Built-in Mathematica Symbol

Cylinder

Cylinder[{{x₁, y₁, z₁}, {x₂, y₂, z₂}}, r]
represents a cylinder of radius r around the line from (x₁, y₁, z₁) to (x₂, y₂, z₂).

Cylinder[{{x₁, y₁, z₁}, {x₂, y₂, z₂}}]
represents a cylinder of radius 1.

MORE INFORMATION

Cylinder renders as a cylinder in Graphics3D.

Cylinder represents the whole filled cylinder, not just the surface.

The ends of the cylinder are disks.

The cylinder radius can be specified either in absolute coordinates, or as Scaled[s].

Colors and other material properties of cylinders can be specified using color directives as well as Specularity and Glow. »

Cylinders can be specified as transparent using Opacity directives. »

Cylinder[] is equivalent to Cylinder[{{0, 0, -1}, {0, 0, 1}}]. »

Cylinder[{spec₁, spec₂, ...}] represents a collection of cylinders of radius 1.

Cylinder[{spec₁, spec₂, ...}, r] represents a collection of cylinders of radius r.

Cylinder[{spec₁, spec₂, ...}, {r₁, r₂, ...}] represents a collection of cylinders with specifications spec_i and radii r_i.

EXAMPLES

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Basic Examples (2)

A unit radius and unit height cylinder:

A cylinder from the origin to {1, 1, 1} with radius 1/2:

Differently styled cylinders:

A unit radius and unit height cylinder:

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A cylinder from the origin to {1, 1, 1} with radius 1/2:

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Differently styled cylinders:

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Scope (12)

If no radius is specified, it is assumed to be 1:

Cylinders with different radii:

Cylinders with different directions:

Short form for a cylinder centered at the origin with a radius 1:

Use Scaled coordinates:

Use Scaled radius:

Multiple cylinders:

Color directives specify the face colors of cylinders:

FaceForm and EdgeForm can be used to specify the styles of the faces and edges:

Different properties can be specified for the front and back faces using FaceForm:

Cylinders with different specular exponents:

White cylinder that glows red:

Opacity specifies the face opacity:

Applications (5)

Platonic polyhedra:

A simple 3D bar chart:

Use Cylinder to render edges in a GraphPlot3D:

Define a ChartElementFunction based on Cylinder:

BarChart3D use Cylinder to produce 3D bar charts:

Histogram3D can similarly use Cylinder:

Use Cylinder to display bubbles in BubbleChart3D:

Properties & Relations (4)

Use Scale to get elliptical cylinders:

A parametric specification of a cylinder shell generated using ParametricPlot3D:

An implicit specification of a cylinder shell generated by ContourPlot3D:

ChemicalData plots a molecule using spheres and cylinders:

Neat Examples (2)

Random unit cylinders:

Nested transparent cylinders: