Part Cylinder
Part Cylinder |
Menu location |
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Part → Primitives → Cylinder |
Workbenches |
Part |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
Part Primitives |
Description
Creates a simple parametric cylinder, with position, angle, radius and height parameters.
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the Cylinder button.
- Select the Part → Primitives → Cylinder 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:
Cylinder
- DataRadius (
Radius
): The radius of the cylinder. This defines a plane in the XY area. - DataHeight (
Height
): The height of the cylinder. This is the dimension in the Z direction. - DataAngle (
Angle
): The rotation angle of the cylinder. The rotation angle permits the creation of a portion of cylinder (it is set to 360° by default).
Prism
- DataFirst Angle (
Angle
): Angle in first direction. This is the rotation around the Y axis. introduced in version 0.20 - DataSecond Angle (
Angle
): Angle in second direction. This is the rotation around the X axis.introduced in version 0.20
Scripting
A Part Cylinder can be created using the following function:
cylinder = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Cylinder", "myCylinder")
- Where
myCylinder
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
cylinder.Label = "new myCylinderName"
For example, you may wish to modify the width, length or of the start and finish vertex.
cylinder.Radius = 10
cylinder.Height = 25
cylinder.Angle = 270
cylinder.FirstAngle = 30
cylinder.SecondAngle = 45
The result is a three-quarter cylinder.
You can change its placement and orientation with:
cylinder.Placement = FreeCAD.Placement(FreeCAD.Vector(1, 2, 3), FreeCAD.Rotation(75, 60, 30))
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