plot and create the intersection of 2 perpendicular cylinders with different sized in matlab

To plot and create the intersection of 2 perpendicular cylinders with different sizes in MATLAB, you can follow these steps:

  1. Define the parameters for both cylinders (radius and height).
  2. Use the built-in cylinder function to create the meshes for the two cylinders.
  3. Rotate one of the cylinders by 90 degrees to make them perpendicular.
  4. Find the intersection between the two cylinders by taking the element-wise minimum of their heights.
  5. Use the surf function to plot the intersection area.

Here is an example code snippet to help you achieve this:

main.m
% Define the parameters for the two cylinders
radius1 = 1;
height1 = 3;
radius2 = 0.5;
height2 = 2;

% Create the meshes for the two cylinders
[cylinder1_x, cylinder1_y, cylinder1_z] = cylinder(radius1, 100);
cylinder1_z = cylinder1_z * height1;

[cylinder2_x, cylinder2_y, cylinder2_z] = cylinder(radius2, 100);
cylinder2_z = cylinder2_z * height2;

% Rotate one of the cylinders by 90 degrees
theta = pi/2;
rot = [cos(theta) sin(theta) 0; -sin(theta) cos(theta) 0; 0 0 1];
cylinder2_r = rot * [cylinder2_x(:)'; cylinder2_y(:)'; cylinder2_z(:)'];
cylinder2_x = reshape(cylinder2_r(1,:), size(cylinder2_x));
cylinder2_y = reshape(cylinder2_r(2,:), size(cylinder2_y));
cylinder2_z = reshape(cylinder2_r(3,:), size(cylinder2_z));

% Find the intersection of the two cylinders
intersection_z = min(cylinder1_z, cylinder2_z);

% Plot the intersection area
surf(intersection_z);

% Set the view and labels
view(3);
xlabel('X');
ylabel('Y');
zlabel('Z');
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You can run this code in MATLAB to visualize the intersection of the two perpendicular cylinders with different sizes.

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