How (Not) to Add a Room Inside of a Room

Xactimate is not at all intuitive when it comes to adding closets, sub rooms or a pantry to your Sketch. It seems like you should be able to grab a room from the Room tool and add it inside of an existing room, but that is not the case.
In this video I talk again about my favorite tool: Square Break. This tool is the simplest and easiest way to quickly create rooms inside of rooms in Sketch. I also give you a couple of other time-saving tips in this video.
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[@ph1326]

Unlike many people, you making it easy to understand. Thanks so much.

[@greggrow7265]

Your channel have saved me so many times! Thank you for all you do!

[@EstimateMastery]

You are so welcome! I love hearing that my videos are helpful. :)

[@erijennifer]

Thank you so much! I was losing my mind

[@tegimr]

Do you have a method to draw a room with a cathedral ceiling?

[@EstimateMastery]

You would need to go into the properties of the room, and change the ceiling type from Box to Peaked.

[@7shortofperfection]

Say you're dealing with a sloped ceiling, how do you carry the ceiling lines over into the new room/closet?

[@EstimateMastery]

You could copy + paste the prior room over and change the ceiling properties, if that makes sense? May need some clarification on your question :)

[@Surprise-MF.]

Don Cunningham I am currently using xactmobile and it’s been giving me continuous ceilings if I add a subroom

[@7shortofperfection]

Apparently I've been trying to figure this out for 4 years

[@bradheerschop2316]

Should we not make the closet and/or pantry a subgroup of the room they're already in? Wouldn't that make things easier down the road for scope or estimating?

[@EstimateMastery]

You absolutely should make the closet or pantry a subroom when creating the rooms - I just don't like to put too much info into my videos as people start to get overwhelmed. Good point for those that are advanced and know about subrooms!

[@bradheerschop2316]

Awesome. Thank you for the quick reply!

[@bradheerschop2316]

Your videos are awesome, by the way. Nice to be able to learn as quickly or as slowly as I want, just with pause and fast forward.

[@EstimateMastery]

Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate you watching ;)

[@brandonstoops7307]

Sweet!!!

[@ernestoguzman4409]

i have a request any way you can make a round room i just cant figure it out

[@EstimateMastery]

You must sq break the wall and create a "pop out", then click on the properties of the wall on the outside of that pop out and choose "Arced Wall - Yes". You have to sq break and pop out all 4 walls if you want to create a perfect circle. I include training such as this in my online courses that I've created. Take a look at: www.xm8mastery.com

[@ernestoguzman4409]

XM8 Mastery ya but can you make a video on it ???? i know its alot too ask

[@shawpay6987]

Ok what short cut key did you use to do the break?

[@EstimateMastery]

"B" for break! :D

[@louiscuthair1324]

fantastic

[@EstimateMastery]

Thank you so much 😀

[@deshawnascott]

Good grief the shortcuts I don't know. Thank you!

[@EstimateMastery]

I hope it was helpful!

[@houston4174]

Wow thanks you save me. !!!!Gracias

[@EstimateMastery]

Thanks for letting me know - I appreciate YOU!!

[@4getmenot2]

Thanks I have been fighting with that feature. Now how do I create and open doorway from room to room?

[@charleyharms6546]

it keeps putting a break in the wall

[@EstimateMastery]

Would you mind being more specific?

[@johnnysunshine5007]

Let's go L7 on how to write an estimate in less than 1 hour.... I mean a $250,000.00 estimate.

[@EstimateMastery]

L7!!! That sounds intense - LOL!