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sphere - Generate sphere

Syntax

sphere
sphere(n)
[X,Y,Z] = sphere(n)

Description

The sphere function generates the x-, y-, and z-coordinates of a unit sphere for use with surf and mesh.

sphere generates a sphere consisting of 20-by-20 faces.

sphere(n) draws a surf plot of an n-by-n sphere in the current figure.

[X,Y,Z] = sphere(n) returns the coordinates of a sphere in three matrices that are (n+1)-by-(n+1) in size. You draw the sphere with surf(X,Y,Z) or mesh(X,Y,Z).

Examples

Generate and plot a sphere.

sphere
axis equal

Plot multiple spheres, translating centers away from the origin:

[x,y,z] = sphere;
surf(x,y,z)  % sphere centered at origin
hold on
surf(x+3,y-2,z)  % sphere centered at (3,-2,0)
surf(x,y+1,z-3)  % sphere centered at (0,1,-3)
daspect([1 1 1])

See Also

cylinder, axis equal

Polygons and Surfaces for related functions

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