People in a lobby, in elevation and in plan
5 blocks of this library · row 16' 7" × 3' 1"
Overall Each piece, width
People library · 50 blocks
People in plan: top view CAD blocks with their elevations
People CAD blocks in top view for floor plans, lobbies and circulation drawings: 25 people seen from above, each matched with the same figure in front or side elevation, 25 elevations in all. Men and women stand, walk, gesture, shake hands and carry briefcases and folders, and plain mannequin figures stand, stride and carry a plank. Each is drawn 1:1 in plan or in elevation and comes as DWG and DXF in meters and in inches, SVG and PNG.
- Blocks
- 50
- Types
- 3
- View
- Plan & front
- Units
- m · in
ElevationPlanLong-haired woman standing in blouse and straight skirtElevationPlanHeavyset man in shirt and tie standingElevationPlanMan in open suit jacket and tie standing
In a lobby
All 50 person blocks
Every size side by side
All 50 at one scale, packed like a sheet of blocks: every figure in top view and every one in elevation, the tallest first. Click a drawing to open its block; the width is under each one, the height and every format are on the block page.
The library on one sheet
The person drawings side by side, as on the library sheet.
Download the whole library
All 50 drawings of the library in one ZIP, one AutoCAD 2013 DWG per block, drawn 1:1, in meters or in inches. Each block page has its own files too, with DXF, SVG, PNG.
About the people in plan and front view library
What is in the library
50 blocks of 3 kinds, every figure at the height of a grown adult; the sizes below are the drawings' own, in feet and inches (switch units at the top of the page). By pose and dress: 18 with a plain mannequin body, 15 with a gesture or a handshake, 13 with a suit jacket or a shirt and tie, 7 with a briefcase, a folder or a plank, 7 with a skirt, a dress or a swimsuit. The table gives the figures in elevation, width by height; seen from above, the same people take 15" – 3' 0" across.
| Type | Blocks | Width | Height | Narrowest … widest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front elevation | 17 | 14½" – 2' 8" | 5' 5" – 6' 1" | Slim mannequin figure with narrow waist, arms at sides14½" … Man in shirt and tie walking with briefcase2' 8" |
| Side elevation | 8 | 22" – 3' 3" | 5' 3" – 6' 1" | Short-haired woman in skirt walking, arm extended22" … Man in shirt and tie offering a handshake3' 3" |
Drawings you can use them in
Floor plans and furniture layouts, where a figure in top view shows the room a person takes at a counter, in a corridor or around a table; lobbies, waiting areas, shops and circulation diagrams; and, with the matching elevation, the sections and interior elevations of the same rooms, so the same people stand in the plan and in the section.
Space numbers that work for most plans: a standing adult takes about 18 by 24 in (46 by 61 cm) of floor, a walking one about 24 by 30 in (61 by 76 cm); allow 36 in (91 cm) for one person to pass, 60 in (1.52 m) for two people to pass each other (the ADA passing space, 403.5.3), and 30 by 48 in (76 by 122 cm) of clear floor for a wheelchair (ADA 305.3).
Questions
Why are the people drawn in plan and in elevation?
Because a drawing set needs both: 25 figures are drawn from above for floor plans, and each has its twin in front or side elevation for sections. Use the pair and the same person appears in both drawings.
How tall are the figures?
The figures in elevation stand 5' 3" to 6' 1" (1.60 m to 1.86 m) tall, the height range of grown adults. Each block page gives the exact height.
Are there mannequin figures without clothes or faces?
Yes: the plain mannequin figures stand, stride and carry a plank, for technical drawings where a dressed figure would distract.
Can I use them in Revit, SketchUp or ArchiCAD?
Yes. The DWG and DXF blocks open in any CAD program as 2D linework, in meters or in inches, and the SVG and PNG go into any graphics program.
Are they free for commercial projects?
Yes. Every file is free for personal and commercial work, with no account and no watermark.
How designers use these blocks
- Floor plans and layoutsA figure in top view shows who stands where and how much floor a person takes, at a reception desk, a bar, a checkout or a workstation.
- Sections and elevationsThe same figure in front or side elevation, at its full height, for sections and interior elevations that match the plan.
- Circulation and queuesWalking figures set out corridors, queues and crowd flows; two of them side by side show a passing space.
- Presentation drawingsSVG and PNG for rendered plans and diagrams in Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma or Canva.
- BIM and other CAD programsThe DWG and DXF blocks import into Revit, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, BricsCAD and SketchUp as 2D linework.
- Scale for any drawingOne figure beside a door, a counter or a car tells the reader the size of everything around it.
On every block page
Open any card above and you get these, for free and with no account:
- Drawing at scaleThe block beside a person, both at the same scale, and at its mounting height when it hangs or sits on a counter.
- Explore at scaleDrag and zoom the drawing on a grid at real size and measure any distance on it.
- How big is it?Next to a person and a door, with its footprint in square meters or square feet.
- On your sheetHow it prints at 1:20, 1:50 or 1:100 on A4, A3 or Letter, before you place it.
- In the roomRoom scenes built from the library, with the clearances checked.
- Every formatDWG and DXF in meters and in inches, SVG and PNG.
- DimensionsWidth and depth in both units, and every drawing to the same scale.