MotionView User's Guide

Cylinder Graphic

Cylinder Graphic

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Cylinder Graphic

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Location: Graphics panel - Properties tab

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Graphics panel – Properties for a cylinder graphic

Autolen|Length

The length of the cylinder.

Offset

The distance by which the origin of the cylinder is offset from Point 1.

Cap

Cap both ends

The hollow cylinder graphic is closes at both ends.


Cap beginning

The hollow cylinder graphic is closes at the end specified by the first point.


Cap end

The hollow cylinder graphic is closed at the end specified by the second point.

MaterialProperty

The material property associated with the graphic.

Radius 1

Radius 2

The radius of the cylinder at one end.

The radius of the cylinder at the other end.

Material inside

This option applies to when a graphic is used within a contact entity.  Activating the Material inside check box sets the normals such that the graphic will act like a solid object.

Refinement level

Sets the mesh coarseness level for MotionSolve.  MotionSolve will use a tessellation scheme to represent the graphic object during solution.  Refer to the <Post_Graphic MotionSolve statement for additional information.