Architectural Drafting Services · Oregon
Drafting Buddies produces floor plans, elevations, permit sets, and as-built drawings for Oregon homeowners, architects, and contractors - from Portland ADUs to Bend custom homes - drafted directly against OSSC and ORSC requirements so your submittal doesn't come back with avoidable plan-review corrections.
In-house drafters
Projects delivered nationwide
Typical permit-set turnaround
Floor Plan - OR-01
Oregon
Permit Set
1/4" Scale
Permit-ready floor plan drafted to Oregon Residential Specialty Code dimensional requirements.
Oregon plan review
Between OSSC/ORSC baseline requirements, local jurisdiction amendments in Portland and Eugene, statewide ADU allowances, and lot-specific setback and lot-coverage rules, a floor plan that would sail through review in one Oregon city can bounce back with corrections in the next. Drafting for "code in general" isn't the same as drafting for the jurisdiction that will actually review the set.
We draft every permit and construction document set against the applicable Oregon code baseline and flag jurisdiction-specific requirements before submittal, so dimensional callouts, egress requirements, and structural notes match what your specific building department expects to see, not a generic national template.
What We Draft
Nine drafting disciplines, each scoped to the drawing type, software, and code review your project phase actually needs.
Full residential drafting for custom homes, remodels, and additions, covering floor plans, elevations, and construction details drafted from your design intent, a hand sketch, or a builder's spec. We produce drawings dimensionally accurate enough for framing crews to build from directly, with room layouts, door and window schedules, and structural callouts formatted for Oregon residential permit review from the first draft.
Commercial architectural drafting for office, retail, and tenant-improvement projects, covering floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, and finish schedules scoped to fast-track leasing timelines. We coordinate with your mechanical and electrical consultants where needed, producing a drawing set that carries the code notes and occupancy classification detail Oregon commercial plan reviewers expect on a tenant-improvement submittal.
Clean, dimensionally accurate floor plans drafted from a design sketch, an existing drawing, or field measurements, delivered in CAD or Revit depending on your downstream needs. We draft to the level of detail your project stage requires, from a simple layout for early client review to a fully dimensioned plan with wall types, fixture locations, and room labels ready for construction document development.
Exterior and interior elevations, wall sections, and building sections drafted to show height, material transitions, and structural assemblies that a floor plan alone can't communicate. These drawings are essential for design-review submittals, contractor bidding, and building department review, and we detail them with enough dimensional and material callout to eliminate the most common source of RFIs during construction.
Complete permit-ready drawing sets covering cover sheet, floor plans, elevations, sections, framing plans, and code-compliance notes drafted against OSSC or ORSC as applicable, plus known local jurisdiction amendments. We format the set to match the specific submittal checklist of your Oregon building department where that information is available, reducing the back-and-forth correction cycle that delays most first-time permit applications.
Field-measured as-built drawings capturing existing floor plans, elevations, and structural conditions for buildings without accurate current drawings, common across Oregon's older Portland and Eugene housing stock. We work from field measurements, photos, or laser scan data to produce a verified baseline drawing set that renovation, addition, and permit work can be planned against with confidence.
Drafting for kitchen and bathroom remodels, home additions, garage conversions, and ADU projects, a service category that's grown significantly given Oregon's statewide accessory dwelling unit allowances. We draft detached, attached, and conversion ADU plans sized to fit local setback and lot-coverage rules, and structure addition drawings to clearly distinguish new construction from existing structure for plan review.
Revit-based architectural documentation for firms that need a coordinated 3D model behind their drawing set, not just flat 2D sheets. We build the model to the LOD your project phase requires, producing schedules, sheet sets, and construction documentation that stays synchronized as design changes happen, and that can hand off cleanly into structural or MEP coordination if your project scope grows.
Conversion of hand sketches, scanned paper blueprints, and low-resolution PDF plan sets into clean, editable CAD or Revit files. We redraw from scratch when the source drawing isn't usable as a base, verifying dimensions against any available field measurements so the converted file is accurate enough to build a renovation or addition drawing set on top of, not just a visual trace.
Industries We Serve
From single-family ADU plans to multifamily permit sets, the drafting approach changes by sector - ours does too.
Custom home, remodel, and ADU drafting for Oregon's growing accessory-dwelling market.
Office, retail, and tenant-improvement drafting scoped for fast leasing timelines.
Repeated unit-type drafting for Portland and Beaverton multifamily developments.
Factory and warehouse floor plans, permit sets, and facility drafting.
Public-building drafting built for civic review and long-term facility records.
As-built documentation and renovation drafting for Oregon's historic building stock.
Hotel and resort drafting for Bend and Cascade-region hospitality projects.
Medical facility drafting with strict accessibility and egress documentation.
Why Choose Us
A drafting partner that understands Oregon's code environment, not a generic offshore drafting queue.
Every permit set is checked against OSSC, ORSC, and known local jurisdiction amendments, not just generic IBC/IRC defaults.
A deep in-house bench of CAD and Revit drafters means capacity for multi-sheet packages on tight deadlines.
Standard residential drafting scopes turn around in 48 to 72 hours, with sprint capacity for larger commercial packages.
A track record across residential, commercial, and institutional drafting work nationwide, including Pacific Northwest projects.
Deep experience with Oregon's statewide ADU allowances and the setback and lot-coverage rules that shape them.
Work with us on a single floor plan, a full permit package, or as ongoing overflow capacity for your design team.
Software We Use
Drawing files hand off cleanly into your existing software stack - no format conversion, no compatibility surprises.
2D Drafting
Floor plans, elevations, and permit sets
BIM
Architectural BIM and construction documentation
BIM
Alternative BIM authoring on request
Concept / 3D
Massing studies and 3D visualization
Residential
Home design and residential plan sets
Markup
Redline review and submittal markups
Coordination
Clash detection and model coordination
Presentation
Presentation graphics and sheet markup
Oregon Code Landscape
Oregon building requirements layer state code, local amendments, and lot-specific zoning on top of each other - a set that clears review in one jurisdiction can still bounce back in the next. We draft with the applicable version and local overlay in view from the first sheet, not as a correction step after a rejected submittal.
This shows up in egress calculations, setback dimensions, and structural notation, built into the drawing from the start.
State amendment of the IRC governing one- and two-family dwelling drafting requirements.
State amendment of the IBC governing commercial and multifamily drafting requirements.
Oregon's accessory dwelling unit rules shape setback, lot-coverage, and parking drafting decisions statewide.
Portland, Eugene, and other municipalities layer additional design-review and submittal requirements onto the base state code.
Corridor width, door clearance, and emergency egress notation drafted to code minimums for the occupancy type.
Cascade Range and high-desert Bend-area drafting accounts for materially higher roof loads than valley construction.
Oregon Coverage
Remote delivery means location is never a constraint - these are the metros we work with most. See also our drafting services in Oregon.
Portland
OR
Salem
OR
Eugene
OR
Bend
OR
Beaverton
OR
Hillsboro
OR
Gresham
OR
Medford
OR
Corvallis
OR
Springfield
OR
Tigard
OR
Lake Oswego
OR
Albany
OR
Grants Pass
OR
Client Feedback
“Our Portland ADU permit set went through the county on the first submittal. No corrections, no resubmittal fee - just approved.”
Homeowner
ADU Project, Portland, OR
“They converted a stack of 40-year-old paper blueprints into clean CAD files we could actually build a remodel drawing set from.”
General Contractor
Residential Remodeler, Salem, OR
“The tenant-improvement set was formatted exactly to our jurisdiction's checklist. Fastest commercial permit turnaround we've had.”
Project Manager
Commercial Developer, Bend, OR
Common questions about Oregon architectural drafting
Permit and construction document sets are drafted against OSSC or ORSC as applicable, plus known local jurisdiction amendments in Portland, Eugene, and other municipalities. We format the set to the specific submittal checklist of your Oregon building department where that information is available, so dimensional callouts, egress requirements, and structural notes match what that department expects to see. The building department makes the acceptance decision.
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Send us your sketch, existing drawings, or design intent and we'll scope a fixed-price drafting proposal within one business day. You can also contact our team directly.