Region

Pro, Platinum Pro, Platinum Pro, Platinum

Creates regions from 2D entities.

Accessing the Command

command bar: region

alias: reg

menu bar: Draw | Region

toolbar: Draw |

: region

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select entities: (Choose one or more closed entities.)

Entities in set: 1

Select entities: (Choose more closed entities, or press Enter to continue.)

1 regions have been created.

Regions are ACIS objects, and can be used with solid editing commands, such as MassProp and Subtract.

The source entities are erased.

Command Options

Option

Description

Select entities

Specifies the entities to convert to regions.

Choose one or more closed entities.

Each entity is converted into a separate region.

Closed entities include circles, closed polylines, and ellipses.

Related Commands

Extrude - extrudes 2D entities into 3D solid models.

Intersect - removes areas not in common between two or more regions.

MassProp - reports the mass properties of 3D solid models and 2D regions.

Revolve - revolves 2D entities into 3D solid models.

Section - creates 2D regions from 3D models.

Subtract - removes one region from a second.

Union - joins two or more regions into a single entity.