Roofing tool in bottom toolbar?

[gary_swanson]

Watched a video where they were in 3d view using a tool on the bottom toolbar to change a wall from a hip to a gable.
Where is this tool and how do you get it to show up?

[dshall]

It is at bottom of screen and will only show if a wall is selected.

[gary_swanson]

I did select a wall in 3d, but I'm not getting any icon that will let me toggle the roof. Is there some special way to select the wall that makes that icon appear?

[gary_swanson]

In the video I see him click on the wall the first time and then he does something to make the handles appear then that different set of icons appear. What is he doing.

[Alaskan Son]

He's probably hitting the tab button. In 3D, the first thing that usually selects is the room and not the wall. It can be really hard to tell the difference though.

[dshall]

Michael probably explained the issue. You must be sure you have selected the wall and not the room to get the icon to show.

[Levis]

If I'm not mistaken, you have to have auto rebuild roofs turned on for that button to appear.

[dshall]

If I'm not mistaken, you have to have auto rebuild roofs turned on for that button to appear.

. Nope, not true.

[Kilgore Trout]

Pay attention to the status bar. It will tell you whether you have selected the room or the wall. Also, you can change this in your preferences so that walls always select before rooms.

[gary_swanson]

Thanks for all the help. Hitting tab is what I needed to do.

[Levis]

. Nope, not true.

Oops. My bad! That said though, if auto-rebuild roofs is not turned on, you can click that button and it won't look like it's doing anything. Auto-rebuild roofs has to be turned on for the change to be in real time.