Cylinder
A cylinder is a shape with long straight sides and two circular (or roughly circular) ends, like a tube. They have a radius and a height.

Default cylinder shape
Cylinder without the smoothing
Cylinder with a height of 3 and 16 sides
Cylinder with a radius of 4 and 10 subdivisions
You can customize the shape of a cylinder with these shape properties:

Property: |
Description: |
Radius |
Set the radius (width) of the cylinder in meters. The default value is 0.5. The minimum value is 0.01. |
Number of Sides |
Set the number of sides for the cylinder. The more sides you use (relative to the size of the Radius), the smoother the sides of the cylinder become. The default value is 8. Valid values range from 4 to 48. |
Height |
Set the height of the cylinder in meters. The default value is 1. |
Height Segments |
Set the number of divisions to use for the height of the cylinder. For example, a value of 3 produces 4 faces on every side of the cylinder. The default value is 0. Valid values range from 0 to 48. |
Smooth |
Enable this option to smooth the edges of the polygons. This is enabled by default. |
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