Surface.TryGetCylinder (Cylinder., Double)

Public Class

Tests a surface to see if it is a portion of a cylinder and return the infinite cylinder.

Namespace: Rhino.Geometry

Assembly: RhinoCommon (in RhinoCommon.dll)

**Since:**5.0

Syntax

public bool TryGetCylinder(
  out Cylinder cylinder,
  double tolerance
)

Parameters

cylinder

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

tolerance

Type:System.Double
tolerance to use when checking.

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.