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Other tools from the Home/Create panel First example – Box (Fig. 12.24)
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Fig. 12.23 Selecting Box from the Home/ Create panel
Make Magenta the current layer. Place the window in the 3D Navigate/Front view. Set Isolines to 4. Click the Box tool icon in the Home/Create panel (Fig. 12.23). The command line shows:
Command: _box Specify first corner or [Center]: enter 90,90 right-click Specify other corner or [Cube/Length]: enter 110, -30 right-click Specify height or [2Point]: enter 75 right-click Command: right-click BOX Specify first corner or [Center]: 110,90 Specify other corner or [Cube/Length]: 170,70 Specify height or [2Point]: 75 Command: BOX Specify first corner or [Center]: 110,-10 Specify other corner or [Cube/Length]: 200,-30 Specify height or [2Point]: 75 Command: 5. Place in the ViewCube/Isometric view. Zoom to 1. 6. Call the Union tool from the Home/Edit panel. The command line shows: Command:_union Select objects: Select objects: 2 total Select objects: 3 total Select objects: Command:
pick one of the boxes 1 found pick the second of box 1 found, pick the third box 1 found, right-click
And the three boxes are joined in a single union. Fig. 12.24 First example – Box
7. Place in Visual Styles/Conceptual. The result is given in Fig. 12.24.