Solid

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum

Draws 3 and 4-sided regular and irregular 2D polygons; does not draw 3D solids.

Accessing the Command

command bar: solid

aliases: plane, so

menu bar: Draw | Solid

toolbar: Draw 2D | Polygon | Solid

: solid

Prompts you in the command bar:

Rectangle/Square/Triangle/<First point of plane>: (Pick a point, or enter an option.)

Second point: (Pick another point.)

Third point of plane: (Pick another point.)

Fourth point: (Pick another point to draw a quadrangle, or press Enter to draw a triangle and exit the command.)

Third point of plane: (Pick another point to draw an adjoining triangle, or press Enter to exit the command.)

Command Options

Option	Description
First point on plane	Specifies the first corner of the polygon. Pick a point or enter x,y coordinates.
Second point	Specifies the second corner of the polygon. Bricscad ghosts the shape and size of the polygon.
Third point on plane	Specifies the third corner of the polygon.
Fourth point	Specifies the fourth corner of the polygon. To draw a triangle, press Enter at the prompt.
Third point on plane	Starts drawing an adjacent polygon. The third and fourth points of the first polygon become the first and second points of the second polygon. To end the command, press Enter at the this prompt.
Rectangle	Draws one or more connected rectangles.
First point of plane	Specifies one corner of the rectangle. Pick a point, or enter x,y coordinates.
Other corner of rectangle	Specifies the other corner of the rectangle.
Rotation angle for plane	Specifies the rotation angle of the rectangle. Pick a point or enter an angle. The "Other corner of rectangle" prompt repeats to draw additional rectangles.

Square	Draws one or more connected squares.
First point of plane	Specifies one corner of the square. Pick a point, or enter x,y coordinates.
Second corner of square	Specifies the other corner of the rectangle. The "Second corner of square" prompt repeats allowing you to draw additional squares.

Triangle	Draws one or more connected scalene triangles.
First point of plane	Specifies one corner of the triangle. Pick a point, or enter x,y coordinates.
Second corner of triangle	Specifies the second corner of the triangle. Cursor movement determines the orientation of the triangle. Move cursor to the: Right - triangle is drawn upside down. Left - triangle is drawn rightside up. The "Second corner of triangle" prompt repeats to draw additional triangles.

Grips Editing

2D solids can be edited directly through grips:

Select the solid. Notice that it has one grip at each vertex.
Drag a grip to stretch the solid.

Related Commands

Fill - toggles the display of solid areas.

Trace - draws wide lines.

BHatch and Hatch - place solid-filled hatch patterns through a dialog box.

-BHatch and -Hatch - place solid-filled hatch patterns through the command bar.

Boundary and -Boundary place a polyline boundary inside closed areas.

Properties - changes the properties of solid.