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RevolutionAxis

RevolutionAxis
is an option for RevolutionPlot3D which specifies the revolution axis around which the curve should be rotated.

The default setting RevolutionAxis->{0, 0, 1} specifies that the z axis should be the revolution axis.

RevolutionAxis->{x, y, z} uses the line through {0, 0, 0} and {x, y, z} as the revolution axis.

Create a surface of revolution by rotating around the z axis:

Rotate around the

axis instead:

Create a surface of revolution by rotating around the z axis:

Rotate around the

axis instead:

Revolve a function curve around the line through {0,0} and {1,1} in the

plane:

Specify axes by name:

Rotating around the y axis gives a disk:

Revolve a function curve around the line through {0,0,0} and {-1,-1,1}: