P. To add a section drawing

To add a new section drawing at a vertical or diagonal member, use the following procedure.

In Steel AutoDrafter, a standard "section" drawing is used draw either a elevation or a full section across the entire structure.

Select either a vertical or diagonal member in the Layout page. The Z or X coordinate of this member is used to define the plane of the section. All members in this plane are included.
Right-click and then select one of the following options from the pop-up menu:

Draw Section @X = location

or
Draw Section @Z = location

The Drawing Settings dialog opens.
Select the Scale for your drawing from the drop-down list.
The Scale of drawing can be set as 1:25, 1:50, 1:80, or 1:100.
Select an option from the Draw As drop-down list.
This will control the extents of how members are drawn.
- Full Sections - All edges of the section are drawn for the full length of the member
- Part Section - All edges of the section are drawn for the part length of the member
- 2D Sections - The sections are drawn as lines with no section size
Either:

click Draw to generate the drawing

or
click Add to Drawing List to add this drawing to the Drawing List tab

Tip: Alternatively, you can use the options in the Drawing List tab to select Section @X or Section @Z from the Type drop-down list to create a plan drawing at a selected Location.

If you selected to add this drawing to the drawing list, then click the Draw tool below the list on the Drawing List tab to generate all of your drawings.