Built-in Mathematica Symbol

SphericalPlot3D

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generates a 3D plot with a spherical radius

as a function of spherical coordinates

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SphericalPlot3D[{r₁, r₂, ...}, {

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generates a 3D spherical plot with multiple surfaces.

corresponds to "longitude", varying from 0 to counterclockwise looking from the north pole.

The , , position corresponding to , , is , , . The variables and can have any values. The surfaces they define can overlap radially.

Holes are left at positions where the etc. evaluate to None, or anything other than real numbers.

SphericalPlot3D has attribute HoldAll, and evaluates the only after assigning specific numerical values to variables.

In some cases it may be more efficient to use Evaluate to evaluate the symbolically before specific numerical values are assigned to variables.

SphericalPlot3D has the same options as Graphics3D, with the following additions and changes:

Axes	True	whether to draw axes
BoundaryStyle	Automatic	how to draw boundary lines for surfaces
ColorFunction	Automatic	how to determine the color of curves and surfaces
ColorFunctionScaling	True	whether to scale arguments to ColorFunction
EvaluationMonitor	None	expression to evaluate at every function evaluation
Exclusions	Automatic	, curves to exclude
ExclusionsStyle	None	what to draw at excluded points or curves
MaxRecursion	Automatic	the maximum number of recursive subdivisions allowed
Mesh	Automatic	how many mesh divisions in each direction to draw
MeshFunctions	{#4&,#5&}	how to determine the placement of mesh divisions
MeshShading	None	how to shade regions between mesh divisions
MeshStyle	Automatic	the style for mesh divisions
Method	Automatic	the method to use for refining surfaces
NormalsFunction	Automatic	how to determine effective surface normals
PerformanceGoal	$PerformanceGoal	aspects of performance to try to optimize
PlotPoints	Automatic	the initial number of sample points in each parameter
PlotStyle	Automatic	graphics directives for the style for each object
RegionFunction	(True&)	how to determine whether a point should be included
WorkingPrecision	MachinePrecision	the precision used in internal computations

Interactive labeling can be specified for curves or surfaces using Tooltip, StatusArea, or Annotation.

SphericalPlot3D[Tooltip[{r₁, r₂, ...}], ...] specifies that the should be displayed as tooltip labels for the corresponding surfaces.

SphericalPlot3D initially evaluates each function at a number of equally spaced sample points specified by PlotPoints. Then it uses an adaptive algorithm to choose additional sample points, subdividing in each parameter at most MaxRecursion times.

You should realize that with the finite number of sample points used, it is possible for SphericalPlot3D to miss features in your functions. To check your results, you should try increasing the settings for PlotPoints and MaxRecursion.

On[SphericalPlot3D::accbend] makes SphericalPlot3D print a message if it is unable to reach a certain smoothness of curve.

The arguments supplied to functions in MeshFunctions and RegionFunction are , , , , and . Functions in ColorFunction are by default supplied with scaled versions of these arguments.