Creating a polysolid

A polysolid is the 3D counterpart of the 2D polyline that was covered in Chapter 3, Learning about Modify Commands, the difference being that a polysolid has a height that makes it perfect for quickly creating solid walls. To start the Polysolid command, you can type the POLYSOLID command name (or just POLYS) and then press Enter. Alternatively, you can click on the Polysolid button found in the Create panel in the 3D Basics workspace, as shown in the following screenshot. If you are using the 3D Modeling workspace, you will find the Polysolid button in the Modeling panel under the Home tab, or in the Primitive panel under the Solid tab:

Figure 11.69: Alternative methods to start the Polysolid command

The Polysolid command is very similar to the 2D polyline command. You can create a connected straight line or curved segments, and you can also create closed loops. It can be used to quickly create 3D walls. The following is a step-by-step...