Part Ellipsoid

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Part Ellipsoid

Menu location
Part → Create Primitives → Ellipsoid
Workbenches
Part, OpenSCAD
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
..

Description

A parametric Ellipsoid solid is available from the Create Primitives dialogue in the Part workbench.

The Create Primitives dialogue can be accessed via the CreatePrimitives icon located in the Part menu or the Part toolbar, in the Part Workbench.

The shape produced is limited in FreeCAD to being a solid (optionally truncated) spheroid, the shape you would create by rotating an ellipse around one of its axis. By default it is a oblate_spheroid, the shape you would create by rotating an ellipse around its minor axis. The parameters can be changed to form a prolate_spheroid.

The default spheroid will have a circle for any cross section parallel to the xy plane. The cross section parallel to the other two planes will be an ellipse.

In mathematics, an Ellipsoid would have an elliptical cross section in all three planes.

Parameters

  • Radius 1
  • Radius 2
  • U parameter
  • V parameter
  • V parameter