diff --git a/mathics/format/asy.py b/mathics/format/asy.py
index 53bcb0e87..30e162c37 100644
--- a/mathics/format/asy.py
+++ b/mathics/format/asy.py
@@ -189,19 +189,22 @@ def cylinder3dbox(self, **options) -> str:
     asy = ""
     i = 0
     while i < len(self.points) / 2:
-        asy += "draw(surface(cylinder({0}, {1}, {2}, {3})), rgb({2},{3},{4}));".format(
-            tuple(self.points[i * 2].pos()[0]),
-            self.radius,
-            # distance between start and end
-            (
-                (self.points[i * 2][0][0] - self.points[i * 2 + 1][0][0]) ** 2
-                + (self.points[i * 2][0][1] - self.points[i * 2 + 1][0][1]) ** 2
-                + (self.points[i * 2][0][2] - self.points[i * 2 + 1][0][2]) ** 2
+        try:
+            asy += "draw(surface(cylinder({0}, {1}, {2}, {3})), rgb({2},{3},{4}));".format(
+                tuple(self.points[i * 2].pos()[0]),
+                self.radius,
+                # distance between start and end
+                (
+                    (self.points[i * 2][0][0] - self.points[i * 2 + 1][0][0]) ** 2
+                    + (self.points[i * 2][0][1] - self.points[i * 2 + 1][0][1]) ** 2
+                    + (self.points[i * 2][0][2] - self.points[i * 2 + 1][0][2]) ** 2
+                )
+                ** 0.5,
+                (1, 1, 0),  # FIXME: currently always drawing around the axis X+Y
+                *face_color[:3],
             )
-            ** 0.5,
-            (1, 1, 0),  # FIXME: currently always drawing around the axis X+Y
-            *face_color[:3],
-        )
+        except:  # noqa
+            pass
 
         i += 1