Depth Property

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Returns or sets the depth of the shape's extrusion. Can be a value from – 600 through 9600 (positive values produce an extrusion whose front face is the original shape; negative values produce an extrusion whose back face is the original shape). Read/write Single.

Example

This example adds an oval to the active document and then specifies that the oval be extruded to a depth of 50 points and that the extrusion be purple.

Dim docActive As Document
Dim shapeNew As Shape

Set docActive = ActiveDocument
Set shapeNew = docActive.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeOval, _
    90, 90, 90, 40)

With shapeNew.ThreeD
    .Visible = True
    .Depth = 50
    ' RGB value for purple
    .ExtrusionColor.RGB = RGB(255, 100, 255)
End With