Cylinder Dialog Box

Use the Cylinder dialog box to enter parameters for cylinder in Shaft Component Generator.

Note: You can insert an unlimited number of middle features to a cylinder.

Access

Ribbon: Design tab Power Transmission panel Shaft. On the Design tab, select Sections in the Sections drop-down list. On the toolbar, click Insert Cylinder .

Dimensions

Enables Cylinder dimensions editing.

When accessing the Cylinder dialog box from inside the Shaft Bore dialog box: Unlock the edit field to enable automatic update of the value in case you change the shaft parameters that influence such value. For example, if you lock Length value, and you update the length of designed shaft, the length of inside cone updates automatically.

Note: Only parameters that require automatic update have the lock available.

Name

Displays the name of the parameter. Name of the dimension is used in the Calculation tab and in the Results pane. The column is not editable.

Size

Select the Size field to insert a value, or select a value from displayed list.

Select Measure from the context menu to measure dimension in the Autodesk Inventor window.

Select List Parameters to display list with parameters. Click to select the parameter and insert the value to the Size edit field.

Select Values from the context menu to see the list of recommended and available dimensions.

Option available when accessing the Cylinder dialog box from inside the Shaft Bore dialog box:

Select Calculate from the context menu to automatically calculate a hollow through the length of the shaft (from a hollow on the left to a hollow on the right).

Description

Displays the description of the parameter. Name of the dimension is used in the Calculation tab and in the Results pane. Column is not editable.