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- NPOLY Menu: PRISMS
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- Creates a solid prism based on a regular polygon of a specified number of
- sides or a 2D polygon.
-
- 1. (CHAR) plane of base polygon (x-xy,y-yz,z-zx) <x>
- 2. * (NUM) number of sides (3 50)
- 3. * (POINT) center of polygon
- 4. * (NUM) radius of circumscribed circle of the polygon
- for option `x'
- 5. * height of prism
- for option `y' or `z'
- 5. * (NUM) width of prism
- 6. * (NUM) positive prism ? <y>
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- Description:
- This command creates a 2D regular polygon of a specified number of sides or
- a solid prism based on the polygon.
- Specify one of the axial planes, (x xy plane, the default, y yz plane or z
- xz plane). Define the number of sides of the base polygon and the center of
- the polygon. Specify the radius of the circumscribed circle, and the height
- (for option `x') or the width (for options `y' or `z'). You may enter `0' for
- a 2D polygon.
- Enter `y' for a positive solid or `n' for a negative one.
- You are prompted to create additional prisms until another command is
- selected.
- Example: \npoly x 5 3 3 0 4 6 y
- Result: A positive prism based on a pentagon (five sides) is created
- with the center of its base at 3 3 0, a radius of 4 units
- (meters or feet) (circumscribed circle), and a height of 6
- units.