The tetrahedron command, with the first calling sequence, creates a three-dimensional plot data object, which when displayed is a scaled tetrahedron located at point p. Note that the scale factor is applied in each dimension. This command is an interface to the plots:-polyhedraplot command.

Alternatively, the four vertices of the tetrahedron may be provided using the second calling sequence.

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

Remaining arguments are interpreted as options, which are specified as equations of the form option=value. For more information, see plottools and plot3d/option.

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

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

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{tetrahedron}\left(\left[0\,0\,0\right]\,0.8\right)\,\mathrm{orientation}=\left[-55\,65\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{tetrahedron}\left(\left[0\,0\,0\right]\,0.8\right)\,\mathrm{tetrahedron}\left(\left[1\,1\,1\right]\,0.5\right)\,\mathrm{orientation}=\left[-45\,65\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{tetrahedron}\left(\left[\left[0\,2\,1\right]\,\left[3\,3\,1\right]\,\left[2\,5\,1\right]\,\left[1\,3\,4\right]\right]\right)\,\mathrm{color}=''Blue''\,\mathrm{transparency}=0.5\right)$

The p and t parameters were introduced in Maple 2015.

For more information on Maple 2015 changes, see Updates in Maple 2015.