Module: Draw_Cylinder

Description:

From a set of 2 input points, which are the extremities of the axis of a cylinder, contained in a class HxCluster which also has a data column named "radius" which stores as first element the cylinder's radius, this module creates a triangulated surface which represents this cylinder, which can be viewed in Amira's viewer.

Illustration of the module's function. The line represents the axis of the cylinder.

Connections:

Cylinder

[required]
The input cylinder comes from here, it is defined in a class HxCluster, in which there are only two points, which are the extremities of the cylinder's axis. Furthermore, the class contains a data column with the name "radius" which contains the cylinder's radius as first element.

Ports:

Number of points

This is the number of vertices for the surface to generate.

Action button

Push this button to start the computation.

Commands:

Additional options can be accessed when typing in the console Draw_Cylinder COMMAND_NAME. Typing the command again usually reverts back to original settings.

`create`

Runs the computation. Returns the name of the output, so it can be used in a script, such as set RESULT [Draw_Cylinder create].