What is a 'wire object'?

posted to: The 3 Ways to Bevel
You hide the 'wire object' at 6:10ish. What is this wire object and how is this created? I've searched the manual and elsewhere on what a 'wire object' is to no avail. Please advise. Thank you.
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  • Dwayne Savage(dillenbata3) replied

    Properties editor->Object tab->Viewport Display->Change Display as from Textured to Wire. 

    The object that he calls a wire object is a duplicate of the other object set to display as wireframe. 

    ***Edit***

    Note: this won't render as a wireframe. It will render as a solid object. If you want it to render as a wireframe then you will need to add a wireframe modifier to the object. 

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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    If you go back to about 1:30, Jonathan explains that he uses a second Object that is the 'same', but not Beveled. This is displayed as Wireframe, as Dwayne explained.

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  • Omar Domenech replied
    He uses that object just so he can directly compare what the bevel is doing, a way to have a cage of sorts so you can more easily visually see what the bevel does to the mesh. It's custom created object, nothing that is a Blender feature or anything like that, so it's nothing to worry about.
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