Click the Home > View > More > Show Grid command to toggle the grids on.
Use the Home > View > More > Set 2-D View command to set the active window to select the plane in which the area object is to be added.
Click the Advanced > Draw > Quick Draw Area command to display the Properties of Object form. Use the form to specify the area section and enable the Draw mode.
Click in a grid space, bounded by 4 grid lines, to draw a quick single area object.
Alternatively, drag the mouse to draw a window over (i.e., window over) several grid spaces to draw several shell elements in a single operation.
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