Draw a conical frustum with Graphics3D?

markusschmidt · July 12, 2018, 9:47pm

I would like to draw a conical frustum with Graphics3d. Any idea of a simple method?

mthiel · July 12, 2018, 10:07pm

The documentation recommends:

Graphics3D[{CapForm["Butt"], Tube[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}, {1, 1/2}]}]

Cheers,

Marco

markusschmidt · July 12, 2018, 11:13pm

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

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