skspatial.objects.Cylinder.surface_area

Cylinder.surface_area() → float64

Return the total surface area of the cylinder.

This is the lateral surface area plus the area of the two circular caps.

Returns

np.float64

Total surface area of the cylinder.

Examples

>>> from skspatial.objects import Cylinder

>>> Cylinder([0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1], 1).surface_area().round(3)
12.566

>>> Cylinder([0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1], 2).surface_area().round(3)
37.699

>>> Cylinder([0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 2], 2).surface_area().round(3)
50.265