Tapered Cylinder Geometry
Display a truncated cone in your 3-D model
Description
Connections
Parameters
See Also
The length of the tapered cylinder shape is displayed between the points at which frame_a and frame_b are attached in the model workspace.
If you connect this shape to the frames of a single component,
a cylinder shape is displayed over the implicit geometry that represents the component in the 3-D workspace.
If you connect this component to the frames of two different modeling components,
the cylinder shape spans multiple components.
If you want to display a cone shape, specify a value of 0 for one of the radius parameters.
The meaning of the four radii parameters is demonstrated in the following figure:
Name
Condition
Modelica ID
frame_a
Defines the location of the first edge for the tapered cylinder length.
frame_b
Defines the location of the second edge for the tapered cylinder length.
inputColor
Dynamic Color = true
Defines the shape color. Must be connected to the output of a Color Blend component.
Default
Units
r__a
0.1
m
Radius at frame_a.
radius
r__b
0.2
Radius at frame_b.
radius2
r__ai
0
Inner radius at frame_a.
innerRadius
r__bi
Inner radius at frame_b.
innerRadius2
color
red
Dynamic Color = false
Color of the tapered cylinder. For information on using the color selection tools, see Selecting Colors.
Dynamic Color
Select this option to enable the Dynamic Color port. With the Dynamic Color port enabled, you can use the Color Blend component to change color throughout the simulation.
isInputColor
Transparent
Select this option to make the geometry component transparent.
transparent
Visualization Components
Multibody Overview
The 3-D Visualization Environment
Adding Attached Shapes from the MapleSim Component Library
Adding Attached Shapes from an External File
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