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title: "Object Properties"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OPLATONIC-ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES.html"
section_path: "Create Menu > Mesh > Platonic Object > Object Properties"
element_id: "OPLATONIC"
group_id: "ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES"
description: "This value gives the size of the circumscribing sphere inside which the object is placed. All corner points of the object will touch the surface of this …"
---

## Object Properties

### Radius

Parameter ID: `PRIM_PLATONIC_RAD` · Range: [0..+∞m]

This value gives the size of the circumscribing sphere inside which the object is placed. All corner points of the object will touch the surface of this sphere.

![Image: 001440.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001440.jpg)\
Platonic object placed into the circumscribing sphere.

### Segments

Parameter ID: `PRIM_PLATONIC_SUB` · Range: [1..1000]

The number of subdivisions applied to all surfaces.

### Type

Parameter ID: `PRIM_PLATONIC_TYPE`

Here you can choose from a list of predefined Platonic objects

![Image: 001441.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001441.jpg)\
Tetrahedron, Hexahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron and C60-Buckyball.

### Switch to Updated Platonic

Parameter ID: `PRIM_PLATONIC_SWITCH_TO_UPDATED`

This button will only be displayed if an older scene is imported and serves to convert the platonic body to an updated primitive with optimized UV mapping (a prompt will appear first). For a newly created platonic body, the updated primitive will be used directly.