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Cone (node)

Construct a cone primitive

Written by Holly Conrad Smith

Use this to model tapering forms — for example, a spire, a stockpile of material, or a conical roof form in a massing study.

Category: Construct Primitive

Kind: Operation

Description: construct a cone primitive

Inputs

Name

Abbreviation

Type

Access

Description

position (optional)

P

Cartesian

Item

the position of the cone

radius (default 0.5)

Ra

Number

Item

the base radius of the cone

height (default 1)

H

Number

Item

the height of the cone

segments (default 32)

S

Number

Item

the number of segments

anchor (default "center")

A

String

Item

center or bottom

xyz rotation (default 0,0,0)

R

Vector

Item

local xyz rotation in degrees

Outputs

Name

Abbreviation

Type

Access

Description

feature

F

Cartesian

Item

the cone primitive

How to

  1. Add the Cone node.

  2. Optionally set "position", or leave it unset to place it at the project origin.

  3. Set "radius", "height", and "segments".

  4. Set "anchor" to center or bottom.

  5. Optionally set "xyz rotation".

  6. The output is a 3D cone feature.

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