User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Place Cylinder

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(3D only) Used to place a cylinder.

Tool SettingEffect
Type

Can be Surface (not capped) or Solid (capped).

Axis

Sets the direction of the cylinder's axis (height).

  • Points
    • — Direction of height is defined graphically. AccuDraw can be used to define the drawing plane on which the points are placed.
  • Screen X, Y, or Z
    • — Direction of the height is set to the screen's X, Y, or Z axis.
  • Drawing X, Y, or Z
    • — Direction of the height is set to the drawing's, or design file's, X, Y, or Z axis.
Orthogonal

If on, the cylinder is a right cylinder.

Radius

If on, sets the radius.

Height

If on, sets the height.

To place a cylinder graphically (no constraints)
  1. Select the Place Cylinder tool.

  2. In the tool settings, check that Orthogonal, Radius, and Height, are turned off.

  3. Enter a data point to define the center of the base.

  4. Enter a data point to define the radius.

  5. Enter a data point to define the direction and height.

    Place Cylinder with all constraints turned off and all data points entered graphically.

      

    Place Cylinder with Orthogonal turned on and all data points entered graphically.

      

    Place cylinder with orthogonal turned on and AccuDraw used to constrain the radius “R” and height “H.”

      

Key-in: PLACE CYLINDER ICON


or

Key-in: PLACE CYLINDER [RADIUS | RIGHT | SKEWED]

Although the cylinder's radius and height can be specified as tool settings, it is generally quicker and easier to type these distances into the AccuDraw window.