The tools in the four toolbars containing the majority of the tools for constructing and rendering 3D solids and surfaces described in this book are shown in Fig. 13.1. When calling the tools from these four toolbars, the four same methods apply as are used when constructing 2D drawings:

1. A click on a tool icon in a toolbar brings the selected tool into action.

2. A click on the name of a tool from a drop-down menu brings the tool into action.

3. Entering the tool name at the command line in the command window, followed by pressing the Return button of the mouse or the Return key of the keyboard, brings the tool into action.

4. Some of the 3D tools have an abbreviation which can be entered at the command line instead of its full name.

   Note

   When constructing 2D drawings no matter which method is used, most operators will use a variety of these four methods. Calling a tool results in prompts sequences appearing at the command prompt as in the following example: Command: enter box right-click Specify corner of box or [CEnter]: enter 90,120 right-click Specify corner or [Cube/Length]: Or, if the tool is called from an icon or from a drop-down menu: Command:_box Specify corner of box or [CEnter]: enter 90,120 right-click Specify corner or [Cube/Length]: In the chapters which follow, once the prompts sequences for a...