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.
![Cylinder shapes](images/shape-tool_cylinder.png)
(A) Cylinder without a smoothing group
(B) Cylinder with a high sides count
(C) Cylinder with a lot of height cuts
(D) Default cylinder shape
You can customize the shape of a cylinder with these shape-specific properties:
Property: |
Description: |
Sides Count |
Set the number of sides for the cylinder. The more sides you use, the smoother the sides of the cylinder become. The default value is 6. Valid values range from 4 to 64. |
Height Cuts |
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. |
Smooth |
Enable this option to smooth the edges of the polygons. This property is enabled by default. |
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