how do i draw valley boards for a take off
Hi Les_Blechynden,
Valley boards will be drawn along any valley of a roof generated via the 
Hip Roof Tool. The size of the valley board can be specified by the Valley Timber/Lumber field in the Materials, Selection & Finishes section.
You can also draw valley boards by using the 
Beam Tool. If you do this, make sure to select the correct Takeoff Tag (i.e. Valley Board) so it appears correctly in the 
Takeoff. You will likely also need to use the Plate (Flip) field to flip the drawing orientation of the beam.
Note: The options in the list can be managed by exporting the list, editing it in a spreadsheet editing program & then importing the updated spreadsheet.
thanks i overlooked it
been through the process from scratch i cannot see them on my drawing and do not show up in takeoff. what am i doing wrong