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feature request: creating cylinder/N-gon by side length or "inner" radius - ivla - 02-26-2025
Is it possible to add some options to a cylinder/N-gon primitive?
1. Make cylinder or N-gon by side length and side count. Say, I want 5-sided cylindrical prism with 1 unit length of each side.
![[Image: 10.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/zHtDYm0g/10.jpg)
2. Make cylinder or N-gon by radius from center to the middle of each side (not to angle vertice) - and side count, of course.
![[Image: 11.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/Ng8XtMLq/11.jpg)
I can write scripts for plugin by @edb but it's not ready yet for current wings3d version...
RE: feature request: creating cylinder/N-gon by side length or "inner" radius - micheus - 03-01-2025
(02-26-2025, 10:43 AM)ivla Wrote: Is it possible to add some options to a cylinder/N-gon primitive?That is simple for n-gons, but not for cylinder once it involves the creation of other primitives on its dialog.
So, for now you can use this patch for n-gon and extruding it you can get the 3d object easily.
![[Image: New-options-to-ngons.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/pdk6gQx6/New-options-to-ngons.png)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothem
Download it here.
RE: feature request: creating cylinder/N-gon by side length or "inner" radius - ivla - 03-01-2025
Wow! Thanks a lot!
RE: feature request: creating cylinder/N-gon by side length or "inner" radius - edb - 03-01-2025
Hello ivla,
I'll try to make a new build soon of the scripting plugin, sorry it's taking so long. I didn't get around to it just yet because of ongoing changes.