Surface.TryGetCylinder Method (Cylinder)

SurfaceTryGetCylinder Method (Cylinder)

Tests a surface to see if it is a portion of a cylinder within RhinoMath.ZeroTolerance and return the cylinder.

Namespace:  Rhino.Geometry
Assembly:  RhinoCommon (in RhinoCommon.dll)
Since: 5.0
Syntax
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public bool TryGetCylinder(
	out Cylinder cylinder
)
Public Function TryGetCylinder ( 
	<OutAttribute> ByRef cylinder As Cylinder
) As Boolean

Parameters

cylinder
Type: Rhino.GeometryCylinder
On success, the cylinder parameters are filled in.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if the surface is a portion of a cylinder.
Remarks
If successful, an infinite cylinder is returned. When a surface has a cylindrical shape, even if its ends are not circles on the cylinder, it returns the axis and radius. You can detect infinite cylinders using Cylinder.IsFinite.
See Also

M:Rhino.Geometry.Surface.TryGetCylinder(Rhino.Geometry.Cylinder@)