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title: "Edit cone"
slug: "cyclone-3dr-editconec"
updated: 2026-09-07T11:51:46Z
published: 2026-09-07T11:51:46Z
canonical: "rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/cyclone-3dr-editconec"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Edit cone

![CmdEditCone.svg](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/CmdEditCone.svg)

This command enables you to edit cones with some constraints.

> [!TIP]
> ### Requirements
> 
> Select a cone and launch the command, double-click on a cone to automatically launch the command.

Edit the:

1. **Center** (C) with [Define points](/v1/docs/cyclone-3dr-enteringpointprocedure).
2. **Axis** (N) with [Define normal direction](/v1/docs/cyclone-3dr-definenormaldirection).
3. **Radius** (R).
4. **Angle** (A).
5. **Height** (H).

> [!WARNING]
> ### Notes
> 
> You may encounter an error: "Impossible to compute a cone with an angle equal to *x°*" that prevents from creating a self intersecting cone.

> [!TIP]
> ### Tips & Tricks
> 
> A "Manipulator" is displayed in the command. Please refer to the [Free Move](https://hexagon.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RCD/FreeMoveC) command to have more details on it.

> [!NOTE]
> ### Technical information
> 
> ![schema-cone.png](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/schema-cone.png)
> 
> **Fig. cone parameters**