sphere

Create sphere.

Syntax

• [X, Y, Z] = sphere()

• [X, Y, Z] = sphere(n)

• sphere()

• sphere(n)

• sphere(ax, n)

Input argument

• n - Number of points: positive whole number.

• ax - Target axes: 'axes' object.

Output argument

• X, Y, Z - x-, y-, and z- coordinates of a sphere without drawing it.

Description

sphere creates sphere and plots it.

Example

f = figure();
colormap(gray);
subplot(1, 3, 1);
ax1 = gca();
sphere(ax1);
axis equal
title(_('20-by-20 faces (Default)'));
subplot(1, 3, 2);
ax2 = gca();
sphere(ax2, 50);
axis equal
title(_('50-by-50 faces'));
subplot(1, 3, 3);
ax3 = gca();
sphere(ax3,100);
axis equal
title(_('100-by-100 faces'));

See also

cylinder, surf.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET