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title: "Polygons"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/5491.html"
section_path: "Modes Menu > Component Modes > Polygons"
command_id: "12187"
description: "CINEMA 4D works with three types of polygons: Triangles (three corner points), quadrangles (four corner points) and n-gons (more than four corner points)."
---

# Polygons

CINEMA 4D works with three types of polygons: Triangles (three corner points), quadrangles (four corner points) and n-gons (more than four corner points).

Polygons are edited in much the same way as points and edges. Select a polygon by clicking it.

To select multiple polygons (or to add to the selection), `Shift`+click each polygon that you want to select. Or select polygons using a [selection tool](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/5605.html.md) such as **Live Selection**.

To create new polygons, use the **Mesh / Object**[Polygon Pen](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/TOOLPOLYPEN.html.md) command. Now add points to this object using the **Add Point** tool.

To delete the selected polygons, use either the **Delete** command from the Edit menu or press the `Del` key or `Backspace` key.

> **Tip:** You can quickly access commands for polygons from the context menu by right-clicking (Windows) or `Ctrl/Cmd`+clicking (Mac OS) on a polygon.