Chat in the editor · Beginner · 12:28
From a rough Paint sketch to an editable understairs drawing
British male AI narration · English captions · Fictional demonstration project
A genuine Microsoft Paint sketch, handwritten sizes and short Chat requests become an editable drawing. Follow the room reconstruction, fitted AIB cupboard, corrected stair sheeting, Hall enclosure, connected access chambers, NPU duct and routes. Includes real replies, labelled processing edits, corrections and disclosed manual note formatting.
Before you start: Fictional software training example with British male AI narration and English captions. Supplied measurements and additional draft assumptions are distinguished. Review dimensions, access, seals, services and airflow for the actual site. This is not an approved plan of work.
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0:00The completed software draft
A rough black-and-white sketch has become this editable planning draft. Chat built the rooms and understairs enclosure, with separate access chambers, equipment and linked routes. Here is the real process, including the corrections and manual label formatting. The example still needs site checks before use.
0:23Rough monochrome source
The starting point is deliberately simple. I use the black brush in Microsoft Paint to draw rough rooms and write a few measurements. It does not need to be a polished plan. Chat should keep the written sizes. Anything I leave out needs a clear draft assumption or a question. The gaps and curved marks are doors. Small boxes across the outer walls show windows. I sketch the stairs and mark AIB on the cupboard door and lining underneath. This identifies the fictional work location without filling the sketch with construction details. The job layout uses plain boxes. A is the personnel airlock, linked to the DCU. B is the separate baglock, with a route to the waste area. The black rectangle is the NPU, with its duct going directly outside. Crosses mark the hall doors to seal, and the hall is the enclosure. This is a training sketch, not a completed site plan of work.
1:47Upload and calibration
I upload the saved sketch through chat, then I mark the two sides of the kitchen and enter its written 5m width. This sets a reference scale, it does not make every rough stroke accurate. I lock the source to keep it in place. Chat will use the handwritten measurements, with any missing sizes treated as adjustable draft assumptions.
2:21Room reconstruction
I ask Chat to redraw the rooms, doors, and windows using the written sizes. The thinking time here is shown at eight times speed. It creates eight rooms and 18 openings. Equipment annotations are not treated as extra rooms. I hide the source and check the plan. All five written size pairs are preserved. Unwritten details remain editable estimates. Then I check the room surfaces in 3D. The stairs and work enclosure come next.
3:09Stairs and fitted AIB cupboard
Next, I ask for the stairs and cupboard underneath, with AIB on the door and lining. Chat asks whether the stairs should connect to an upper floor and which lining I mean. I confirm a simple first floor landing, AIB beneath the stair, and sensible draft sizes. The result uses a connected stair and a fitted cupboard with AIB on the inside of its door and beneath the stair slope. These are the locations marked for this fictional example, not newly identified asbestos. I check the stair position in the hall, then inspect the cupboard in 3D.
4:07Initial Hall lining and access chambers
I keep the existing doors and ask for the hall lining, stairwell closure, airlock and baglock. The two marked door seals are deferred at this stage. The airlock attaches to the west opening and the separate baglock to the south.
4:25NPU and enclosed skip
An earlier attempt needed a catalogue correction. This short request adds the NPU and enclosed skip. The duct and routes are still deferred. The sketch gives positions. The equipment specifications are draft assumptions. The NPU is in the hall. The enclosed skip is outside, on the waste side. The NPU rating remains a draft choice. Airflow, discharge and services need job-specific checks. Next, we complete and inspect the connections.
5:00Corrected thin stair sheeting
Here, I ask Chat to sheet off the stairs going up, keeping the cupboard accessible. The first reply needs me to identify the Hall stairs, so I clarify that. Chat replaces the rigid hood with thin sheeting at the foot and exposed sides of the flight, returning to the ceiling. The stair and cupboard underneath are retained. The waste route is updated too. I inspect the cutaway. Actual supports, overlaps and seals still need site checks.
6:06Two marked doorway seals
The two X marks on the sketch mean sealed doorways. I ask Chat to sheet over them while retaining the doors. It creates linked polythene closures and closes the door leaves. The drawn overlap is a draft detail, not a verified site seal.
6:42Connected modular DCU
I ask for the DCU to connect to airlock A. The sketch gives its location, but not the unit dimensions. I choose an illustrative modular unit. The first link is too short for the opening clearances, so I accept the suggested eight-hundred-millimetre link. The result has clean, shower and dirty compartments, connecting doors and a ventilated link. The whole unit is four and a half metres long. These are editable example sizes, not measurements from the sketch.
8:09NPU duct and penetration
I ask for the NPU exhaust to pass through the west wall and turn north outside. Chat cannot find the unit in its current context, so I select it visibly and repeat the request. The result rotates the outlet towards the wall and adds the duct, wall penetration and collar. I check its position in plan. The drawn duct does not establish effective airflow or a suitable discharge location.
9:25Connection inspection
I check the cupboard approach in the cutaway. The upward flight is sheeted off while the cupboard face remains accessible. I also inspect the DCU link and outside exhaust duct, then restore the ceiling view. These views check the drawing arrangement. Physical seals, services and airflow still need site verification.
10:04A and B labels, key and visible manual note formatting
I ask Chat to label the airlock A and the baglock B. It applies both names and updates the native key. I then ask it to move the service notes beside the DCU. The reply explains that Chat cannot change their font size here. I enlarge and wrap the notes manually in the Selected panel. I also move them into the clear margin by hand. Their draft and unverified wording stays visible.
11:27Actual successful linked route request
I ask for a clean access route from the DCU, through airlock A, into the Hall. Chat adds a linked route through the clean, shower and dirty compartments and the intervening link. It keeps the existing equipment and doorways. The drawn route is eight and a half metres long. This annotation does not verify clean and dirty separation or safe site access.
12:17Review for the actual job
Review the dimensions, openings and connections against the actual job. This editable training example is not an approved plan of work.
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