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Cylinder Object


Description

The Cylinder object. The object created is a transient mathematical object and is not displayed graphically

Methods

Name Description
Copy Creates a copy of this Cylinder object. The result is entirely independent and can be edited without affecting the original Cylinder object.
GetCylinderData Get the data defining this cylinder.
PutCylinderData Method that sets the data defining this cylinder.

Properties

Name Description
AxisVector Specifies the direction of the axis of the cylinder.
BasePoint Specifies the base of the cylinder.
Evaluator Gets the surface evaluator for this cylinder.
Radius Specifies the radius of the cylinder.

Accessed From

Cylinder.Copy, TransientGeometry.CreateCylinder

Samples

Name Description
Is cylindrical face interior or exterior? This sample shows how to determine whether the selected cylindircal face is an exterior face or an interior (hollow) face.

Version

Introduced in version 4

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