To create a plan drawing of members at the same
elevation, use the following procedure.
Select a horizontal member in the
Layout page.
The Y coordinate of the member is used to define the
level of the plan. All members at this elevation are included.
Right-click and then select
Draw Plan @Y =
elevation from the
pop-up menu.
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
click
Add to Drawing List to add this drawing to
the Drawing List tab
The top of steel (TOS) for beams is adjusted as Y
coordinate of the floor. Accordingly the center line of the beam is shifted
down by half the beam depth.
Tip: Alternatively, you can use the
options in the
Drawing List tab to select
Plan 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.