Creating Spherical Surfaces

Creating Spherical Surfaces

Menu: Insert > Surfaces > Sphere
Toolbar: Surfaces > Sphere

This tool is used to create the spherical surfaces. When you invoke this tool, the
Sphere Surface Definition dialog box is displayed, You need

to select the center point and an axis system as the sphere axis. You can select an
existing point as the center point or create a point by using the options from the

contextual menu, which will be displayed on right-clicking in the Center selection area. The
Default(xyz) axis system is automatically selected. You can also select any previously created
axis system. The preview of the spherical surface is displayed in the geometry area. You can

Sphere_Surface_Definition_dialog
Sphere_Surface_Definition_dialog

vary the angle values using the options available in the Sphere Limitations area or by
directly dragging the limiting arrows in the geometry area. Figure 9-14 shows the
spherical surface created by defining the origin as the center. Also, this surface has the default
axis system and sphere limitation values.



A_spherical_surface
A_spherical_surface

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