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
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
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.