Drawing Spheres and Cylinders

From the Shapes section of the action bar, a pop-up panel helps you choose between multiple shapes to be created. The choices are: Circle, Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Cylinder, and Sphere. There are several options for creating rectangles; you can choose between a Four-corner, Single-corner, and Center rectangle.

Tip: To use combine commands (Add, Subtract, Intersect and No Operation) while you create geometry and simple shapes, select Display Combine Commands in Me > Preferences > Natural Shape > Display > Drawing. Commands appear in the context toolbar.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About the Support Plane
About Snap Features
Extruding Geometry
Basic Concepts: Industrial Context

Create a Sphere

You can use Sphere to create a sphere by clicking to locate the center and then moving the pointer to define the radius.

  1. Click Sphere .
  2. Click to define the center of the sphere.

    A point is created in the most canonical plane i.e. a plane parallel to XY, YZ or WZ plane.

  3. Move the pointer away and click when the radius is correct.

A sphere is created.

Tip: To edit the radius of an existing sphere, use the manipulator to push and pull the sphere to its correct dimensions. Likewise, you can click on the ruler to make the callout appear, enter the precise value, and click Enter.

Create a Cylinder

You can use Cylinder to create a cylinder.

  1. Click Cylinder .
  2. Click a point to define the center of one end of the cylinder.
  3. Move the pointer in the direction of the axis of the cylinder and click when the length is correct.
  4. To define the radius of the cylinder, move the pointer and click when the radius is correct.

    A cylinder is created.

Use the side panel to:

  • determine if the drawing is to be inserted in an existing or in a new geometry.
  • determine if you want to create a coincidence constraint automatically when the extremity of a wire coincides with an existing wire.
Tip: To edit the radius of an existing cylinder, use the manipulator to push and pull the cylinder to its correct dimensions. Likewise, you can click on the ruler to make the callout appear, enter the precise value, and then press Enter.