Octahedron Command

Octahedron[ <Point A>, <Point B>, <Direction> ]

Creates an octahedron having segment AB as an edge.

The other vertices are univocally determined by the given direction, that needs to be:

• a vector, a segment, a line, a ray orthogonal to AB, or
• a polygon, a plane parallel to AB.

The created octahedron will have:

• a face with edge AB in a plane orthogonal to the given vector/segment/line/ray, or
• a face with edge AB in a plane parallel to the polygon/plane.

Octahedron[ <Point A>, <Point B>]

Creates an octahedron having segment AB as an edge, and a face contained in a plane parallel to xOy plane.

Note: This syntax is a shortcut for Octahedron[ <Point A>, <Point B>, xOyPlane], which requires that AB is parallel to xOy plane.

Note: See also Cube, Tetrahedron, Icosahedron, Dodecahedron commands.