STEELFILTER Command

To control whether elements recognized as Sections should be included in the output file, use the following commands.

• Include recognized Sections in the output (default):

  STEELFILTER SECtions ON

• Do not include recognized Sections in the output:

  STEELFILTER SECtions OFF

To control whether elements not recognized as Sections should be included in the output file, use the following commands.

• Include non-Sections in the output (default):

  STEELFILTER NONSECtions ON

• Do not include non-Sections in the output:

  STEELFILTER NONSECtions OFF

  Note: Element types that are never Sections, such as cylinders and boxes, are not affected by these commands.

You can also use these commands to see how much of a model is being transferred as identified Sections and how much as geometrical primitives.