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From the
Subdivision section of the
action bar,
click
Cylinder
 .
A cylinder is displayed in the
work area.
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Select a plane or planar face for the subdivision.
Note:
Repeatedly press
Tab to cycle through the orientation of the
subdivision on the various planes.
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Click in the
work area
to place the cylinder in the approximate location you want.
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Optional: From the work area, in the Freeform
dialog box, do the following to adjust the end conditions of the feature:
- Click Midplane to extend the feature equally in
both directions from the sketch plane. This specifies overall
length.
- Select Flip to reverse the orientation of the
feature and direction of the pull.
- Drag the Scale slider to scale the size of the
subdivision body. It is set to 100 by default.
- Select Crease edges to crease the edges of the
subdivision body so that it no longer has round corners.
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Click in the text boxes and enter the number of subdivision in the
mesh cage.
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Drag the arrows to define the height and width.
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Click
 in
FreeForm dialog box.
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Drag the
Robot arrows to position the cylinder.
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Optional: Drag the mesh points and faces to customize
the shape of the cylinder.
To assist with selecting the mesh entities, the following options are available:
- For faces, press i or o to
select a face loop around the subdivision. Click near an edge of the
face to select the direction of the loop.
- For edges, press i to select edge rings around
the subdivision, or press o to select edge loop
around the subdivision.
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Click
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