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style cylinder

Purpose

style cylinder is used to generate a cylindrical region.

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Syntax

region id my_cylinder style cylinder center_bottom (x_min, y_min, z_min) center_top (x_max, y_max, z_max) radius r keyword value

Keyword

Description

center_bottom

obligatory vector of center at bottom of cylinder
units: [length]

center_top

obligatory vector of center at top of cylinder
units: [length]

radius

obligatory, radius of the cylinder
range: (0,∞); units: [length]

general optional keywords

General keywords of the region command

Examples

region id my_cylinder style cylinder center_bottom (0, 0, 1) center_top (0.1, 0.1, 1) radius 2 units box
region id my_cylinder style cylinder center_bottom (0, 1, 0) center_top (0, INF, 0) radius 1.5
region id my_cylinder style cylinder center_bottom (0, 1, 0) center_top (0, EDGE, 0) radius 2

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