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Cylinder

Menu access: Shape | Cylinder

Description:

Allows you to create a solid cylindrical shape primitive.

General philosophy:

Two methods are possible:

 

1. Enter the cylinder radius.

1. Enter the cylinder radius.

2. Choose a direction.

2. Select the center of the starting face.

3. Enter the length of the cylinder.

3. Select the center of the other end face.

4. Select the alignment point.

 

Available option(s):

You can choose to drive the  Diameter  or the  Radius  of the cylinder.

The option  Alignment= NORMAL  or  CENTERED  allows you to choose the cylinder position relative to the insertion point (in case you used the first method).

Example(s):

 

 

 

a- Cylinder by a point and a length.

 

b- Cylinder by two points.

 

 

 

 

Specific point(s):

The cylinder is created with its end faces normal to the cylinder direction.

Available modification(s):

You can change the different parameters of the cylinder by using the icon .

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