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I have this section of a cylinder and I want to duplicate it around a central point to make a whole cylinder. What is the best way to do this? enter image description here

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    $\begingroup$ You could either add a mirror modifier in X and Y axis, enter edit mode and duplicate it with Shift+D, or select one of the end vertex and spin it it with Alt+R. Then just extrude it upwards $\endgroup$
    – Duarte Farrajota Ramos ♦
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 1:33

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Use Extrusion and the Mirror Modifier

Extrusion

If it is just a segment, first Tab into edit mode, rotate to front view (Numpad 1), key E, then Z, and drag the mouse downwards to the desired height for the cylinder.

Mirror Modifier

With the cylinder selected, go to the Object Modifiers tab in the Properties panel and add a Mirror modifier. Set the settings as follows:

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This will reflect the segment about the origin (the orange point with the green and red arrows coming from it).

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