Creating a Cylinder

Create the power dividing pin using a cylinder.

  1. Create a cylinder located at the origin along the Z axis.
    1. On the Construct tab, in the Create solid group, click the  Cylinder icon. On the Create cylinder dialog, select the Base centre, radius, height definition method.
    2. Create a cylinder using the Base centre, radius, height definition method.
    3. Set Radius (R) equal to the defined variable, pin_r.
    4. Set Height (H) equal to the defined variable, wg_h.
    Note: Default values are used on geometry creation dialogs to allow a preview of the primitive in the 3D view. You may change the values as required.
    1. Click Create to create the cylinder and close the dialog.


To view the full-length cylinder in the 3D window, zoom the cylinder to the window extent.

  1. Zoom to extents of the 3D view using one of the following workflows:
    • On the View tab, in the Zooming group, click the  Zoom to extents icon.
    • Press F5 to use the keyboard shortcut.