Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 318 AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced To color a solid edge, select the command and pick the Edge Color option. You are then prompted to select the edge(s) to color. When done selecting edges, press [Enter] to continue. Next, select the desired color from the Select Color dialog box that is displayed and pick the OK button. The edges are now displayed with the new color. You may need to set a wireframe or hidden visual style current to see the change. Extracting a Wireframe Extracting a Wireframe The XEDGES command creates copies of, or extracts, all of the edges on a selected solid. You can also extract edges from a surface, mesh, region, or subobject. Once the command is initiated, you are prompted to select objects. Select one or more solids and press [Enter]. The edges are extracted and placed on top of the existing edges. See Figure 12-12. The new objects are created on the current layer. Straight edges and the curved edges where cylindrical surfaces intersect with fl at or other cylindrical surfaces are the only edges extracted. Spheres and tori have no edges that can be extracted. The round bases of cylinders and cones are the only edges of those objects that will be extracted. SOLIDEDIT Ribbon Home Solid Editing Color Edges Type SOLIDEDIT XEDGES Ribbon Home Solid Editing Solid Solid Editing Extract Edges Type XEDGES Edge-editing options Figure 12-11. Selecting edge- editing options. A B Figure 12-12. Extracting edges with the XEDGES command. A—The original object. B—The extracted wireframe (edges).