Creates a new_shape of the indicated type. The new_shape is sized according to the current view size and is dependent on the type. The possible values for type are:
arb8 -- ARB (eight vertices)
arb7 -- ARB (seven vertices).
arb 6 -- ARB (six vertices).
arb 5 -- ARB (five vertices).
arb 4 -- ARB (four vertices).
bot -- Bag of Triangles.
sph -- Ellipsoid (sphere).
ell -- Ellipsoid (ellipsoid of revolution).
ellg -- Ellipsoid (general ellipsoid).
tor -- Torus.
tgc -- Truncated General Cone (most general TGC).
tec -- Truncated General Cone (truncated elliptical cone).
rec -- Truncated General Cone (right elliptical cylinder).
trc -- Truncated General Cone (truncated right circular cone).
rcc -- Truncated General Cone (right circular cylinder).
half -- Half Space.
rpc -- Right Parabolic Cylinder.
rhc -- Right Hyperbolic Cylinder.
epa -- Elliptical Paraboloid.
ehy -- Elliptical Hyperboloid.
eto -- Elliptical Torus.
part -- Particle.
nmg -- Non-Manifold Geometry (an NMG consisting of a single vertex is built).
pipe -- Pipe (run of connected pipe or wire).
grip -- Support for joints.
extrude -- Experimental.
sketch -- Experimental.
The first example shows the use of the make command to create a sphere with a specified name. The second example shows the use of the make command with the -t argument to generate a list of shape types handled by make.
Example 1. Create a sphere having a specified name.
mged> make shapea sphCreates a sphere named shapea.
Example 2. Generate a list of shape types handled by make.
mged>make -t
Lists the shape types handled by make.
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