Drawing solids

2D Solids are rectangular, square, triangular or quadrilateral areas filled with a solid color.



Left to right: quadrilateral, rectangular, square and triangular solids

The Solid tool is available on:

  • the Draw menu
  • the Draw toolbar
  • the Draw ribbon panel

General procedure

  1. Launch the SOLID command.

    Prompts you: Set first point of plane or [Rectangle/Square/Triangle]:

  2. Specify a point.

    Prompts you: Second point:

  3. Specify a point.

    Prompts you: Third point of plane:

  4. Specify a point.

    Prompts you: Fourth point:

  5. Specify a point.

    The solid is created.

    Prompts you: Third point of plane:

  6. Do one of the following:
    • Keep specifying points to create more solids.
    • Right click to stop.
Note: When the FILLMODE system variable is turned off, all filled entities, such as solids, display and print as outlines.