Creating Cylinders

The cylinder is a constant radius tube with right circular ends.

Command

[Create] Cylinder [Height|Z] <val> Radius <val>

[Create] Cylinder [Height|Z] <val> Major Radius <val> Minor Radius <val>

[Create] Cylinder Volume <id>

Notes

• A cylinder may also be created using the frustum command with all radii set to the same value.
• Specifying major and minor radii can produce a cylinder with an oval cross section.
• Giving a volume as input will create a cylinder that tightly bounds the input volume. The input volume must have cylindrical or circular features that guide the definition of the "bounding" cylinder.