---
name: "gluSphere"
section: "3x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xlibmesa-glu-dev"
version: "4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gluSphere"
---

# gluSphere(3x)

draw a sphere

## NAME

**gluSphere** - draw a sphere

## C SPECIFICATION

void **gluSphere**( GLUquadric\* *quad*,

```
	GLdouble radius,
	GLint slices,
	GLint stacks )
```

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## PARAMETERS

- *quad*

  Specifies the quadrics object (created with **gluNewQuadric**).

- *radius*

  Specifies the radius of the sphere.

- *slices*

  Specifies the number of subdivisions around the *z* axis  (similar to lines of longitude).

- *stacks*

  Specifies the number of subdivisions along the *z* axis (similar to lines of latitude).

## DESCRIPTION

**gluSphere** draws a sphere of the given radius centered around the origin. The sphere is subdivided around the *z* axis into slices and along the  *z* axis  into stacks (similar to lines of longitude and latitude).

If the orientation is set to **GLU\_OUTSIDE**  (with **gluQuadricOrientation**), then any normals generated  point away from the center of the sphere. Otherwise, they point toward the center of the sphere.

If texturing is turned on (with **gluQuadricTexture**), then texture  coordinates are  generated so that *t* ranges from 0.0 at $ z ~=~ -^"radius" $ to 1.0 at  $ z ~=~ "radius" $ (*t* increases linearly along longitudinal lines), and *s* ranges from 0.0 at the +*y* axis, to 0.25 at the  +*x* axis,  to 0.5 at the -*y* axis, to 0.75 at the -*x* axis, and back to 1.0  at the +*y* axis.

## SEE ALSO

**gluCylinder(3G)**, **gluDisk(3G)**, **gluNewQuadric(3G)**,  **gluPartialDisk(3G)**, **gluQuadricOrientation(3G)**, **gluQuadricTexture(3G)**