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title: "Platonic Object"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OPLATONIC.html"
section_path: "Create Menu > Mesh > Platonic Object"
element_id: "OPLATONIC"
command_id: "5161"
description: "This page documents the Platonic primitive in Cinema 4D. It creates the Platonic solids — tetrahedron to icosahedron plus variants — as parametric …"
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# Platonic Object

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **Platonic primitive** in **Cinema 4D**. It creates the Platonic solids — tetrahedron to icosahedron plus variants — as parametric objects, useful as geometric design elements or clean starting shapes.

![Image: 001438.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001438.jpg)

This command creates a Platonic primitive. Several predefined shapes are available.

# Interactive editing

Platonic objects have one handle:

- Drag handle 1 to change the radius.

  ![Image: 001442.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001442.jpg)\
  The handle of the Platonic primitives.