Sphere

Qualified name: manim.mobject.three\_d.three\_dimensions.Sphere

class Sphere(center=array([0., 0., 0.]), radius=1, resolution=None, u_range=(0, 6.283185307179586), v_range=(0, 3.141592653589793), **kwargs)

Bases: Surface

A three-dimensional sphere.

Parameters:

• center (Point3DLike) – Center of the Sphere.

• radius (float) – The radius of the Sphere.

• resolution (int | Sequence[int] | None) – The number of samples taken of the Sphere. A tuple can be used to define different resolutions for u and v respectively.

• u_range (tuple[float, float]) – The range of the u variable: (u_min, u_max).

• v_range (tuple[float, float]) – The range of the v variable: (v_min, v_max).

• kwargs (Any)

Examples

Example: ExampleSphere

from manim import *

class ExampleSphere(ThreeDScene):
    def construct(self):
        self.set_camera_orientation(phi=PI / 6, theta=PI / 6)
        sphere1 = Sphere(
            center=(3, 0, 0),
            radius=1,
            resolution=(20, 20),
            u_range=[0.001, PI - 0.001],
            v_range=[0, TAU]
        )
        sphere1.set_color(RED)
        self.add(sphere1)
        sphere2 = Sphere(center=(-1, -3, 0), radius=2, resolution=(18, 18))
        sphere2.set_color(GREEN)
        self.add(sphere2)
        sphere3 = Sphere(center=(-1, 2, 0), radius=2, resolution=(16, 16))
        sphere3.set_color(BLUE)
        self.add(sphere3)

class ExampleSphere(ThreeDScene):
    def construct(self):
        self.set_camera_orientation(phi=PI / 6, theta=PI / 6)
        sphere1 = Sphere(
            center=(3, 0, 0),
            radius=1,
            resolution=(20, 20),
            u_range=[0.001, PI - 0.001],
            v_range=[0, TAU]
        )
        sphere1.set_color(RED)
        self.add(sphere1)
        sphere2 = Sphere(center=(-1, -3, 0), radius=2, resolution=(18, 18))
        sphere2.set_color(GREEN)
        self.add(sphere2)
        sphere3 = Sphere(center=(-1, 2, 0), radius=2, resolution=(16, 16))
        sphere3.set_color(BLUE)
        self.add(sphere3)

Methods

func	The z values defining the Sphere being plotted.

Attributes

always	Call a method on a mobject every frame.
animate	Used to animate the application of any method of self.
animation_overrides
color
depth	The depth of the mobject.
fill_color	If there are multiple colors (for gradient) this returns the first one
height	The height of the mobject.
n_points_per_curve
sheen_factor
stroke_color
width	The width of the mobject.

_original__init__(center=array([0., 0., 0.]), radius=1, resolution=None, u_range=(0, 6.283185307179586), v_range=(0, 3.141592653589793), **kwargs)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Parameters:

• center (Point3DLike)

• radius (float)

• resolution (int | Sequence[int] | None)

• u_range (tuple[float, float])

• v_range (tuple[float, float])

• kwargs (Any)

Return type:

None

func(u, v)

The z values defining the Sphere being plotted.

Returns:

The z values defining the Sphere.

Return type:

Point3D

Parameters:

• u (float)

• v (float)