Alias primitives can be placed using a manipulator while they are created or by typing their location in the Prompt Line. After they are created, Alias primitives can be re-positioned and re-scaled via the Move, Rotate, Scale and Nonp-Scale tools, or via the Information Window.
The surface primitive tools are located in the tool palette under
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Sphere | Torus | Cylinder | Cone | Cube | Plane |