---
name: "dxfsphere"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dime"
version: "0.20111205-2.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dxfsphere"
---

# dxfsphere(1)

generate a triangle mesh approximating a sphere by recursive subdivision in .dxf format using libdime

## NAME

dxfsphere - generate  a triangle mesh approximating a sphere by recursive subdivision in .dxf format using libdime

## SYNOPSIS

**dxfsphere \[-c\] \[-t\] \[-i\] \[-o outfile\] level**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **dxfsphere** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.

**dxfsphere** is a program that\
  generate a triangle mesh approximating a sphere by\
  recursive subdivision. First approximation is an platonic\
  solid; each level of refinement increases the number of\
  triangles by a factor of 4.

 Level 3 (128 triangles for an octahedron) is a good tradeoff if\
  gouraud shading is used to render the database.

## OPTIONS

- **level**

  level is an integer \>= 1 setting the recursion level (default 1).

- **-c,**

   causes triangles to be generated with vertices in counterclockwise\
    order as viewed from the outside in a RHS coordinate system.\
    The default is clockwise order.

- **-t,**

  starts with a tetrahedron instead of an octahedron

- **-i,**

  starts with a icosahedron instead of an octahedron

- **-o,**

  outfile (default is stdout)

- **-h,**

  Show useage.

## SEE ALSO

files in:  **/usr/share/doc/libdime/,** **/usr/share/doc/libdime-dev/.**\
 The programs are documented fully by *http://www.coin3d.org/lib/dime/*, available via the Internet.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by A. Maitland Bottoms \<bottoms@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).