Part Box

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Part_Box

Menu location
Part -> Box
Workbenches
Part_Module,Complete
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Part_CreatePrimitives

Description

A parametric Rectangular_cuboid primitive is available in the Part workbench from the Part tool bar, Part menu (primitives sub-menu) and the Create Primitives dialogue.


Parameters

The parametric rectangular cuboid is defined by the parameters

  • length,
  • width,
  • height,
  • as well as the standard set of Placement Parameters.

The default is a cube with parameter values for height, length and width being 10mm. The default placement values will locate the cuboid's local origin at the global origin (the location where all axis are 0) and the orientation such that


  • The length is the distance in the x-axis.
  • The width is the distance in the y-axis.
  • The height is the distance in the z-axis.


a box created with the Box tool