How to Add Flooring to Your 3D Floor Plan
As you create your 3D floor plan, it's important to showcase every detail in your design to better bring your vision to life. Adding flooring is a key part of this process. Within the Houzz Pro 3D floor plan, you can select the perfect flooring from an extensive material library, or you can even import your own custom finish for an exact match to your design.
Let's go over how to customise your flooring within the 3D Floor Planner.
Adding Floors in the 3D Floor Planner
To start, you will need to open an existing 3D floor plan or create a new floor plan. Read How to Create a 3D Floor Plan to learn more about getting started.
Regardless of how you create your floor plan, it's important that the walls in your design are all fully connected. You are not able to add flooring to a room unless the room is fully enclosed — be sure to check for any wall gaps if you are having trouble.
Once your room is created, simply click on the floor in the space. Room details will appear on the right side of your screen. Click the material selector under Floor Style to view your flooring material options.
You will then be able to browse our Materials Library in the right menu. Use the dropdown at the top to narrow down your options, starting with the Flooring section. Choose the preferred material from the menu to view the color and design choices. You can also select Wood Finishes from the dropdown menu to select a specific wood floor finish, or you can use the search bar to search by keyword.
Under My Finishes, you have the option to select from custom finishes you have already added to your 3D floor plan, or you can add a new finish. To learn about adding custom finishes, read How to Add Custom Finishes to Your 3D Floor Plan.
Once you make a selection, it will automatically update in your floor plan design. Make sure to view the flooring in Dollhouse and Walkthrough mode to get a better idea of how it will look visually in your design.
Change Flooring Selection
If you already have flooring selected — either from a template or your own design — you can easily adjust the flooring if needed. Just click on the floor in your 3D floor plan, then select the current flooring selection from the right menu. The Materials Library will appear so you can make your changes.
If you would like to go back to a No Flooring option, click directly on the flooring within your 3D floor plan, then select the Trash Can icon from the right menu. You can also just click the Delete button on your keyboard.
Adding Multiple Floor Types in One Room
If you have an open concept floor plan that will use multiple flooring materials within one space, you can split the room and adjust the flooring within your 3D floor plan. This feature can also be useful for smaller flooring accents, like tiles in front of a fireplace or a floor border in a bathroom.
To start, select Draw Wall from your 3D floor plan toolbar, then click on Draw Room Split in the dropdown menu. Here, you will be prompted to select the room you want to split.
Click on the space you would like to split – you will need to draw a line to divide the room up. To do this, hover over the wall until a blue dot appears. Click on the blue dot where you want the division to start, then drag the line to the other wall across the room. Click again on that wall, and another blue dot will appear to complete the line.
You will now see a black line dividing your two spaces. To adjust the flooring material, click on the floor in the space, then change the current flooring selection from the right menu. You can also select the bin icon to delete the current flooring and start from scratch. Since the open concept space is split, the new flooring material will only show up in the room you designated.
To delete the split room line, just hover over the line until it is highlighted in blue, click the line, then select the red bin icon. You can also just click the Delete button on your keyboard.
Add Room Labels
In the right menu, you can also adjust the room label name. When you split a room, you will be able to label specific spaces within an open concept floor plan. You can do this even if the flooring material is the same throughout the space.
In the example below, there is one label for Kitchen/Dining, and one label for Kitchen, and the annotation appears directly on the floor plan. Even though the flooring material is the same, dividing up the space and adding room labels is an easy way to show clients where one space ends and another begins.
Square Metre Calculations
When you split a room, the square metre calculations will also be split, as shown below. You will need to add together the measurements for all the different spaces to get accurate square metre calculations for an entire open concept room.