Draw the electrical layout on the client's own floor plan.
Layroom is a free browser tool for laying out electrical points on a floor plan. Trace the plan from a photo or PDF, place sockets, switches, lights and the panel on the walls they belong to, link each switch to what it controls, and export a PDF with a legend and the quantity of every point per room.
Free. No install, no account.
Room check
| Room | Area | Sockets | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | 10.9 m² | 2/3 short | 1/1 |
| Living room | 28.1 m² | 5/5 | 4/1 |
| Hallway | 3.2 m² | 0/0 | 1/1 |
| Bathroom | 4.8 m² | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Computed live from the plan above, against the NEC minimums.
What you can put on the plan
- Ten electrical symbols
- Socket (standard, GFCI, 240 V, USB, Schuko and Italian types), switch (one-way, two-way, intermediate, dimmer, push button), ceiling, recessed and wall lights, ceiling fan, data port, thermostat, smoke detector and consumer unit. Wall symbols snap to the wall and face the room.
- Switch to light links
- Drag from a switch to the lights it controls. The link is drawn as a dashed curve, so the client and the next person on site can read which switch does what.
- Mounting height on wall points
- Sockets, switches and other wall points carry their height from the floor. Change it per point when a socket goes above a worktop or a switch sits at accessible height.
- A count for every room
- Rooms are detected from the walls. Each one lists its sockets, switches and lights and compares them with the usual minimums: NEC 210.52 spacing in English, CEI 64-8 level 1 in Italian.
- Existing, new, to remove
- Mark each point as existing, new or to demolish. On a rewire the drawing shows what stays, what gets added and what comes out.
- A PDF for the quote
- The export includes the measured plan, the symbol legend and a schedule with the quantity of every point, room by room.
From site visit to quote
- 1
Bring the plan in
Photograph the plan the client has, or load the PDF. Set the scale once by clicking a known length, then trace the walls with a click each.
- 2
Place the points
Pick a symbol and click the wall. Press E to return to the last electrical symbol, L to link switches to lights, 1, 2 or 3 to mark a point existing, new or to remove.
- 3
Check, export, send
Read the room check, fix the rooms that come up short, export the PDF, or send a link the client opens in the browser to walk the rooms in 3D.
What it does not do
- It is a layout tool, not a design calculation: no circuit schedules, cable sizing, load or voltage drop calculations.
- The room check is a planning hint against minimum counts. It is not a compliance certificate, and local code always wins.
- It does not draw cable routes or conduit runs, only the points and the switch links.
- Export is PDF. There is no DWG or DXF export.
Questions
Is there free software to draw an electrical plan?
Yes. Layroom's editor is free and runs in the browser with no install and no account. You trace or draw the floor plan, place electrical symbols on it and export a PDF with a legend and quantities.
Which electrical symbols does Layroom have?
Ten: socket (with GFCI, USB, 240 V and Schuko variants), switch (one-way, two-way, intermediate, dimmer), ceiling light, recessed light, wall light, ceiling fan, data port, thermostat, smoke detector and consumer unit. Plumbing and heating symbols sit on their own layers.
Does it check the layout against the NEC or CEI 64-8?
It counts sockets and lights per room and compares them with minimum counts: the NEC 210.52 wall spacing rule (one receptacle per 12 ft of usable wall) in English, and CEI 64-8 level 1 in Italian. It is guidance for planning, not a compliance check.
Can I start from a photo of the floor plan?
Yes. Load a photo, a scan or a PDF, set the scale by clicking a length you know, and click each wall to capture it. You can also draw the walls from scratch on a grid.
Can the client see the result?
Yes. Send a share link: it opens a read-only 3D view of the rooms in the browser, with nothing to install.