11.3 3D Boxes

A 3D box is an object which represents a projection of a three-dimensional box (rectangular prism) onto the plane of the drawing. As such, it consists of six sides, and from the pure SVG viewpoint it is simply a group of six paths, each with four nodes. Inkscape, however, treats these objects in a special way, allowing you to resize and move them in their own 3D space, reposition their vanishing points, and so on.

Apart from the 3D Box tool, most other tools and commands treat a 3D box as a group. In particular, you can -click and -click ...

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