Cylindrical
Cylindrical Mapping pushes pixels out in an arc from an axis.
To create a Cylindrical mapper go to Menu Bar-> Create-> 
Cylindrical
Cylindrical Mapping Properties
Lens
- Resolution: The resolution of texture being applied to objects. This should match the selected materials resolution.
- Aspect Ratio: The aspect ratio of the texture mapper based on resolution.
- Height: How high is the cylindrical mapper in physical units of measurement
- Angle Horizon: How far around a cylinder content is projected measured in degrees.
- Dynamic Clipping Planes: With this enabled, Clipping Planes, Near and Far will automatically set themselves to the region of interest.
- Near: This sets the closest plane the texture mapper will begin to render within.
- Far: This sets the furthest plane the texture mapper will will stop to render within.