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glutSolidSphere

Section: GLUT (3GLUT)
Updated: 3.7
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NAME

glutSolidSphere, glutWireSphere - render a solid or wireframe sphere respectively.  

SYNTAX


void glutSolidSphere(GLdouble radius,
                     GLint slices, GLint stacks);
void glutWireSphere(GLdouble radius,
                    GLint slices, GLint stacks);
 

ARGUMENTS

radius
The radius of the sphere.
slices
The number of subdivisions around the Z axis (similar to lines of longitude).
stacks
The number of subdivisions along the Z axis (similar to lines of latitude).
 

DESCRIPTION

Renders a sphere centered at the modeling coordinates origin of the specified radius. The sphere is subdivided around the Z axis into slices and along the Z axis into stacks.  

SEE ALSO

glutSolidCube, glutSolidCone, glutSolidTorus, glutSolidDodecahedron, glutSolidOctahedron, glutSolidTetrahedron, glutSolidIcosahedron, glutSolidTeapot  

AUTHOR

Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)

 

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