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Draws basic 3D mesh entities, including boxes, cones, cylinders, dishes, domes, meshes, pyramids, spheres, tori, and wedges (short for "three dimensional").

Note: Separate commands are available for each type of entity, such as AI_Box for drawing mesh boxes.

Accessing the Command

command bar: 3d : 3d

Prompts you in the command bar:

[Wedge/Pyramid/Box/Cone/cyLinder/Sphere/DIsh/DOme/Torus/Mesh]: (Enter an option)

Command Options

Option	Description
Wedge	Draws 3D wedges. See Ai_Wedge command.
Pyramid	Draws 3D pyramids. See Ai_Pyramid command.
Box	Draws 3D boxes. See Ai_Box command.
Cone	Draws 3D cones. See Ai_Cone command.
cyLinder	Draws 3D cylinders See Ai_Cylinder command.
Sphere	Draws 3D spheres. See Ai_Sphere command.
DIsh	Draws 3D dishes (bottom half of spheres). See Ai_Dish command.
DOme	Draws 3D domes (top half of spheres). See Ai_Dome command.
Torus	Draws 3D tori (donuts). See Ai_Torus command.
Mesh	Draws 3D meshes; prompts you: First of four corners for polygon mesh - (pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.) Second corner - (pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.) Third corner - (pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.) Last corner for mesh - (pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.) Number of divisions along primary axis (between 2 and 256) - (enter a number.) Number of divisions along secondary axis (between 2 and 256) - (enter a number.)