gluSphere function

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12/11/2020

The gluSphere function draws a sphere.

Syntax

void WINAPI gluSphere(
   GLUquadric *qobj,
   GLdouble   radius,
   GLint      slices,
   GLint      stacks
);

Parameters

qobj: The quadric object (created with gluNewQuadric).
radius: The radius of the sphere.
slices: The number of subdivisions around the z-axis (similar to lines of longitude).
stacks: The number of subdivisions along the z-axis (similar to lines of latitude).

Return value

This function does not return a value.

Remarks

The gluSphere function 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), 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): 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 positive y-axis, to 0.25 at the positive x-axis, to 0.5 at the negative y-axis, to 0.75 at the negative x-axis, and back to 1.0 at the positive y-axis.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Glu.h
Library	Glu32.lib
DLL	Glu32.dll