HDB floor plans > AutoCAD .DWG

I wrote this page in 2013 after being hired by a Malaysian architect to draw 5 HDB whole block floor plan in AutoCAD, for analysis of space efficiency. Later, a Singaporean asked me to draw his own HDB flat and suggest furniture layout. Another one asked if I have certain HDB flat in DWG format, I replied “I can draw it now in AutoCAD” but he said “Thanks anyway” and quit.

Beside this, watching website traffic I see many searches like “hdb 3-room new generation dwg file“, and most people do not click About Me page to see that I am also AutoCAD designer and I could draw and sell DWG files on order basis.

So I made this page to show… some of the HDB flats designed so far. Drawing a 2D floor plan of a HDB flat was taking about 1 hour and 3D-ing it another 10 minutes.

In 2013 at top of page was a big red text “I can provide DWG file, 2D or 3D model of your HDB flat for only $20!” and about 10 people/year paying for such service at the peak in 2015-2016. Due to rising website traffic and getting busier I changed price to $40 in 2017, only 3 more people hired me for this service by 2018. Even with doubled price, it no longer worth my time doing AutoCAD jobs compared with database jobs.

In 2019 I decided to NOT engage anymore in projects that generate less than $100/hour, effectively putting an END for Paper to CAD conversion services. If you need such service, feel free to hire a freelancer who do not have other jobs like me.

Procedure

You can give me floor plan of your flat, you can choose a floor plan from the page with 100 typical HDB Floor Plans (but beware of possible differences between your flat and the typical floor plans posted here), or give me your block number and I may have or not the exact floor plan in my collection of PDF floor plans collected from Sale of Balance Flats.

There is not mandatory to provide a floor plan with dimensions. I can also use a block plan from BTO brochures, put it in AutoCAD, draw a polyline over 4-room flat and scale it until it reach the floor area of 90 sqm. There will be a small error margin, but it will be no problem if you use DWG file for presentation only and not for calculation of interior design.

You can choose the detail level (2D or 3D, add furniture, dimensions, or leave only walls) and how to give you (DWG, DXF, PDF, etc).

Price formula: $20 + $20 for each flat floor plan or + $40 for each block floor plan. This formula is intended to provide discount for people who need more than one floor plan. With other words, $40 for first flat and $20 for additional ones, $60 for first block and $40 for additional ones.

Drafting 2D over HDB floor plan takes about 1 hour if I am not busy with another project. 3D-ing a 2D plan takes 10 minutes.

I treat each customer individually and give you a personalized DWG file. There is a chance that you want DWG of same flat type as a previous customer, this save some time, but the drawing may have only walls in 2D and 3D because this is what the previous customer wanted, while you want 2D only but with dimensions and furniture, so I cannot sell “as it is”, instead I will remake drawing “as you want”.