How to make a cube?

[dadonado]

Hey, I just got the program, and althought it has built-in tools for spheres and cones, there is no tool for cubes/3D rectangles. Is there a way I can do these, without having to first make them in 3D studio and exporting them?

[Triadis]

Use the text tool and use the WingDings font. Then use the charmap tool to find the rectangle. Then you can put bevels on and all that fun stuff.

- Alex

[Mark Bowen]

....but is there any way in which to do a solid cube directly within Swift 3D?

[Vince]

Not really... either by the text trick Triadis described about or by importing a drawing of a square in .eps format.

[DK]

Hey Mark,
I am guessing by the way you said SOLID cube, that you may have ended up with something like a thick outline of a square when you selected your wingding. If you did, you need to find a winding that is a filled square. The will give you the solid square you are looking for.

[Steve Zytariuk]

What i do is open up 3D Studio MAX R3 drag and drop the cube and import it into swift

http://www.dimensionstudios.net