Draws a regular polygon, that is a closed polygon with three or more equal sides.
How to use
1. Click the Regular Polygon icon or choose the Tools > Curves > Polyline > Regular Polygon command.
2. The program console prompts Local axes origin.
3. Position the polygon 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 polygon in the console (3 is the lowest value allowed) and press Enter.
6. The program console prompts Radius.
7. Define the radius by either clicking and dragging the Radius point hotSpot of the polygon 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.
Options
Sides
To define the number of sides of the polygon,
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
Radius
To change the radius.
Views. Choose the Edit mode. Click the 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.
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