Action 

Description 

• Select the Add tab, then select the 3D sub-tab.
• Click on the desired shape in order to activate the creation mode (as with any other entity).

 

 

• Place the mouse cursor over the view in witch the entity will be created.
• Left click on the view in order to activate it: a yellow rectangle around the view is displayed and the mouse cursor enters in 'creation mode'.
• Left click in the view, at the desired location, in order to start the geometry creation on its first dimension. un-click in order to continue the creation with the next ones if required.

 

 

Special dialog box:
If you choose an entity that requires a file, like a mesh, a dialog box will prompt you to choose the file path and how the file is managed:

Path: file full path,
Mesh unit: indicates the coordinates multiplier in order to scale the input mesh.
Auto center vertices: if checked, the option auto center mesh coordinates around (0,0,0),
Mesh information: allow/disallow mesh information display. This display can take several seconds according to the mesh complexity.

Bounding box: mesh's bounding box size, around its center.
Center: indicates the current mesh translation. it should be 0,0,0 if Auto center vertices is checked