Q: Cylinders in Inventor vs. Explorer...

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From: Dan Waylonis
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:12

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Hi,

In Explorer, a cylinder is defined by a beginning point, an ending point,
and a radius.

In Inventor, only the height and radius are specified.

How do I emulate the action of the Explorer function call via Inventor?
SoTransform with a translation and a rotation?

Thanks,
Dan
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