The Export DXF command is a powerful method of efficiently and accurately generating CAD drawings for frame elevations. This command is invoked by selecting File - Export DXF command. The dialog box that appears in the following figure is used to establish the parameters that will be used to generate the DXF data. Any number of DXF files can be created for each model, or alternatively, any number of frame elevations can be exported to a single DXF file.

Layer Settings, Text Settings and Miscellaneous Settings (such as grid extensions, text and bubble sizes, fixity symbols and column splice locations) can be accessed by clicking on the Color/Layer Options, Text Options and Miscellaneous Options buttons.

Select Create File and enter the file name of the DXF file to be created, then select Save. Frame elevation DXF data can then be added to this file for every frame elevation selected. With the target cursor, select a frame from the screen by clicking on a lateral beam in the frame to be exported. The selected beam will be highlighted and a frame elevation will be generated for all columns and beams in the same plane as, and attached to, the selected member. At the prompt, enter a Frame Label, and then select Add. Each frame can be given a different title by filling in the title text box in the dialog box that appears after a frame beam is selected. If another framed is wanted to be added to the same DXF file, select a beam in the new frame and repeat the preceding steps. In this way, the same process can be applied to add as many frames to that file as desired. When finished, select Close. If each frame is wanted to be saved to different DXF files rather than all to the same file, reinvoke the File - Export DXF command and specify a new file name for each frame elevation.