Draft Paper

I like to draw plans for various construction and woodworking projects. I’ve been looking for an iPad app that works for a person who doesn’t have the time or the patience of a professional designer. I have used OneNote for a while, but the drawings overwhelm the iPad app quickly and can’t be saved to cloud storage. Eventually they crash to the point the file can’t even be opened. This app makes drawing my designs relatively easy and seems to handle my constant reworking fairly well. It has started crashing a lot with my biggest drawing, but I can live with that as long as it saves everything, which is has done so far. It would be nice if it didn’t crash, but this is still the best solution I have found for my needs. The one thing it really needs is the ability to select and copy elements within a drawing. That would speed up what I do a great deal. I can’t understand why such a simple function isn’t already available since they have the mechanism for selecting and moving elements of your drawing. I hope the developers can add this, it would make this app a lot closer to perfect.

(Edit: as one noted he can't change font size? Zooming in on plan changes it because you are typing closer and smaller. Experiment!) It helps to be a little construction or architect intuitive. That mostly helps with less erasing! ;). I have no technical issues with this AP at all. Practice all features to see what they do, basically it is lines and boxes. In beginning I was a little confused that the box also cuts a line, but that was me. We are moving to a new home we are remodeling. I have always hand drawn grids and cut out little furniture from graph paper to help me see what goes where or make decisions what to keep. The layers on this is great and that they can be different colors and are numbered! Some things are double tap and spin the dial for more options. Totally worth the $1 to save and expert. A great tool to plan dimensions. I can visualize everything else. I don't need a 3D program just where will our furniture fit and what would an internal wall if moved would do. Thanks for creating!

I adore this app, I needed something simple to be able to design carpentry projects & also for floor plans/furniture layouts etc. I bought the app outright a long time ago, I was thrilled when they added all the new features but the big let down about the update is this: it constantly gets stuck/freezes when trying to move highlighted items it also out right DELETES several layers after having spent hours designing them! This last incident of major work loss prompted me to leave a review in hopes the developers will fix this frustrating problem. I just spent 4 hours drafting out a pond/waterfall layout & just as I finished it & set my ipad aside it go get a drink, when i came back the app had deleted everything I had done since I picked it up. :/

It definitely works to do what it says it’s supposed to do. I would like to make some suggestions though, which should be fairly simple to update this app... •COPY• I would really love to see a select/copy and paste object, much like the select and move button. It would make things a lot easier, especially when trying to draw more than one of the same object or structure. •FLIP• It would be great if we were able to select objects, so that they can be flipped in other directions... not flip the entire drawing (unless selected) but, say just one room or countertop etc. •OPEN• I’m unable to upload a photo that I’ve saved myself. •COLLABORATE• Need to be able to make changes or tweak a drawing that someone else has done, using this app. which would help dramatically when trying to collaborate on a room or building, with someone...my husband is overseas and we’re trying to work together to come up with a blueprint for building a new home. Please update this app with these changes!!! Thank you!

This was the best "free app" I could find and is probably your best option... but it has quite a few issues. First of all, I drew a few things and then the app updated (I'm assuming) and when I returned, my drawings got zoomed out and I couldn't edit them because they were too small. I had to delete the app because it was useless unless I wanted to restart. Plus, you can't label anything. When you try to, the words are never in the right place and the words change when you zoom in and out. I would only recommend this app if you plan to use it temporarily because the "paper" you have to draw on gets filled up quickly and you can't draw anymore once it's filled up.