Creates a solid box from a base rectangle and a height or from diagonal corners.
Steps:
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Follow the prompts for the selected option. If no option is selected, the default is used.
After drawing the base rectangle
-
Pick
the height.
Options
Note: The base rectangle determines both the size and location of the box. The options for the base rectangle are the same as for the Rectangle
command.
Draws the box from two diagonal corners. No option for side length is offered.
-
Pick
the first corner. -
Pick the second corner.
-
Pick the height.
Cube
Uses the specified diagonal to define the height.
-
Pick
a height that defines the cube’s orientation.
Box > Box: Corner to Corner, Height Solid > Box: Corner to Corner, Height Main1 > Box: Corner to Corner, Height
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Creates a polygon mesh box from a base rectangle and a height or from diagonal corners.
Options
The mesh version has additional options for the number of mesh faces
XFaces/YFaces/ZFaces
The number of faces in the x, y, and z-directions.
Mesh > Mesh Box
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Creates a rectilinear bounding box object (polyline or polysurfaces
) that encloses the objects.
Steps:
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Select the objects.
If the objects are contained in a plane parallel to a coordinate system plane, the bounding box is a rectangular polyline.
Otherwise, a polysurface
box is created.
The extreme corners of the bounding box object are reported at the command line in the chosen coordinate system.
Options
CPlane
Bases the object creation on construction plane coordinates.
World
Bases the object creation on world coordinates.
Box > Bounding Box
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