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Commands

Cylinder

Cylinder

The Cylinder command draws an Extrusion cylinder.

Command-line options

  • DirectionConstraint: Direction constraints restrict the direction of the cylinder.

    1.None: Pick or type a number to set the height.

    2.Vertical: Creates a cylinder perpendicular to the construction plane

    3.AroundCurve: Draws the base circle perpendiculart to the picked point on a curve. The center line of the cylinder will be tangent to the curve.

  • Solid: Caps the top and bottom openings or leave them open.

  • Radius: Draw the base circle by picking the center point and a radius point.

  • 2Point: Draws the base circle from two opposite points.

  • 3Point: Draws the base circle through three points.

  • Tangent: Draws the base circle tangent to one, two, or three curves.

  • FitPoints: Draws the base circle by fitting to selected points, control points, or mesh vertices.

  • BothSides: Creates a cylinder symmetrical across the base circle. The height of the cylinder is twice as long as you specify.

Steps

  1. Draw the base circle.

  2. Pick a location or type a number to set the height.

    The DirectionConstraint options define the positive height differently.

For more information, please refer to the Rhino documentation.