Roof editing, clerestory walls, informational shear wall

[gallienhanson]

I have drawn my first House in Revit for engineering and analysis purposes, and all went well, but I was wondering what the best way to create a complicated roof would be...one with returns and varied overhangs, clerestory walls etc. I created the roof as close as I could get it, am not sure what the best way would be to edit it...or if there is a better way of doing it from start with reference planes?
Also I would like to create a wall that in plan view would show a tag with a number I would put in manually representing a "shear wall" and a length on wall (automatically), this would be cumulative along a prescribed grid line.

Thanks Paul Gallien, Gallien Hanson Engineering Inc.

[sbrown]

Please post a sketch of the roof you are trying to make. Basically I typically create the roof in multiple pieces. I look for the main form first, make it, then add and subtract from that using other roofs and depending on the complexity inplace families and voids.

[gallienhanson]

Thanks Scott! That confirms what I did...and found by trial and error.