Learning The Primitive Types - Adobe ATMOSPHERE User Manual

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CHAPTER 9

Learning the Primitive Types

There are eight different primitive objects available in the Solid Object Tools toolbar. When a Solid Object primitive
is selected, it appears in red and its connectors are displayed as small white squares. Using connectors to edit objects is
covered in Chapter 10, "Selecting and Editing Objects."
Box
The Box primitive is a simple rectangular box with eight corners. Its default size is a cube with edges two feet long.
Dragging its connectors–the white squares that appear when it is selected– will let you resize it as needed. The Box
primitive has no extra parameters in the Inspector palette.
Box objects are a common primitive. Note that selected objects appear in red, with small white connectors that allow
resizing.
Column
The Column primitive resembles a cylinder. The Column primitive defaults to 10 feet tall and two feet in radius, and
includes two connectors, one at each end. These connectors can be used to adjust the height of the Column primitive.
Columns also have two parameters adjustable in the Inspector palette. The Faces value sets the number of edges that