pyvista.SphereSource

class SphereSource(

radius: float = 0.5,

center: VectorLike[float] | None = None,

theta_resolution: int = 30,

phi_resolution: int = 30,

start_theta: float = 0.0,

end_theta: float = 360.0,

start_phi: float = 0.0,

end_phi: float = 180.0,

)

Sphere source algorithm class.

Added in version 0.44.0.

Parameters:

radiusfloat, default: 0.5

Sphere radius.

centersequence[float], default: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

Center coordinate vector in [x, y, z].

theta_resolutionint, default: 30

Set the number of points in the azimuthal direction (ranging from start_theta to end_theta).

phi_resolutionint, default: 30

Set the number of points in the polar direction (ranging from start_phi to end_phi).

start_thetafloat, default: 0.0

Starting azimuthal angle in degrees [0, 360].

end_thetafloat, default: 360.0

Ending azimuthal angle in degrees [0, 360].

start_phifloat, default: 0.0

Starting polar angle in degrees [0, 180].

end_phifloat, default: 180.0

Ending polar angle in degrees [0, 180].

See also

pyvista.Icosphere

Sphere created from projection of icosahedron.

pyvista.SolidSphere

Sphere that fills 3D space.

Examples

Create a sphere using default parameters.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> sphere = pv.SphereSource()
>>> sphere.output.plot(show_edges=True)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Create a quarter sphere by setting end_theta.

>>> sphere = pv.SphereSource(end_theta=90)
>>> out = sphere.output.plot(show_edges=True)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Create a hemisphere by setting end_phi.

>>> sphere = pv.SphereSource(end_phi=90)
>>> out = sphere.output.plot(show_edges=True)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Methods

Attributes

SphereSource.center	Get the center in [x, y, z].
SphereSource.end_phi	Get ending polar angle in degrees [0, 360].
SphereSource.end_theta	Get ending azimuthal angle in degrees [0, 360].
SphereSource.output	Get the output data object for a port on this algorithm.
SphereSource.phi_resolution	Get the number of points in the polar direction.
SphereSource.radius	Get sphere radius.
SphereSource.start_phi	Get starting polar angle in degrees [0, 360].
SphereSource.start_theta	Get starting azimuthal angle in degrees [0, 360].
SphereSource.theta_resolution	Get the number of points in the azimuthal direction.