pymel.core.modeling.polyCylinder

polyCylinder(*args, **kwargs)

The cylinder command creates a new polygonal cylinder.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
axis (ax)		float, float, float
	This flag specifies the primitive axis used to build the cylinder. Q: When queried, this flag returns a float[3].
caching (cch)		bool
constructionHistory (ch)		bool
	Turn the construction history on or off (where applicable). If construction history is on then the corresponding node will be inserted into the history chain for the mesh. If construction history is off then the operation will be performed directly on the object. Note:If the object already has construction history then this flag is ignored and the node will always be inserted into the history chain. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
createUVs (cuv)		int
	This flag alows a specific UV mechanism to be selected, while creating the primitive. The valid values are 0, 1, 2 or 3. 0 implies that no UVs will be generated (No texture to be applied). 1 implies UVs should be created for the object as a whole without any normalization. The primitive will be unwrapped and then the texture will be applied without any distortion. In the unwrapped primitive, the shared edges will have shared UVs. 2 implies the UVs should be normalized. This will normalize the U and V direction separately, thereby resulting in distortion of textures. 4 implies UVs are created so that the texture will not be distorted when applied. The texture lying outside the UV range will be truncated (since that cannot be squeezed in, without distorting the texture. For better understanding of these options, you may have to open the texture view windowC: Default is 3
height (h)		float
	This flag specifies the height of the cylinder. C: Default is 1.0. Q: When queried, this flag returns a float.
name (n)		unicode
	Give a name to the resulting node.
nodeState (nds)		int
object (o)		bool
	Create the result, or just the dependency node (where applicable). Common flags
radius (r)		float
	This flag specifies the radius of the cylinder. C: Default is 0.5. Q: When queried, this flag returns a float.
roundCap (rcp)		bool
subdivisionsAxis (sa)		int
subdivisionsCaps (sc)		int
subdivisionsHeight (sh)		int
subdivisionsX (sx)		int
	This specifies the number of subdivisions in the X direction for the cylinder. C: Default is 20. Q: When queried, this flag returns an int.
subdivisionsY (sy)		int
	This flag specifies the number of subdivisions in the Y direction for the cylinder. C: Default is 1. Q: When queried, this flag returns an int.
subdivisionsZ (sz)		int
	This flag specifies the number of subdivisions in the Z direction for the cylinder. C: Default is 1. Q: When queried, this flag returns an int.
texture (tx)		int
	This flag is obsolete and will be removed in the next release. The -cuv/createUVs flag should be used instead. Common flags

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.polyCylinder

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Create a rectangle, with 10 subdivisions in the X direction,
# 15 subdivisions in the Y direction and 20 subdivisions in the Z direction,
# the height of the cylinder is 20.
pm.polyCylinder( sx=10, sy=15, sz=5, h=20)

# Create a cylinder, called "myCylinder", on each direction there are 5 subdivisions.
pm.polyCylinder(n='myCylinder', sx=5, sy=5, sz=5)

# Query the radius of "myCylinder"
r = pm.polyCylinder( 'myCylinder', q=True, r=True )