - pixels, inches, centimeters. This is Ted in the video.
took Mechanical Drafting back in the 60's. Forgotten how to draw....this video was great as a starter video. Thanks for the post it really helped me to get an Idea of where to begin in my Dream Floor Plan.
This was super helpful! Thank you so much for posting! Airbnb requires me to post a floorplan. The online software programs I found were way too complicated. This is perfect.
I am currently enrolled in an online Facility Planning course that requires me to design a healthcare clinic floor plan. I was convinced I was going to fail this class because I had no clue where to begin. I logged onto you tube and searched how to create a facility design using excel and this video emerged. This video gave me the necessary knowledge to execute my assignment and pass the class. Thank you for your post.
Thank you! I was looking for a simple and clean way of my creating a floor plan. This is way better than my drawing lines and measuring on paper.
I love the internet. You're never too old to learn something new. Of course he was using an older version of excel and that's what I hate about Windows every time they do an upgrade you have to learn where everything is all over again. Thanks Ted for the lesson.
I was looking for a simple way to make office floorplans for all of our clients, and this was simple and easy! Thanks!
Very Interesting. I never thought about using Excel for creating floor plans. After watching your video, I created some VBA modules to autocreate and made it easier. I'm still working on the modules to get it just right, If it works as i expect I might come back and post a link to it if anyone is interested.
Please upload ur f plan with VBA....
Yeah... Its already 3 years..
Hi Jimmy. That is really good to hear. It's now 2021. This is Ted in the video.
I had to a floor plan for a retail business, for my Marketing classand I did not know how to do it. So I googled how to create a floor, and this video popped up. I know now how to do it. Thanks!
To beef up your design, you can add diagonal lines, doors, furniture, etc. by inserting shapes.
My father is very busy to do my floor plan assignment. Thanks Ted now I can do it on my own!
Thanks...forgot all about Excel for simple drafting. Like Dive Like Junk mentioned, there are options for diagonal lines as well; you can also rotate the text how you like and choose where on the square to place it. Another way to open that option window without having to scroll all the way back and forth, is to right click on the highlighted area in windows or open the drop menu in Mac, it will be in the list. That same list also has where you can set the rows height and column width by just entering the number value if you don't want to drag it. Very helpful video thanks again.
Thanks so much for the kind words and for the tip! This is Ted in the video, and I'm always learning.
1.00 inch is 96 pixels yall
Huge thanks for this info.
Thank you too.
THANKS
thnx very helpfull :)
And 38 pixels is a centimeter for the other 95% of the planet ;-)
Thank you Ted. I need to make an outline of a hotel suite my charity group is using for a green room. The room has all kinds of nooks and crannies, this is soooo helpful.
Oh wow - that is so nice to hear! This is Ted in the video.
Thank you Ted. You just saved me $100's of dollars I was dreading having to spend on an office floor plan app. All I need is something simple such as this to start. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much Ted. Very simple but useful instructions.
A simple and useful "hack" for doing a quick floor plan. This helped me. I just needed to do some rough comparisons between two offices and whether furniture in one would work well if moved to the other. To do that requires a to-scale method of drawing out the spaces. This worked wonderfully. Thanks for putting it together.
Thank you. Just managed to put my ideas together using excel before my architect comes to have a look around. Thanks again
Thank you so much. I need to show a floor plan for fire personnel (if necessary) for a residential home and this has just showed me how! Thank you again!
Hey, this is a very helpful tutorial, but you were wrong about the diagonal lines. Excel can make diagonal lines.
In the Border options you can see them as clickables on the bottom left and bottom right corner of the options.
this video was 11 years ago, and today thanks to it, i know that i can modify the borders by clicking to the "preview diagram"
This was very help in spite of my accidental poor rating. Seems only the poor rating would register. Thanks Ted.
thank you Ted, you are a great teacher
Thanks so much, Mahala!
You nailed it man. Wish excel would allow some diagonal lines as you mentioned. Curved lines would also help :)
Hi Ted, this has been so useful for me !! I come back to your quick instructions each time, thankyou!
Oh wow - thanks so much, Katrina. My son produced a ton of these videos a few years ago, and I did all the Excel ones, but we're both busy with other things now. It's so nice to hear someone has watched more than one of them.
Wow this is so simple and easy to use!! Thank you
This is just what I was looking for
Glad I could help!
Thank you, simple but very usefull and accurate
Excellent explanation and presentation!
this is super helpful and who is watching this in 2019?
Jenifer
I am
I am. Excel is easy to work in an this is a useful, simple tool that avoids all the BS of other online drafting programs. Thanks Ted. Cheers, D.
2020, you’re living in the past D:
@@VitorEmanuelOliver This is Ted in the video, and it's now 2021. I'm just checking these comments for the first time. So nice to hear people are still watching it.
Hi Jenifer. This is Ted in the video, and it's now 2021, and I"m just checking all the comments for the first time.
Thanks Ted, Simple and useful explanation.
An excellent tutorial. You're a natural teacher.
Aww, that is SO nice to hear. I really enjoy teaching.
Thanks for posting this. Perfect for what I needed
Hi Ted. Ted here. This video was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!
Hey, Teds are the best. :-) So glad I could help another Ted!
Thank you so much Ted. I is very useful. simple and to the point without all the confusing computer jargon.
THAN Q SIR .............SOME VIDIOES JUSGT SAVE YOUR TIME SOO MUCH!!!!
Very grateful for this video helped so much with my project! Much thanks Mr.Ted (:
Extremely helpful, thanks
Very nice presentation
I have entered furniture sizes into excel. Can i make them into shapes. Then can i move them into the floor plan ?
Thank you Ted, Very helpful.
Thanks Ted! You are a big help!
Fantastic and soooo easy! Thanks, Ted!
luar biasa sangat membantu salam dari Indonesia,..
Ted - Great video and instructions - thanks for taking the time to do this
Thanks, Mark. This is Ted in the video. My son produced a ton of these back in 2012, and I did all the Excel ones. I really enjoyed doing them.
Clever use of Excel! I am PowerPoint expert, but not experienced with Excel. Is there a way to draw angled lines and curved walls?
Wow it is interesting, thank you for this video. and im one of the young people who are interested in creating floor plans by watching this video im very surprised that you made things more easier to create floor plans by using the famous software it was unexpected to me.Thank you so much
Thank you for making this man, really helpful looking to build a lil building to start up a business, this video has giving me a better understanding how to use excel for a floor plan
Found this very helpful for the new build
Good job sir, very simple
Thank you so much Ted.
This is so helpful. Thank you very much, sir!
Thanks! Very useful video as I need to come up with a simple floor plan to assist with an Indoor Air Quality investigation for a building.
Thank you so so much. Now I have somewhere to start!
Very helpful, thank you!
It is very useful for basic planning ,nice idea ,nice video
& Iot of thanks,
Thank you very much for this useful information.
Good information Ted for a quick floor plan. Thanks.
Worked , thanks a lot!
Your brilliance is in the simplicity. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Jane. That is SO true. I'm Ted in the video.
thank you. it works magic.
Thank you Ted. I needed that!!
Glad it helped, Nelson.
Thank for your help. Good video
You should make a video about how to do a complete house on excel .
awesome...i learned from this video
two thumbs up
THANK YOUUUU! As a student I found this very helpful! :)
Hi Faizah. Glad it was a help! This is Ted in the video.
Good Technique. Very Useful. Thanks.
this was so helpful thank you ted
Useful, indeed. Thanks.
I use the same process to map cemeteries. However, where Ted made 72 squares for a cell, which I think represents a foot, I reduce mine. I make a cell 15 square for a cell. That equals 6 inches for me. If I were to draw something as small as a house, I would probably make a cell 10 points square and have that represent a half inch. I could be much more precise with my drawing. Don’t forget you can use notes and hyperlinks as well, to show additional information. I don’t know what version of excel he is using, but you can now make 45 degree borders now. The biggest thing to remember here is, you are creating graph paper, be creative with this for anything you would use graph paper for.
Great, Thanks Ted !
As someone who majored in Drafting & Design I can't help but say "There really are better options" including the good ole pencil, straight edge, and paper.
I often use graph paper myself.
Simply Thank you Ted from Malawi
Hi Shailesh! I'm so glad someone so far away found this to be helpful. I wish you the best. - Ted
Interesting , very helpful ! Thanks for sharing and looking forward for more of your contribution ! Thanks !
It would really be helpful if the author of this video would tell us what version of Excel he is using (first and foremost) because I am seeing pixels, not inches! Also what operating system he is using... thankfully +carolek09 has given very helpful info!! Thank you +carolek09!!
Hi Bergson. It's been nine years, so I don't know what version I was using, but regardless of the version, you can always change the display to show different units - pixels, inches, centimeters. This is Ted in the video.
Wow.. fantastic!!
Thankyou. It helps.
I would like to make rectangular shape with a partial of a foot like 2 1/2 x 3 3/4. How do you draw that using Excel? Thanks
Cheers Ted - very helpfull and easy to use!!
Thank you Ted.
Thank you for this
It's só simple and yet so helpful and not known by many people, great video
Thank you for your guide!
the video is real fantastic and it is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Ted, most useful.
Very cool, thanks.
Very useful tutorial. Easy and fast design tool for simple projects, that's what I need!
Great video, thanks! I think I did see a diagonal line option though, super useful.
Yes very helpful...I am doing this for a class...and it was very easy and simple...thank-you!!
useful ? it is very useful , thank you !
A good option for a simple clean floor plan, and if you have nothing else...
Can you make a video showing how we can make floor tile designs in Excel
thanks Ted, nice and simples.
This is great, thanks
took Mechanical Drafting back in the 60's. Forgotten how to draw....this video was great as a starter video. Thanks for the post it really helped me to get an Idea of where to begin in my Dream Floor Plan.
Dude who are you what a explanation I learned everything from here for my stupid exams
This is Ted in the video. I hope your exams went well.
It went well, thx for asking
This was super helpful! Thank you so much for posting! Airbnb requires me to post a floorplan. The online software programs I found were way too complicated. This is perfect.
Very informative
Thanks engineer, and very useful
Great video, thank you. I was hand drawing a plan for a birdhouse and this will help 👍
Wow
Thank you very much
now i am in a good mood
Great video. This was what I was looking for. Thank you.
thanks, superb!
Nice work Ted!