Use this to represent rounded elements in a 3D massing study — for example, a water tank, a dome, a tree canopy, or a decorative site feature.
Category: Construct Primitive
Kind: Operation
Description: construct a sphere primitive
Inputs
Name | Abbreviation | Type | Access | Description |
position (optional) | P | Cartesian | Item | the position of the sphere |
radius (default 0.5) | Ra | Number | Item | the radius of the sphere |
segments (default 32) | S | Number | Item | the number of segments |
anchor (default "center") | A | String | Item | center or bottom |
xyz rotation (default 0,0,0) | R | Vector | Item | local xyz rotation in degrees |
Outputs
Name | Abbreviation | Type | Access | Description |
feature | F | Cartesian | Item | the sphere primitive |
How to
Add the Sphere node.
Optionally set "position", or leave it unset to place it at the project origin.
Set "radius" and, if you want smoother or coarser geometry, "segments".
Set "anchor" to center or bottom.
Optionally set "xyz rotation".
The output is a 3D sphere feature.