I can't find an explanation for segments of a cylinder. What does it mean?
Is there any manual for Tinkercad that explains the details?
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Cleared On a cylinder you can add or remove "segments". The way tinker cad and most other 3D design websites make cylinders or rounded shapes is by making a series of squares or other shapes to achieve a round look. Adding or removing "segments makes the cylinder more rounded or less rounded giving it a smooth and even look or a rough and rigid look. Hope i was helpful
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Doug Brockway I am wondering the same thing also - what are segments of the basic cylinder in Tinkercad? There are 3 aspects that can be adjusted: sides, bevel and segments. The sides can be adjusted from 12 up to 64. The segments can be adjusted from 1 up to 10. Setting the sides to 64 makes the roundest circle - it does so by increasing the number of line segments making up the outer perimeter. Obviously the effect is very noticeable. But when changing the segments between 1 and 10 I see no visible difference. Based upon my experience, I don't believe the segments setting has any effect on the roundness of a basic cylinder, either visually in the application or when printing the objects on a 3D printer.
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Miranda Pan You can see the difference between different value of segments only when you beveled your cylinder. If the bevel value is 0, you won't see any changes by sliding the segments bar. Once you have a value on bevel, segments will add the roundness on that bevel. The cylinder edge will be more smooth when the segments value is up.
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