1#!F-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18* 2#!N 3#!N #!Rdxtbe DXTube #!N #!N Function #!N #!N Produces a 4tube of specified diameter from a path or group of paths 5in a specified Object. #!N #!N Syntax #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* #include <dx/dx.h> 6Object DXTube(Object o, double diameter, int n) #!EF #!N #!N Functional 7Details #!N #!N The cross section of the tube is an 8 #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* n #!EF -gon in a plane parallel to the normal 9and perpendicular to the tangent at each point on the path, 10where the normals are provided by a "normals" component if present 11or approximated from the path otherwise. Normals to the tube are 12computed and associated with the tube for shading. #!N #!N For 13more information, see #!Ltube,dxall971 h Tube #!EL in IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Reference. 14See also #!Lmemng,dxall1023 h Memory Management #!EL . #!N #!N Return Value #!N #!N Returns 15the tube or returns #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* NULL #!EF and sets an error 16code. #!N #!N See Also #!N #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* #!Ldxrib,dxall1361 h DXRibbon #!EL #!EF #!N 17#!N #!Lphos,dxall1128 h Path Operations #!EL . #!N #!N #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* Next Topic #!EF #!N 18#!N #!Ldxtcv,dxall1402 h DXTypeCheck, DXTypeCheckV #!EL #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* #!N 19