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title: "Polygon Object"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OSINGLEPOLY.html"
section_path: "Create Menu > Mesh > Polygon Object"
element_id: "OSINGLEPOLY"
command_id: "5174"
description: "This page documents the single Polygon primitive in Cinema 4D. It creates one triangle or rectangle in the XZ plane — minimal geometry for cloth starting …"
---

# Polygon Object

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **single Polygon primitive** in **Cinema 4D**. It creates one triangle or rectangle in the XZ plane — minimal geometry for cloth starting points, simple planes or as a base for point-level modeling.

![Image: 001400.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001400.jpg)

This command creates a single polygon — a triangle or rectangle — in the XZ plane.

# Interactive editing

The polygon has two handles.

- Drag handle (1) to change the width.

- Drag handle (2) to change the height.

  ![Image: 001402.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001402.jpg)\
  The handles of the polygon primitive.