Cylinder

These three values establish the location for the center of the cylinder.

These three values establish the dimensions of the cylinder, based on the radius.

This value determines how many edges are used to define the cylinder's circumference. The larger the number of sides, the smoother the cylinder appears. If you plan to use subdivision surfaces on the cylinder, use a low number.

By default, the primitive cylinder uses 12 segments. By increasing this value you can increase the number of "cuts" along the cylinder. This is useful if you plan to deform the cylinder, as these segments act as hinges during deformation operations.

Selects the type of polygons to use for the cylinder. Choose from:

• Face - Create standard, unsmoothed polygon faces.

• Subdivs - Create smoothed subdivision surfaces.

• Catmull Clark - Create smoothed subdivision surfaces using Pixar's Catmull-Clark algorithm.

Choose how to fill the top side (cap) of the cylinder:

• None - Leave the top empty.

• Single Polygon - Fill the top with a single N-sided polygon.

• Quad Grid - Fill the top with multiple quadrangles. This ensures the top is compatible with MeshFusion.

Choose how to fill the bottom side of the cylinder. This has the same options as Cap Top.

Sets the sharpness of the edges around the top and bottom caps. At 100 % the cylinder tops are flat and form square edges with the side. The Edge Weight only applies when the cylinder has been generated using Subdivs or Catmull Clark as the Polygon Type.

This X, Y, Z choice allows you to quickly change the orientation of the primitive.

When this button is active, a UV map is automatically generated for the geometry created with the tool. This is a very useful option if you plan to UV map the model you are creating from the primitive, as it provides a baseline UV map that you can massage later in the modeling process. In many cases this can reduce the amount of work required to map the model.

Adjusts the aspect ratio and related area size of UV polygons to reduce the distortion in the primitives UVs.

Use this option when you create a Cylinder that does not have equal radius values. By default, the UVs that are generated for the primitive are distorted and displayed in red and blue in the UV viewport of the UV layout. To view distortion, in the UV viewport, click Options... and then enable Show Distortion.

Enabling the Distortion Compensation option reducing the distortion automatically and produced cleaner UVs. This feature also works in real-time as you edit the attributes of the primitive before committing to the final values.

Click on the image below to view an animation.

Provides three types of behavior for corner and side tool handles:

• Resize from Center - Resizes both sides of the primitive at the center, when dragging a corner or side handle.

• Resize - Resizes the shape at the opposite side, when dragging a corner or side handle.

• Move All - Moves the primitive instead of resizing.

Tip:  You can also move the shape by clicking and holding the Ctrl key when in another handle mode.

When enabled, displays the bounding box corner handles.