TCone

Creates a solid cone whose apex is truncated by a plane.

Steps:

After drawing the base circle from one of the options

  1. Pick the end (top surface location).

  2. Pick a radius or diameter for the top surface.

Options for the base circle

Note: The options for the base circle are the same as for the Circle command.

Default (Center/Radius)

DirectionConstraint

None

Vertical

AroundCurve

2Point

3Point

Tangent

FitPoints

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Solid > Truncated Cone

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Solid > Truncated Cone

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MeshTCone

Creates a mesh truncated cone.

Options

See the TCone command for base circle options.

The mesh version has additional options for the number of mesh faces

VerticalFaces

The number of faces from the base to the top.

AroundFaces

The number of faces around the circumference.

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Mesh > Mesh tCone

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Mesh > Polygon Mesh Primitives > Truncated Cone

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