SbCylinder(3)                        Coin                        SbCylinder(3)

NAME
       SbCylinder - The SbCylinder class is a representation of a cylinder.


SYNOPSIS
       #include <Inventor/SbCylinder.h>

   Public Member Functions
       SbCylinder (void)
       SbCylinder (const SbLine &a, const float r)
       void setValue (const SbLine &a, const float r)
       void setAxis (const SbLine &a)
       void setRadius (const float r)
       const SbLine & getAxis (void) const
       float getRadius (void) const
       SbBool intersect (const SbLine &l, SbVec3f &intersection) const
       SbBool intersect (const SbLine &l, SbVec3f &enter, SbVec3f &exit) const
       void print (FILE *file) const

Detailed Description
       The SbCylinder class is a representation of a cylinder.

       This class is used within other classes in Coin. It contains data to
       represent a cylinder by an axis and a radius. The cylinder has no
       length/height value, which means it is treated as of infinite length.


       See also
           SbLine, SbSphere

Constructor & Destructor Documentation
   SbCylinder::SbCylinder (void )
       The default constructor will make a cylinder of radius 1, center axis
       going through origo in the parallel direction of the positive y-axis.

   SbCylinder::SbCylinder (const SbLine & a, const float r)
       Construct and initialize an SbCylinder instance with the given axis a
       and radius r.

Member Function Documentation
   void SbCylinder::setValue (const SbLine & a, const float r)
       Set the axis and radius of the cylinder.


       See also
           getAxis(), getRadius().

   void SbCylinder::setAxis (const SbLine & a)
       Set the center axis of the cylinder.


       See also
           setRadius(), getAxis().

   void SbCylinder::setRadius (const float r)
       Set the radius of the cylinder.


       See also
           setAxis(), getRadius().

   const SbLine & SbCylinder::getAxis (void ) const
       Return the line which is the center axis of the cylinder.


       See also
           setAxis(), getRadius().

   float SbCylinder::getRadius (void ) const
       Return radius of cylinder.


       See also
           setRadius(), getAxis().

   SbBool SbCylinder::intersect (const SbLine & l, SbVec3f & intersection)
       const
       Finds the intersection point of the ray l on the cylinder where the ray
       enters, and return this point in intersection.


       If the ray does not intersect the cylinder, FALSE is returned,
       otherwise we will return TRUE.

   SbBool SbCylinder::intersect (const SbLine & l, SbVec3f & enter, SbVec3f &
       exit) const
       Find the intersection points of the ray l on the cylinder and return
       these in enter and exit. If the ray just "grazes" the cylinder, the
       enter and exit points have equal values.


       If the ray does not intersect the cylinder, FALSE is returned,
       otherwise we will return TRUE.

   void SbCylinder::print (FILE * fp) const
       Dump the state of this object to the fp file stream. Only works in
       debug version of library, method does nothing in an optimized build.


Author
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Version 4.0.10             Tue Jun 23 2026 23:48:38              SbCylinder(3)