Creating wedges
To start the Wedge command, you can type the WEDGE command name (or just WED) and then press Enter. Alternatively, you can click on the Wedge button found in the Create panel in the 3D Basics workspace. If you are using the 3D Modeling workspace, you will find the Wedge button in the Modeling panel under the Home tab, or in the Primitive panel under the Solid tab, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 11.52: Alternative methods to start the Wedge command
The Wedge command is used to quickly and easily create 3D solid wedges, as shown in the following step-by-step example:
- Choose a location and click to specify the first corner in the wedge’s base.
- Move the mouse and click to specify the location of the opposite corner in the wedge base.
- Move the mouse cursor to specify the height and click to finish. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard to enter the height value and then press Enter to finish.
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