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3D Box Specification Dialog

Type a length value in each field to spec- 5. Specify the Angle of Rotation, which is
ify the direction of a custom Axis of how far around the axis of rotation that
Rotation. All three values cannot be 0. the object will rotate. A value of 180°
No specific unit is used: instead, the will rotate the object half-way around
ratio between these numbers is used to the axis, while 360° will rotate it in a
define an axis of rotation. complete circle.
4. Specify the Rotate About Point, which 6. Click OK.
is the point around which the object will
rotate.

3D Box Specification Dialog

Select a 3D box and click the Open When you first draw a 3D box, the origin of
Object edit button to open the 3D Box the box is the point where you start drawing
Specification dialog. it; the width of the box is the X axis
dimension.

1 Specify the Origin of the selected box 2 The Dimensions settings control the
in relation to the origin point of your size of the selected box.
plan. See “Entering Coordinates” on page • Specify the Width, Height, and Depth.
174.
• Enter the X, Y, and Z Position coordi- 3 The Rotation settings allow you to
rotate the selected box about the X, Y,
nates of the box’s origin.
and Z axes. See “3D Drafting” on page 32.

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