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The pyramid command takes a two-dimensional polygon and creates a three-dimensional regular pyramid of the height specified.

The option apex=a can be used to create an offset pyramid.

The plot data object produced by the pyramid command can be used in a PLOT3D data structure or displayed using the plots:-display command.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{plottools}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{plots}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{pyramid}\left(\right)\right)$

$T≔\mathrm{polygon}\left(\left[\left[0\,0\right]\,\left[2\,1\right]\,\left[1\,3\right]\right]\right)\:$

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{pyramid}\left(T\right)\,\mathrm{axes}=\mathrm{normal}\,\mathrm{scaling}=\mathrm{constrained}\right)$

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{pyramid}\left(\mathrm{polygonbyname}\left(''hexagon''\right)\,\mathrm{apex}=\left[0.8\,0.8\right]\right)\,\mathrm{scaling}=\mathrm{constrained}\right)$

$P≔\mathrm{polygonbyname}\left(''heptagram''\,\mathrm{color}=''Tan''\right)\:$

$\mathrm{display}\left(P\,\mathrm{scaling}=\mathrm{constrained}\right)$

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{pyramid}\left(P\,\mathrm{height}=0.5\,\mathrm{base}=0.5\right)\,\mathrm{scaling}=\mathrm{constrained}\right)$

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{pyramid}\left(\mathrm{polygon}\left(\left[\left[0\,1\right]\,\left[0\,2\right]\,\left[0.5\,2.75\right]\,\left[1.25\,3\right]\,\left[2\,2.75\right]\,\left[2.5\,2.25\right]\,\left[1.75\,1.5\right]\,\left[2.5\,0.75\right]\,\left[2\,0.25\right]\,\left[1.25\,0\right]\,\left[0.5\,0.25\right]\right]\right)\,\mathrm{color}=''Gold''\right)\,\mathrm{scaling}=\mathrm{constrained}\,\mathrm{orientation}=\left[-85\,5\,5\right]\right)$

The plottools[pyramid] command was introduced in Maple 2024.

For more information on Maple 2024 changes, see Updates in Maple 2024 .