Interior designers use sketches all the time, but in this day and age, no one uses pen and paper to stay up all night drawing floor plans and layouts and measuring them to scale. So how do they do it? You guessed it, they use a computer. Many software programs exist to help interior designers sketch but none is as popular as AutoCAD for interior design and space planning.

Interior design students are required to take courses in AutoCAD as that is becoming the norm for everyone in this profession. No one has the time to sit and draw and erase meticulous drawings only to be rejected by picky clients or made changes in. With computer assisted interior design sketches, all you need is to know the commands and with a few clicks of the mouse, all you have to do is print a new draft.

You can throw away the old stencils people used to use to make bathroom fixtures, ceiling fans and fireplaces. Now with such interior design sketch software you can choose from a plethora of options in fixtures and accessories and just click the one you want to use. Client changed her mind? No problem, just undo it.

Practice Makes Perfect

Of course it takes some time to learn how to make interior design sketches with computers especially more so for the technically challenged who are used to the old school way of doing it by hand. But once even the veterans in this field see how easy it is to make changes and mix and match various options with this or similar software, they are quick to adapt. After all, who still wants huge tube televisions taking up space in their family rooms when wall mounted LCDs and plasmas are so easily available? To live with the times you have to adapt to change and go with the flow lest you are left behind.

If you enroll for a course in AutoCAD you could do so at a home-school option or in a classroom setting. Once you are familiar with the basic techniques and commands for drawing which you’ll get plenty of practice in with their drawing exercises, you can take it to the next step by trying to design a room. So even if you were never good at art and couldn’t draw a straight line to save your life but were still interested in a career in interior design, then your payers are answered.

Learn the basics and keep on practicing, with AutoCAD you’ll be making interior design sketches like a pro in no time.