Drafting Commands
Draw frame elements

- Draw arbitrary frame element with two clicks
- Quick draw frame element with one click
- Quick draw various brace element configurations (X, V, chevron, eccentric)
with one click
- Quick draw secondary beams in a single bay with one click
- Quick draw secondary beams in multiple bays by windowing
Draw area-type elements (shell, plane, asolid)

- Draw general area element with one click per corner
- Quick draw rectangular area with two clicks
- Quick draw area in a single bay with one click
- Quick draw areas in multiple bays by windowing
Draw link elements
- Draw single joint link element with one click
- Draw two joint link element with two clicks
- Quick draw two joint link element with one click
Draw grid lines
Extrude area to solid
Drawing control snap options
- Snap to points and grid intersections
- Snap to ends and midpoints
- Snap to intersections
- Snap to perpendicular projections
- Snap to lines and edges
- Snap to fine (invisible) grid
Drawing control constraint options
- Draw horizontal
- Draw vertical
- Draw parallel to a specified angle
- Draw to a fixed length
- Draw to a fixed length at a specified angle
- Draw to a specified horizontal and vertical offset
- Draw parallel at an offset
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