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Cylinder

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Cylinder creates an Extrude feature by adding depth to a circular region. You can add taper to the extrusion.

Cylinder is on the drop-down menu under Box .

Create a cylindrical Extrude feature on a work plane or face

Click on the drop-down arrow next to Box and select Cylinder.
Select a face or work plane. The center is located where you clicked.
Click to define the radius or enter the value in the field. The Extrude command ribbon displays.
Use the manipulators to set the height and taper, or enter the values in the command ribbon.
NoteIf you selected a face for the extrusion, the feature automatically adds or removes material based on the direction. See step 6 for instructions on manually setting the Join or Cut Boolean option.
Select the Limit type.
- Distance is a numeric value for the extrusion length.
- To determines the extrusion length when select a face or work plane.
- All determines the extrusion length by the furthest face in the model.
Select the Direction.
- One Direction creates the extrusion in one direction.
- Two Directions creates the extrusion in both directions. Each direction can have a different extrusion length.
- Symmetric creates the extrusion in both directions. Each direction has the same extrusion length.
Select the Boolean Option.
- Join adds material.
- Cut removes material.
- Intersect removes all material from the solid that does not overlap the new feature.
- New Component creates a child component in the active component.

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