Guide
Vector people for architectural drawings
Vector figures stay sharp at any size and can be recoloured, scaled and edited. Here is how to use them in your drawings.
When vector beats raster
A raster PNG is ideal for renders. For line drawings, plans, sections, laser cutting and large-format printing, vector figures are better: they scale to any size without going soft, and you can change line weight and colour.
Getting vector figures
- In the studio, pose your figure and choose the Outline render style.
- With Pro, export as SVG or PDF. Both open directly in Illustrator, Affinity Designer, Inkscape and most CAD packages.
- Free users can export a transparent PNG up to 2×, which can be traced in any vector editor.
Using them in drawings
- Place the SVG or PDF into your drawing and scale it against a known dimension, such as a door or a floor-to-ceiling height.
- Recolour or change the line weight to match your drawing standard.
- For sections and elevations, use front or side orthographic figures. For perspective drawings, use three-quarter views.
Tips
- Keep figure line weights lighter than your building line work so the architecture stays dominant.
- Group people into small, uneven clusters rather than evenly spread, as people rarely stand in a grid.
- Make a whole sheet of different figures with the Character sheet option and keep it as a library for the project.