Generate sphere
Syntax
sphere
sphere(n)
[X,Y,Z] = sphere(...)
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
See Also
cylinder, axis
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