How to name rooms, add notes and measure areas

Name a room

1. 1

   Turn on Room label

   Click Room label in the left toolbar under Measure & label.

2. 2

   Click inside the room

   Click where the name should go. A label called Room appears and is selected.

3. 3

   Type the name

   In the panel on the right, type in Room name, for example Master Bedroom. Later, click the label on the plan any time to rename it.

   

Style a room label

1. 4

   Select the label

   With Select (V), click the room name on the plan.

2. 5

   Pick font and size

   Choose a Font: Sans, Serif, Mono or Handwritten. Choose a Size: Small, Medium or Large. Turn on Bold or Italic.

   

3. 6

   Pick a colour

   Under Colour, click a swatch such as Blue or Terracotta, or open Custom color for any colour.

Add a note or callout

1. 7

   Turn on Note / callout

   Press T, or click Note / callout in the left toolbar.

2. 8

   Place a note

   Click on the plan for a plain note. To point at something, press on it and drag away: the note lands where you let go, with a leader line back to the spot.

   

3. 9

   Type, edit or delete

   Type the text straight away. Double-click a note later to edit it. Select it and press Delete to remove it.

Show room areas and measure any area

1. 10

   Read room areas

   Every room closed by walls shows its area in the middle, in m² or ft². Hide them with Room Areas in the Layers panel.

2. 11

   Outline an area

   Press A, or click Room area in the left toolbar. Click the corners of any area, like a patio or part of a room. Click the first point, or double-click, to close it. The area shows inside.

   

3. 12

   Change or remove it

   Select the area to pick a highlight colour. Press Delete to remove it. Esc clears the one you are drawing.

Tips

• A room label and a room are separate: the name is a label you place, the room and its area come from the walls.
• Select every room label at once from the Layers panel (Room Labels) or right-click a label and choose Select all room labels.
• Named rooms appear by name in the Area schedule. Unnamed rooms are listed as Room 1, Room 2 and so on.

Common problems

The area figure sits on top of my room name

The area chip steps below the name automatically. If it still overlaps, drag the name label a little higher.

My outlined area is not added to the room total

Areas you outline by hand are listed in the Area schedule but not added to the rooms subtotal, so nothing is counted twice.

The area says "to wall centers"

The plan uses the Centre corner join. Switch Corner join to Inside or Outside in Settings under Advanced to measure inside the wall faces.