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I've dealt with it all different ways. Rarely need engineering in my region but when it is required I rarely hear back from them. Sometimes I look after providing it, sometimes the client does. Sometimes the eng. collaborates, other times, not so much. Sometimes the eng. does their own thing apart from me, sometimes they consult, review, then stamp. Definitely no discernible pattern or method.

Yup. Kevin really tucked that one in there!

I was wondering what the heck you were up to!

No Attic walls here. Main floor walls should Balloon through ceiling above.

Roof Return: your frieze won't work properly anyways. That's why I mentioned using a molding polyline. Then you can return it into the wall. It takes 10 times longer to try to do everything using the roof tools.

Make your frieze board thicker than the brick

That's right. To clarify I was referring to the valley portion of the roof plane. In Chief, you'd still want those connected. Even if you were to carry the lower roof plane through, you'd still need to model the framing manually. They're all wrong! A roof runs through it: roofs connected at valleys: a separate roof plane underneath with the surfaces removed:

Nothing wrong with this of course, but it will produce incorrect roof data...if that matters to the OP. Generally, you'd still want your valleys to connect as Chief would typically and then you'd modify the framing. Keep in mind that Chief can't produce a horizontal seat cut on a rafter. A BIG difference between modelling the 'roof' or the 'roof framing'! The former is fast, while the latter is laborious!

If you actually want it accurate, the molding details below the soffit will need to be modeled using molding polylines. Very simple...time consuming and difficult, but simple!

The line weights are indeed controlled by the layer set in a live view.

Cross Section Lines can be off in an Elevation View...I'm not sure they are even generated. They are really only functional in a section view AFAIK.

Here's a section view of your roof. Surface: Structure: Ceiling: @DzinEye definitely had good advice for an unvented roof. If you want the increased depth for aesthetics, I'd suggest a 14" I-joist and a sheathing layer that's appropriate for the metal roof panels. Obviously the cost of spray foam varies by region, but reducing the # of layers will lower the labor cost dramatically and the simpler the roof can be, the better it will perform.

Do you mean finish material or measurements?

Lower wall, try "balloon through ceiling above"

It does look good! Well done! I like the molding under the railing shoe.

I think those would need to be made. How badly do you need those exact symbols?

Whatever! I'm trying that out ASAP!

I'd actually like a lock feature for drawings in layout so that you could lock and prevent updating for all layout boxes.

For me, this is a good thing. I may need to make a change to a completed set that doesn't affect some elevation views so I don't want them to update and then have to redo the cleanup of errant lines. This is really only for lines that need to be deleted because I use CAD lines for lines that need to be added (they won't disappear after a drawing update).

You'd need to choose 'Open' instead of panels. This will remove the panels from all views.

Live View issues:

Then I'm always looking at dog crap...

Yes it does, as long as the printer uses a quality print setting. Black lines with black fill areas can create a problem though.

I can not. I find that live views make working in layout soooo slow. Plus, what about all the errant lines in an elevation drawing?

There are no materials that are transparent in the vector view. When using screens or glass that I want to see beyond in an elevation view, I have those 3d surfaces modeled separately so they are OFF in my elevation view and I use a CAD fill to illustrate the glass / screen. In the screenshot, the glass railing is a CAD box with a transparent fill.