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I have data with the following normalized values:

Unit vector for cylinder axis: -0.00270666, -0.01226211, 0.9999212

Normalized coordinates for cylinder center 0.01412114, 0.01074875, 0.00017004

Normalized cylinder radius 0.12903491

Is there any program I can use to display a cylinder with the following parameters? I know of programs like OpenSCAD that accept height and radius for a cylinder which can them be translated,rotated, etc. but I'm not sure how to use the unit vector of the axis to get the height (I assume for rotation I can use trignometric functions to derive the angle of the cylinder).

Thanks

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    $\begingroup$ None of that data gives you height information. A unit vector is just that -- a vector that's one unit long, and thus only indicates direction. So you know where it is, where it's pointing, and how big around it is, but that's it. $\endgroup$ – TimWescott Nov 5 '19 at 22:03
  • $\begingroup$ The height is 1 unit, if the axis is a unit vector...? $\endgroup$ – Jonathan R Swift Nov 6 '19 at 13:18
  • $\begingroup$ @JonathanRSwift Thats what I thought based on what was given, but I wasn't entirely sure. Since all the given parameters are normalized I guess I have to make assumptions about the true dimensions. Just wasn't sure if the axis vector could be used to find the height if it wasn't a unit vector. $\endgroup$ – Dean R Nov 7 '19 at 19:29
  • $\begingroup$ I don't know the source of your information/vectors. It seems odd to define the height by the length of the vector, but that's what your question implied... $\endgroup$ – Jonathan R Swift Nov 7 '19 at 20:24

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