Click the View menu > Show Grids command to toggle the grids on.
Use the View menu > 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 Quick
Draw Area Element button
or the Draw
menu > 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.

Example: This command is demonstrated in Problem A, Problem N, Problem O, Problem X, and Problem Z.
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