GLUTWIRESPHERE

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glutWireSphere - Draw a wireframe sphere centered at the origin.

OpenGLUT - geometry

In openglut.h Ft void Fn glutWireSphere GLdouble radius GLint slices GLint stacks

Bf Em
radius Ef
Sphere radius.

Bf Em
slices Ef
The number of divisions around the z axis. (latitudal)

Bf Em
stacks Ef
The number of divisions along the z axis. (longitudal)

The glutWireSphere() function draws a wireframe sphere centered at the origin. The "equatorial" great circle lies in the xy-plane.

The number of line segments representing the spherical surface is proportional to (slices*stacks).