To Work With Creating Mesh Cylinders
Create a Mesh Cylinder With a Circular Base
Click
Mesh Modeling tab
Primitives panel
Mesh Cylinder
.
Find
Specify the center point of the base.
Specify the radius or diameter of the base.
Specify the height of the cylinder.
Mesh Cylinder With an Elliptical Base
Click
Mesh Modeling tab
Primitives panel
Mesh Cylinder
.
Find
At the Command prompt, enter
e
(Elliptical).
Specify the start point of the first axis.
Specify the endpoint of the first axis.
Specify the endpoint (length and rotation) of the second axis.
Specify the height of the cylinder.
Create a Mesh Cylinder With the Height and Rotation Specified (Axis Endpoint)
Click
Mesh Modeling tab
Primitives panel
Mesh Cylinder
.
Find
Specify the center point of the base.
Specify the radius or diameter of the base.
At the Command prompt, enter
a
(Axis endpoint). Specify the axis endpoint of the cylinder.
This endpoint can be located anywhere in 3D space.
Related Concepts
About Creating 3D Meshes
Related Reference
Commands for Creating Mesh Primitives