Cylinders Properties
Cylinders can be displayed either using a full cylinder representation or using a cylinder slice, displaying measurement coverage. This coverage display is an option controlled from the User Options, display tab, Geometry control. When enabled the Theta Extents are set when the cylinder is fit to points. The length of a cylinder is always displayed based upon the extent of the measurements.
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Collection. Specifies collection name where object resides.
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Name. Object name.
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Transformation Method. Controls the length or the transformation of the cylinder.
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End-Point Method. Enter two point coordinates to determine length, position and orientation of cylinder.
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Diameter. Diameter of the cylinder.
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Surface Normals. Reverses the surface normal direction.
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Theta Start in degrees. The starting rotation of the cylinder display when displaying measurement coverage.
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Theta Span in degrees. The span of display of the cylinder slice when displaying coverage.
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Enable Theta Extent Mode. This check box option enables coverage display to be enabled or disabled for a particular cylinder.
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Top End Cap. When enabled the upper end cap of the cylinder will be displayed.
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Bottom End Cap. When enabled the lower end cap of the cylinder will be displayed, the origin end.
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Projected angles. Displays the Principle Projected Angles dialog. These angle represent the projection of the object normal vector onto the coordinates planes of the active frame.
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Draw. Displays the normal vector in the graphics.
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Notes. Contains information entered by user or information regarding construction method, fit, etc...
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Reverse. Reverses the normal direction of the object.