&CELL: SOLIDS

CYLINDER

Enters a cylinder. Mandatory parameters are the location of the centre, the radius and the length. The direction defaults to the z-axis.

Format:

CYLINDER  CENTRE cx cy cz ...
          RADIUS r ...
          HALF-LENGTH lz ...
          [DIRECTION dx dy dz] ...
          [material] ...
          [LABEL label] ...
          [ROTATE angle] ...
          [N n]

Additional information on:

CENTRE

RADIUS

HALF-LENGTH

DIRECTION

material

label

N

ROTATE

BOX

Enters a box with right angles. Mandatory parameters are the location of the centre and the dimensions. The direction defaults to the z-axis.

Format:

BOX  CENTRE cx cy cz ...
     HALF-LENGTHS lx ly lz ...
     [DIRECTION dx dy dz] ...
     [material] ...
     [LABEL label]

Additional information on:

CENTRE

HALF-LENGTHS

DIRECTION

material

label

SPHERE

Enters a sphere. Mandatory parameters are the location of the centre and the dimensions. The direction defaults to the z-axis.

Format:

SPHERE  CENTRE cx cy cz ...
        RADIUS r ...
        [material] ...
        [LABEL label] ...
        [N n]

Additional information on:

CENTRE

RADIUS

material

N

label

Enters an, optionally tapered, cylinderical hole in a box. Mandatory parameters are the location of the centre, the radius or radii and the dimensions of the box. The direction defaults to the z-axis.

Format:

HOLE  CENTRE cx cy cz ...
      RADIUS radius | UPPER-RADIUS r_up LOWER-RADIUS r_low ...
      HALF-LENGTHS lx ly lz ...
      [DIRECTION dx dy dz] ...
      [material] ...
      [LABEL label] ...
      [N n]

Additional information on:

CENTRE

radius

HALF-LENGTHS

DIRECTION

material

N

label

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