Solid Tab

The following tables describe the tools on the Solid tab.

Primitive Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Box	Create a 3D solid box.	BOX
	Cylinder	Create a 3D solid cylinder.	CYLINDER
	Sphere	Create a 3D solid sphere.	SPHERE
	Polysolid	Create a 3D wall-like polysolid.	POLYSOLID
	Wedge	Create a 3D solid wedge.	WEDGE
	Cone	Create a 3D solid cone.	CONE
	Pyramid	Create a 3D solid pyramid.	PYRAMID
	Torus	Create a donut-shaped 3D solid.	TORUS
	Solid History	Highlight only the history sub-subjects of compound solids are highlighted when you roll over them.	SOLIDHIST

Solid Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Extrude	Create a 3D solid or surface by extruding a 2D or 3D curve.	EXTRUDE
	Presspull	Press or pull bounded areas.	PRESSPULL
	Revolve	Create a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D or 3D curve around an axis.	REVOLVE
	Sweep	Create a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D or 3D curve along a path.	SWEEP
	Loft	Create a 3D solid or surface in the space between several cross sections.	LOFT

Boolean Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Union	Combine selected 3D solids or 2D regions by addition.	UNION
	Subtract	Combine selected 3D solids or 2D regions by subtraction.	SUBTRACT
	Intersect	Create a 3D solid or 2D region from selected overlapping solids or regions.	INTERSECT

Solid Editing Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Slice	Create new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing objects.	SLICE
	Thicken	Convert a surface into a 3D solid with a specified thickness.	THICKEN
	Imprint	Imprint 2D geometry on a 3D solid, creating additional edges on planar faces.	IMPRINT
	Interfere	Create a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids..	INTERFERE
	Extract Edges	Create wireframe geometry from the edges of a 3D solid, surface, mesh, region, or subobject.	XEDGES
	Fillet Edge	Round and fillets the edges of solid objects.	FILLETEDGE
	Chamfer Edge	Bevel the edges of solid objects.	CHAMFEREDGE
	Taper Faces	Taper a face on a 3D solid at a specified angle.	SOLIDEDIT
	Extrude Faces	Extrude selected planar faces of a 3D solid by a specified distance or along a path.	SOLIDEDIT
	Offset Faces	Offset selected faces of a 3D solid by a specified distance, changing its shape.	SOLIDEDIT
	Shell	Convert a 3D solid into a hollow shell with a wall of specified thickness.	SOLIDEDIT
	Check	Validate the geometric data in a 3D solid.	SOLIDEDIT
	Separate	Separate a 3D solid object with several non-continuous volumes into independent 3D solids.	SOLIDEDIT
	Clean	Remove all redundant edges and vertices on a 3D solid.	SOLIDEDIT

Section Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Section Plane	Create a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects.	SECTIONPLANE
	Live Section	Toggle the live section state on or off for the section object.	LIVESECTION
	Add Jog	Add a jog to the section object.	SECTIONPLANEJOG
	Generate Section	Open the Generate Section/Elevation dialog box.	SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK
	Flatshot	Create a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view.	FLATSHOT
	Extract Edges	Create wireframe geometry from the edges of a 3D solid, surface, mesh, region, or subobject.	XEDGES

Selection Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Culling	Control whether objects that are hidden from view are highlighted when you roll over them.	CULLINGOBJ
	No Filter	All objects (Vertices , edges and faces) are highlighted when you roll over objects.	SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
	Vertex	Highlight only vertices when you roll over objects.	SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
	Edge	Highlight only edges when you roll over objects.	SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
	Face	Highlight only faces when you roll over objects.	SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
	Solid History	Highlight only the history sub-subjects of compound solids are highlighted when you roll over them.	SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
	Drawing View Component	Highlight only components of model documentation views when you roll over them.	SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
	Move Gizmo	Set the default to display the 3D Move gizmo when an object is selected.	DEFAULTGIZMO
	Rotate Gizmo	Set the default to display the 3D rotate gizmo when an object is selected.	DEFAULTGIZMO
	Scale Gizmo	Set the default to display the 3D scale gizmo when an object is selected.	DEFAULTGIZMO
	No Gizmo	Does not display when an objected is selected.	DEFAULTGIZMO