cylinder - PLAXIS 3D Input commands documentation

cylinder cyl

Creates a cylinder.
Creates a cylinder with a specified radius and a specified height at the origin (0, 0, 0).
cylinder 2 5 Creates a cylinder with a radius of 2 and a height of 5 at the origin (0, 0, 0).
Number' Number'
Number Radius Desired radius of the cylinder
Number Height Desired height of the cylinder
Mode Target
Geometry Global
{1} Volume
Creates a cylinder with a specified radius and height at a specified location (x, y, z).
cylinder 2 5 (1 2 3) Creates a cylinder with a radius of 2 and a height of 5 at coordinates (1, 2, 3).
Number' Number' <Coords: Number' Number' Number'>'
Number Radius Desired radius of the cylinder
Number Height Desired height of the cylinder
Coords Coordinates
Number x x-coordinate
Number y y-coordinate
Number z z-coordinate
Mode Target
Geometry Global
{1} Volume
Creates a cylinder with a specified radius and height at a location (x, y, z) in a specified direction described by a vector.
cylinder 2 5 (1 2 3) (5 7 12) Creates a cylinder with a radius of 2 and a height of 5 at coordinates (1, 2, 3) pointing in direction (5, 7, 12).
Number' Number' <Coords: Number' Number' Number'>' <Coords: Number' Number' Number'>'
Number Radius Desired radius of the cylinder
Number Height Desired height of the cylinder
Coords Coordinates
Number x x-coordinate
Number y y-coordinate
Number z z-coordinate
Coords Vector giving the direction in which the cylinder should be pointing
Number x x-value
Number y y-value
Number z z-value
Mode Target
Geometry Global
{1} Volume