The Cylinder Generator draws a cylinder to scale from its radius, or its diameter, and its height. The radius or diameter is drawn across the top circle, the back of the bottom circle is dashed, and each measure is labeled with its number and unit, with text like r or x, or not at all.
Teachers use it for volume and surface area questions, and for formula sheets with the radius labeled r and the height h. Make it oblique to show that a leaning cylinder has the same volume as a right one with the same base and height.
Copy the figure straight into a test, worksheet or slide, or download it as a PNG or SVG. Printing the page prints just the figure. Share link copies the page’s address with your settings in it, so anyone who opens it sees this exact figure, and presets save settings you use often in your browser. It’s free, with no sign-up.
Yes. Tick Give the diameter instead, and type the diameter. It is drawn right across the top circle through its center and labeled with the number you type.
Set the unit to None, then click the label button beside each measure, choose Text, and type r for the radius and h for the height. The cylinder keeps the shape of the numbers you typed.
Under Stands, choose Oblique and give any two of the height, the lean and the slanted edge; the third is worked out. The height is drawn dashed from the top’s center down to the base’s extended line, with a right-angle square.
Yes, in proportion: a cylinder with a height twice its radius looks it. It isn’t true size on paper; it fits the page however big the numbers are.
Math Figures Cylinder Generator