Difference between the pipe and cylinder

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Permalink Reply by Daniel González Abalde on September 12, 2015 at 2:59am

Rhino.Geometry.Cylinder

The cylinder is a simple geometric figure with its own structure, which is constructed by extruding a circle and has specific properties as height or axis.

Cylinder Constructor (Circle-Circle, Double-height)

Rhino.Geometry.Brep
The pipe is a singularity in the form of brep function with a more complex construction.

Brep.CreatePipe Method (Curve-Curve, Double-Radii, Boolean-localBlending, PipeCapMode-Cap, Boolean-fitRail, Double-absoluteTolerance, Double-angleToleranceRadians)

Permalink Reply by Nik Willmore on September 12, 2015 at 7:28pm

Pipes have holes in them that follow a curve.

Tubes are just cylinders with holes.

Cylinders are simple polysurfaces.

Learn these in the Rhino solid menu.