Cone

The Cone is a round base that narrows to a sharp point. It is the shape of a traffic cone, a spire, a horn, an ice-cream cone or a witch hat, and with few sides it becomes a pyramid.

Shape settings

• Radius sets the width of the base.
• Height sets how tall it is from base to tip.
• Radial segments (3 to 64) sets how many sides it has around. 32 is a smooth cone; 4 gives a square pyramid, 3 a triangular one, and 6 to 8 a faceted, crystal-like spike.

Display modes and materials

Solid shows the surface. The line modes draw it as edges, a full wireframe, or Contours: horizontal slices that become a stack of shrinking rings toward the tip, a clean technical look. The point modes fill it with particles or scatter them over the skin. Any material in the library goes on it, from gold for a trophy spire to ice for an icicle or clear glass for a lamp shade.

Use it for

• Spires, towers and roofs in simple architecture
• Pyramids and spikes in abstract compositions
• Traffic cones, horns and hats in playful scenes