Floor Plans

56BelAirPaul I need to create a floor plan on Illustrator or some kind of tool. I have CC installed on my PC. The room is 24x36. I'd like to get a grid representing feet and start outlining walls and corridors. Is there a specific template or layout for building floor plans?

Is this for a professional project for a client or a personal project for home?

Paul, depends how complex the plan is, and the intended use.

As much as I like Illustrator, it's  not really a great tool for proper floorplans, unless you get Hotdoor CadTools plugin.

Software like Sketchup pro or Revit is what you need.

Or try Sweet Home 3D (free/dontate) I think you can print to pdf

How to quickly create your floor plan in Sweet Home 3D - YouTube

You can use the Perspective grid to get what you need.

You can use the perspective grid tool or from View>Perspective Grid>Show Grid
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I'd recommend searching some of the free vector art sites like Vecteezy.com for floor plan icons you can use. Download and open the free art file in Illustrator. Create a new document in Illustrator, and in the New Document dialog set your document size to 24" x 36" (1/12th scale where 1" = 1'). If you want the document horizontal, change the orientation to landscape. Then click the Create button. Turn on Rulers (View > Rulers or Ctrl+R, Command+R on Mac). Now you can go back to the free art, select an icon, go to the new document you just set up, and copy/paste and position the images there. Arrange as desired.

You can display a grid in Illustrator just like in Photoshop and it can be altered in preferences. View-Show Grid.