Cylinder

Cylinder feature creates a cylinder solid.

To create a Cylinder in the active part:

  1. select in the Main Menu Primitives - > Cylinder item or

  2. click Cylinder_button.icon Cylinder button in the toolbar

There are 2 algorithms for creation of a Cylinder:

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Cylinder creates a cylinder.

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Portion of cylinder creates one segment of a cylinder.

Cylinder

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Cylinder property panel

Input fields:

  • Point defines the center of the cylinder base selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser;

  • Vector defines the axis of the cylinder selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser;

  • Dimensions:

    • Radius;

    • Height.

TUI Commands:

model.addCylinder(Part_doc, Point, Axis, Radius, Height)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • object – Vertex.

  • object – Axis.

  • real – Radius.

  • real – Height.

Returns

Result object.

Result

An example is shown below.

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Cylinder

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Cylinder operation.

Portion of cylinder

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Portion of cylinder property panel

Input fields for *Portion of cylinder tab include Angle defining a portion of cylinder.

TUI Commands:

model.addCylinder(Part_doc, Point, Axis, Radius, Height, Angle)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • object – Vertex.

  • object – Axis.

  • real – Radius.

  • real – Height.

  • real – Angle.

Returns

Result object.

Result

An example is shown below.

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Portion of cylinder

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Portion of cylinder operation.