BOX Command:

AutoCAD Command List

The BOX command allows you to create a three-dimensional box in AutoCAD.

To access the Box command you can:

type box at a Command: prompt

OR

click on the Box button (if the Solids toolbar is displayed).

--Prompt: Initailizing...
--Prompt: Initializing Advanced Modeling Extension
NOTE: Any time you call up a modeling command for the first time, AutoCAD will initialize the modeling subprogram.

To construct a box from Corner to Corner:

Access the Box command:

--Prompt: Specify corner of box or [CEnter] <0,0,0>: Use a coordinate or an Osnap to locate the first corner of the box on the XY plane.
--Prompt: Specify corner or [Cube /Length]: Indicate the position of the opposite diagonal corner for the box's base on the XY plane.
OPTIONS:

-The Cube option requires only one coordinate value to create a cube.

-The Length option will prompt you for the X, Y, Z coordinates separately.

--Prompt: Specify height: Type a height value (positive or negative).

The Box should appear.

To construct a box from Center: (The Box surrounds the center.)

--Prompt: Specify corner of box or [CEnter] <0,0,0>: Type ce and Enter
--Prompt: Center of box <0,0,0>: Give the location of the center of the Box with a coordinate or Osnap.
--Prompt: Specify center of box [Cube /Lenght] <0,0,0>: Give a location for the second corner of the box with a coordinate (the default selection), Osnap or select an option. If you are giving a coordinate, you can give either the X,Y, and Z position or the X and Y. If you only give the X and Y, AutoCAD will prompt you for the Height, which is the Z.

Box will be centered about the original point.

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