---
title: "Object Properties"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OCYLINDER-ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES.html"
section_path: "Create Menu > Mesh > Cylinder Object > Object Properties"
element_id: "OCYLINDER"
group_id: "ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES"
description: "Changes the number of subdivisions of the object in the lengthwise direction (cylindrical part only)."
---

## Object Properties

### Radius

Parameter ID: `PRIM_CYLINDER_RADIUS` · Range: [0..+∞m]

### Height

Parameter ID: `PRIM_CYLINDER_HEIGHT` · Range: [0..+∞m]

These values define the basic dimensions of the cylinder.

### Height Segments

Parameter ID: `PRIM_CYLINDER_HSUB` · Range: [1..1000]

Changes the number of subdivisions of the object in the lengthwise direction (cylindrical part only).

### Rotation Segments

Parameter ID: `PRIM_CYLINDER_SEG` · Range: [3..1000]

Defines the number of subdivisions of the object along its circumference. The greater this value, the smoother the cylinder will appear.

![Image: 001382.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001382.jpg)\
Cylinder with different Rotation Segments settings.

### Orientation

Parameter ID: `PRIM_AXIS`

These options define the direction in which the object will "point". Using these options it is easier - and faster - to rotate the object (without rotating the object coordinate system as well).