3.4.2. Cylinder Creation and Properties

A Cylinder can be created by defining two points and a radius as shown in the figure and table below.

Figure 3.36: Create Cylinder dialog

Create Cylinder dialog

Figure 3.37: Description of parameters in the Create Cylinder dialog

ParameterDescription
1. Bottom PositionUse to set the 1st position of the cylinder.
2. Top PositionUse to set the 2nd position of the cylinder.
3. RadiusUse to set the radius of the cylinder.
4. ColorUse to set the color of the geometry.
5. Show Property dialogUse to open the properties dialog after finishing the creation operation.
6. Control buttonsIf all necessary parameters are set, these buttons are enabled. For more information about the control buttons, refer to Entity Creation.
7. Create or BooleanUse to determine whether to Create a body or to use Boolean operations.
8. NameUse to set the name of the cylinder body.
9. BooleanUse to select a Boolean operation from Unite, Subtract or Intersection.
10. InterfaceUse to set this as an interface body.

The shape parameters (bottom and top positions and radius) can be modified in the Geometry tab of the body properties as shown in the figure and table below. The cylinder is expressed as a Cylinder in the geometry hierarchy.

Figure 3.38: Geometry parameters for a Cylinder

Geometry parameters for a Cylinder

Figure 3.39: Description of parameters for Cylinder geometry

ParameterSymbolDescriptionDimension (Range)
1. Bottom Position Description of parameters for Cylinder geometry Use to set the 1st position of the cylinder by using the Point Picker.

Length (Real)

2. Top Position Description of parameters for Cylinder geometry Use to set the 2nd position of the cylinder by using the Point Picker.

Length (Real)

3. Radius Description of parameters for Cylinder geometry Use to set the radius of the cylinder.

Length (Real>0)