BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

Sphere

represents a sphere of radius r centered at

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Sphere

represents a sphere of radius 1.

Sphere

represents a collection of spheres of radius r.

MORE INFORMATION

Sphere renders as a sphere in Graphics3D.

The radius r can be specified either in absolute coordinates or as Scaled[s].

Colors and other material properties of spheres can be specified using color directives as well as Specularity and Glow. »

Spheres can be specified as transparent using Opacity directives. »

Sphere is equivalent to Sphere. »

Sphere represents a collection of spheres with centers and radii .

EXAMPLES

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Basic Examples (2)

A unit sphere at the origin:

Two intersecting spheres:

A unit sphere at the origin:

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Two intersecting spheres:

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Scope (10)

A unit sphere:

Spheres with different radii:

Short form for a unit sphere at the origin:

Use Scaled coordinates:

Use Scaled radius:

Multiple spheres:

Colored spheres:

Different properties can be specified for the front and back of faces using FaceForm:

Spheres with different specular exponents:

White sphere that glows red:

Opacity specifies the face opacity:

Applications (5)

Platonic polyhedra represented by spheres:

Double helix:

Bubbles:

Use Sphere to render nodes in a GraphPlot3D:

Use Sphere in a BubbleChart3D:

Properties & Relations (6)

Use Scale to get ellipsoids:

The 2D version of Sphere is Circle:

An implicit specification of a sphere generated by ContourPlot3D:

A parametric specification of a sphere generated by ParametricPlot3D:

ChemicalData plots a molecule using spheres and cylinders:

Several Import formats use spheres to represent molecules:

Neat Examples (4)

Random sphere collections:

Cubic lattice of spheres:

BCC lattice of spheres:

Sample points used by NIntegrate: