Chopsaw

Please also add your version number (X12) and some of your critical computer specifications to your signature for future reference.

You will find those options in the Roof tab of the Gable end wall DBX. "Auto Roof Return" They can also be drawn manually.

What version of the software are you using please ?

Try selecting the larger one and then tab once or twice.

Click and hold and drag a "Marquee Selection Box" around the text box and you should see the option to cad bloc in the active tool bar.

Yes open each roof plane and check the "Roof Surface Area" of the polyline or let the Material list tally them all for you.

Start Here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5445/creating-3d-cad-objects.html?playlist=98 However you are getting into some of chief's more advanced tools so there will be a learning curve. Michael has a lot of training video's that pick up where chief's video's leave off but be sure you understand the basics first. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfxF7fl4jiGw7I7MRpsQq7w

You may be able to use the railing tool but other than that you are likely just modeling all of that manually. Sections can be drawn and extruded as psolids and then some may need to be converted to solids to use the bolean toolset. Polyline solids can be converted to symbols with stretch planes and saved in the library or just copied and used over. It will take some time but you should be able to do a better job than the original set of drawings by using Chief.

Yes it must be blocked to add to the library and Marquee Selection allows you to block it by itself.

You can separate them with a "Room Divider" wall.

Marquee Selection will save you both a lot of time. Just click and drag a box around the text. Something else you may find handy is the Edit Rich Text In Place tool.

So far X12 has been pretty stable for me so maybe talk to tech support in the morning and try to keep track of when it happens. Next update should be next week some time I think.

Yes, but the custom macro I put in doesn't show up. It is possible that you did a really good job of placing your manual text and the wall labels are directly underneath.

Yes that is also a possibility. There is also an arrow style without a tip.

So are we talking about X11 or X12 because your screen shot shows the label set to "Specify" Maybe post your plan file or a test plan showing the same behaviour.