Part Cylinder

Description
The Part Cylinder command creates a parametric cylinder solid. It is the result of extruding a circular arc along a straight path. In the coordinate system defined by its property, the bottom face of the cylinder lies on the XY plane with its center at the origin.

A Part Cylinder can be turned into a segment of a cylinder by changing its property.



Usage

 * 1) There are several ways to invoke the command:
 * 2) * Press the button.
 * 3) * Select the option from the menu.

Example


A Part Cylinder object with the values of the bottom scripting example are shown here.

The described placement and orientation changes are not shown because of simplicity for the given example.

Properties
See also: Property editor.

A Part Cylinder object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data
The object has the same attachment properties as a Part Part2DObject.


 * : The radius of the circular arc that defines the cylinder. The default is.
 * : The height of the cylinder. The default is.
 * : The angle of the circular arc that defines the cylinder. Valid range: . The default is . If it is smaller than the resulting solid will be a segment of a cylinder.


 * : The angle between the extrusion direction of the cylinder and its positive Z axis, measured around its Y axis. The angle is positive towards its positive X axis. Valid range: . The default is.
 * : The angle between the extrusion direction of the cylinder and its positive Z axis, measured around its X axis. The angle is positive towards its positive Y axis. Valid range: . The default is.

Scripting
A Part Cylinder can be created using the following function:


 * Where is the user editable name for the object.
 * The function returns the newly created object.

The label text of the object can be easily changed by

For example, you may wish to modify the width, length or of the start and finish vertex.

The result is a three-quarter cylinder.

You can change its placement and orientation with: