SGtube

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Surfaces
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 5.2, Creation date: 2022-06-07, Last change: 2025-09-15

Simplified version of SGplugintube

See Also: SGplugintube

Example Illustration

Syntax

SG=SGtube([RR,LL,sl])

Input Parameter

`RR`:		[Inner Radius x Wall size]; default is 8 1.5
`LL`:		Length of tube; default is 100
`sl`:		slot size

Output Parameter

SG: Solid Geometry

Examples


SGtube([2.5 .5],200)

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Algorithm (Workflow)

This function, SGtube, is a simplified version of SGplugintube from the SolidGeometry library. It is designed to create a solid geometry representation of a tube.

Input Parameters

RR: A vector representing the inner radius and wall size of the tube. The default value is [8, 1.5].
LL: The length of the tube. The default value is 100.
sl: The slot size. The default value is 0.

Output

SG: The resulting solid geometry of the tube.

Algorithm Steps

The function begins by retrieving the input parameters using the getfuncparams function. This function checks if the parameters are provided; if not, it assigns default values.
RR is retrieved as the first parameter, with a default of [8, 1.5].
LL is retrieved as the second parameter, with a default of [100, 0, NaN].
sl is retrieved as the third parameter, with a default of 0.
The function then calls SGplugintube with the parameters RR, LL, and sl to generate the solid geometry SG.
If no output is requested (i.e., nargout == 0), the function visualizes the geometry using SGfigure and SGTplotalpha.

Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-18 22:56. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)

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