MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

2cylinder
Purpose Generate cylinder
Syntax [X,Y,Z] = cylinder
[X,Y,Z] = cylinder(r)
[X,Y,Z] = cylinder(r,n)
cylinder(...)
cylinder
Description cylinder generates x, y, and z coordinates of a unit cylinder. You can draw the
cylindrical object using surf or mesh, or draw it immediately by not providing
output arguments.
[X,Y,Z] = cylinder returns the x, y, and z coordinates of a cylinder with a
radius equal to 1. The cylinder has 20 equally spaced points around its
circumference.
[X,Y,Z] = cylinder(r) returns the x, y, and z coordinates of a cylinder using
r to define a profile curve. cylinder treats each element in r as a radius at
equally spaced heights along the unit height of the cylinder. The cylinder has
20 equally spaced points around its circumference.
[X,Y,Z] = cylinder(r,n) returns the x, y, and z coordinates of a cylinder
based on the profile curve defined by vector r. The cylinder has n equally
spaced points around its circumference.
cylinder(...), with no output arguments, plots the cylinder using surf.
Remarks cylinder treats its first argument as a profile curve. The resulting surface
graphics object is generated by rotating the curve about the x-axis, and then
aligning it with the z-axis.
Examples Create a cylinder with randomly colored faces.
cylinder
axis square
h = findobj('Type','surface');
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