Part Tube

Description
The Part Tube command creates a parametric tube solid. In the coordinate system defined by its property, the bottom face of the tube lies on the XY plane with its center at the origin.



Usage

 * 1) There are several ways to invoke the command:
 * 2) * Press the button.
 * 3) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 4) The  task panel opens.
 * 5) Specify the, the  and the.
 * 6) The tube updates dynamically in the 3D view.
 * 7) Press the  button.
 * 8) The tube is created.
 * 9) Optionally change the dimensions and  of the tube by doing one of the following:
 * 10) * Change the dimensions by double-click the object in the Tree view to reopen the task panel. See above.
 * 11) * Change the properties in the Property editor.
 * 12) * Change the with the [[Image:Std_TransformManip.svg|16px]] Std TransformManip command.

Example


A Part Tube object created with the scripting example below is shown here.

Properties
See also: Property editor.

A Part Tube 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 height of the tube. The default is.
 * : The inner radius of the tube. Must be smaller than . Can be . The default is.
 * : The outer radius of the tube. Must be larger than . The default is.

Scripting
A Part Tube can be created with the following code from the file:


 * Where is the name for the object. The name must be unique for the entire document.
 * The function returns the newly created object.

You have to recompute the current document with

to see the tube.

The is the user editable name for the object. It can be easily changed by

You can access and modify attributes of the object. For example, you may wish to modify the length, width and height parameters.

You can change its placement with: