Does blender have any tools that could be used for drafting built in (such as measuring the length between points). I could use a real drafting program, but doing it in blender would prevent me from having to learn another program, and it allow me to have more control over viewing/rending the model. Thanks
Blender does not have a built-in “drafting” tool. However, if you model everything to scale, [one square equals 2.5 feet, for instance] than you could probably cheat. 
The magical keys are:
[>] N for numerical input of position
[>] Shift+S for snap to
[>] Ctrl and Ctrl+Shift while in grab mode