Sphere

Creates a solid sphere.

Steps:

Options for the base circle

Note: The base circle determines both the size and location of the sphere. The options for the base circle are the same as for the Circle command.

Default (Center/Radius)

2Point

3Point

Tangent

AroundCurve

FitPoints

4Point

Draws the base circle through three points and uses a fourth point to determine the sphere's size.

After picking three points on the circumference

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Solid > Sphere: Center, Radius

Sphere > Sphere: Center, Radius

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Solid > Sphere > Center, Radius

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MeshSphere

Creates a polygon mesh sphere.

Options

See the Sphere command for options.

The mesh version has additional options for the number of mesh faces

VerticalFaces

The number of faces in from pole to pole.

AroundFaces

The number of faces around the equator.

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Mesh > Mesh Sphere

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Mesh > Polygon Mesh Primitives > Sphere

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