pyvista.Sphere

Sphere(radius=0.5, center=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), direction=(0.0, 0.0, 1.0), theta_resolution=30, phi_resolution=30, start_theta=0.0, end_theta=360.0, start_phi=0.0, end_phi=180.0)

Create a sphere.

Parameters:

radiusfloat, default: 0.5

Sphere radius.

centersequence[float], default: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

Center in [x, y, z].

directionsequence[float], default: (0.0, 0.0, 1.0)

Direction vector in [x, y, z] pointing from center to the sphere’s north pole at zero degrees latitude.

theta_resolutionint, default: 30

Set the number of points in the longitude direction (ranging from start_theta to end_theta).

phi_resolutionint, default: 30

Set the number of points in the latitude direction (ranging from start_phi to end_phi).

start_thetafloat, default: 0.0

Starting longitude angle in degrees [0, 360].

end_thetafloat, default: 360.0

Ending longitude angle in degrees [0, 360].

start_phifloat, default: 0.0

Starting latitude angle in degrees [0, 180].

end_phifloat, default: 180.0

Ending latitude angle in degrees [0, 180].

Returns:

pyvista.PolyData

Sphere mesh.

See also

pyvista.Icosphere

Examples

Create a sphere using default parameters.

>>> import pyvista
>>> sphere = pyvista.Sphere()
>>> sphere.plot(show_edges=True)

Create a quarter sphere by setting end_theta.

>>> sphere = pyvista.Sphere(end_theta=90)
>>> out = sphere.plot(show_edges=True)

Create a hemisphere by setting end_phi.

>>> sphere = pyvista.Sphere(end_phi=90)
>>> out = sphere.plot(show_edges=True)