Easy tutorials - Create a primitive

Preparation

Create a new document. You see the base mesh only in the view.

Select call [Menu > File > New].

A new document has been created.

Move the Sub panel by dragging the edges of the Sub panel title for avoiding overlapping the Command panel.

Note: A work will be easy by maximizing the window of Metasequoia.

Now it is ready.

Create a sphere

Click [Primitive] command. The container of the Sub panel will be changed from [Select] to [Primitive].

Note: The container of the Sub panel is changed by the active command.

Click the [Sphere] in the Sub panel.

A sphere is shown as wires in the view.

A handle with arrows to the X, Y, and Z direction is displayed at the center of the sphere.

Note: A sphere has not been created yet. The wired sphere is just a preview with the size and the position.

You can move the handle to each X, Y, or Z direction by dragging the arrow of the handle.


An arrow becomes cyan when a mouse cursor is on it		Move by dragging

You can move freely by dragging the center handle (small yellow cube).

Note: When you move a handle by dragging, X, Y, and Z values in the Sub panel are updated by the position. You can move a handle by editing the X, Y, and Z values.

Decide the position, click [Create] in the Sub panel once.

A [Sphere] has been created.

Note: Please click [Create] button once.
If you click it some times, spheres will be created at the same position.

Click [Select] command, and [Primitive] command will be closed.

Note: It is good to select [Select] command after operations of other commands. It defends against a wrong operation by the other command.

The above is a basic operation for creating a primitive.

Other primitives

There are 9 types of primitives you can easily create with [Primitive] command.

Try each primitive and confirm these shapes.

Note: The basic operation for creating other primitives is the same as the sphere.