Draw Cylinder

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This command enables you to draw/create cylinders with some constraints.

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At least 3 points are required.

  1. Click some points in the scene, the best cylinder of all input points is computed.

    1. You can force a Point by clicking on the lock. You can either enter the XYZ coordinates in the edit controls or click on the icon images/download/attachments/113546885/AddPoint.svg to click a point in the scene.

    2. You can force a Fixed axis by clicking on the lock. You can either enter the XYZ values of the vector in the edit controls or click on the icon images/download/attachments/113546647/Normal1.svg to define a Direction in the scene.

    3. You can also set the Radius and the Length by clicking on the checkbox.

Note

The cylinder created will be the one best fitting the points while keeping the point and the direction entered by the user.

Click on Cancel to close the command.

Click on OK, Next to validate the temporary object and stay in the command.

Click on OK, Exit to validate the temporary object and close the command.