Creating boxes
To start the Box command, click on the Box button in the Create panel under the Home tab in the 3D Basics workspace. Alternatively, you can type the BOX command name and then press Enter, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 11.1: Alternative methods to start the Box command
If you are using the 3D Modeling workspace, you can find the Box command button in the Modeling panel under the Home tab, or in the Primitive panel under the Solid tab.
To start creating a Box object, perform the following steps:
- Choose the location and click to specify the first corner of the Box base. Alternatively, you can type the desired coordinates of the base corner and then press Enter.
- Specify the location for the second corner of the Box base.
- Move the mouse in the z direction and click to specify the height of the Box. Alternatively, you can type the Box height value and then press Enter.
The following screenshot is an illustration...
