Adds a prism to the scene.
How to use
1. Click the Prism icon or choose the Tools > Primitives > Prism command.
2. The program console prompts Local axes origin.
3. Position the prism either by clicking and dragging in any view (release the mouse button to confirm placement) or by typing its XYZ coordinates in the console. Values must be separated by a comma, i.e. 1,2,3, and confirmed by pressing Enter. If you press Enter without typing any value, the axes origin of the cylinder will be placed in correspondence with the XYZ origin.
4. The program console prompts Sides.
5. Type the number of sides of the prism in the console (3 is the lower value allowed) and press Enter.
6. The program console prompts Bottom radius.
7. Define the bottom radius by either clicking and dragging the Bottom radius point hotSpot of the prism or by typing the radius value in the console. Hold the mouse button down after the click in the view to interactively define the radius value.
8. The program console prompts Top radius.
9. Repeat step 7.
10. The program console prompts Height.
11. Define the height by either clicking and dragging the Height point hotSpot of the prism or by typing the height value in the console. Hold the mouse button down after the click to interactively define the height value.
Note: After Collapsing the Construction Tree or using the NURBS Surface Editing modeling tool, you can select a face of the prism by picking it while holding down the Alt key. You can then delete it by using the Edit > Delete command or the Win / Mac shortcut.
Options
Sides
To define the number of sides of the prism,
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
Bottom radius
To change the bottom radius.
Views. Choose the Edit mode. Click the Bottom radius point hotSpot and drag it. Release the mouse button when you have reached the desired radius.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
Top radius
To change the top radius.
Views. Choose the Edit mode. Click the Top radius point hotSpot and drag it. Release the mouse button when you have reached the desired radius.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
Height
To change the height.
Views. Choose the Edit mode. Click the Height point hotSpot and drag it. Release the mouse button once you have reached the desired height.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.