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.TH glutSolidSphere 3 "April 2025" "freeglut" "freeglut"
.SH NAME
glutSolidSphere, glutWireSphere - render a solid or wireframe sphere respectively.
.SH SYNTAX
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.LP
void glutSolidSphere(GLdouble radius,
                     GLint slices, GLint stacks);
void glutWireSphere(GLdouble radius,
                    GLint slices, GLint stacks);
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.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP \fIradius\fP 1i
The radius of the sphere.
.IP \fIslices\fP 1i
The number of subdivisions around the Z axis (similar to lines of longitude).
.IP \fIstacks\fP 1i
The number of subdivisions along the Z axis (similar to lines of latitude).
.SH 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.
.SH SEE ALSO
glutSolidCube, glutSolidCone, glutSolidTorus, glutSolidDodecahedron,
glutSolidOctahedron, glutSolidTetrahedron, glutSolidIcosahedron,
glutSolidTeapot
.SH AUTHOR
Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)