Tube Object

What is it about?

This page describes the Tube primitive in Cinema 4D. It creates a hollow cylinder with adjustable wall thickness and optional rounding — ready-made for pipes, rings, bushings and vessel walls.

This command creates a hollow cylinder with walls of various thicknesses, whose ends are aligned parallel to the XZ plane.

Interactive editing

The tube has three handles:

  • Drag handle (1) to change the outer radius.
  • Drag handle (2) to change the inner radius.
  • Drag handle (3) to change the height (i.e. the tube's length).
    The handles of the tube primitive.