hemicylinder

Generates cylinder with hemispherical ends.

Adaption of the default Matlab sphere function to create cylinders with hemispherical ends.

Syntax

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder(r)

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder(r,h)

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder(r,h,n)

hemicylinder(___)

hemicylinder(ax,___)

Description

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates of a cylinder with hemispherical ends without drawing it. The returned cylinder with hemispherical ends has a radius equal to 1, a cylinder height equal to 1, 20 equally spaced points around its circumference and two hemisphere that consist each of 20-by-20 faces.

The function returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates as three 42-by-21 matrices.

To draw the cylinder with hemispherical ends using the returned coordinates, use the surf or mesh functions.

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder(r) returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates of a cylinder with hemispherical ends with a radius equal to r and a cylinder height equal to 1. The function returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates as three 42-by-21 matrices.

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder(r,h) returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates of a cylinder with hemispherical ends with a radius equal to r and a cylinder height equal to h. The function returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates as three 42-by-21 matrices.

[X,Y,Z] = hemicylinder(r,h,n) returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates of a cylinder with hemispherical ends with a radius equal to r and a cylinder height equal to h. The function returns the x-, y-, and z- coordinates as three (2n+2)-by-(2n+2) matrices.

hemicylinder(___) plots the cylinder with hemispherical ends without returning the coordinates. Use this syntax with any of the input arguments in previous syntaxes.

hemicylinder(ax,___) plots into the axes specified by ax instead of the current axes. Specify the axes as the first input argument.

See Also

hemisphere