3dPoly

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic and Pro

Draws 3D polylines (short for "three dimensional polylines").

Accessing the Command

command bar:  3dpoly

alias:  3p

menu bar: Draw | 3D Polyline

toolbar:  Draw 3D |

 

: 3dpoly

Prompts you in the command bar:

Start of polyline: (Pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.)

Next point: (Pick another point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.)

Undo/Next point: (Pick a point, or type U.)

Close/Undo/<Next point>: (Pick a point, or enter an option.)

Close/Undo/<Next point>: (Press Enter to end the command.)

 

You can edit 3D polylines with the PEdit command.

Command Options

Option

Description

Start of polyline

Specifies the starting point of the polyline.

Pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.

Next point

Specifies the next vertex of the polyline.

Pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates.

Press Enter to exit the command.

Undo

Undraw the last segment.

Close

Closes the polyline and ends the command.

Grips Editing

3D polylines can be edited directly through grips:

  1. Select the 3D polyline. Notice that it has a grip at the end of each segment.

  2. Drag a grip to stretch the segment.

Related Commands

PLine - draws 2D polylines.

PEdit - edits polylines.

Donut - draws fat circles out of polylines.

Polygon - draws regular polygons out of polylines.

Rectang - draws rectangles out of polylines.

 


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