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I'm trying to make a quad sphere based on an article, which shows results like this:

correct

I can generate a cube correctly:

before

But when I convert all the points according to this formula (from the page linked above):

formula

 x = x * sqrtf(1.0 - (y*y/2.0) - (z*z/2.0) + (y*y*z*z/3.0)); y = y * sqrtf(1.0 - (z*z/2.0) - (x*x/2.0) + (z*z*x*x/3.0)); z = z * sqrtf(1.0 - (x*x/2.0) - (y*y/2.0) + (x*x*y*y/3.0));

My sphere looks like this:

after

As you can see, the edges of the cube still poke out too far. The cube ranges from -1 to +1 on all axes, like the article says.

Any ideas what is wrong?

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    \$\begingroup\$ Does your implementation contain "x = x ..." problem too or is it just here? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 9:55
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    \$\begingroup\$ Fantastic visual aids. Thankyou for including those. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 10:04
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    \$\begingroup\$ To answer the question in the title, you can just normalize the vertices of the cube to make it a sphere. The distribution of the vertices will probably be different from the linked method though. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 10:09
  • \$\begingroup\$ Related: gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/7189/… \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 16:16

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You've miswritten the formula.

x = x * sqrtf(1.0 - (y*y/2.0) - (z*z/2.0) + (y*y*z*z/3.0)); y = y * sqrtf(1.0 - (z*z/2.0) - (x*x/2.0) + (z*z*x*x/3.0)); z = z * sqrtf(1.0 - (x*x/2.0) - (y*y/2.0) + (x*x*y*y/3.0));

You modify the original x and overwrite it. Then you modify y based not on the original x but the modified x. Then you modify z based on the modified version of both of those.

Preserve the originals, and calculate this:

float dx = x * sqrtf(1.0 - (y*y/2.0) - (z*z/2.0) + (y*y*z*z/3.0)); float dy = y * sqrtf(1.0 - (z*z/2.0) - (x*x/2.0) + (z*z*x*x/3.0)); float dz = z * sqrtf(1.0 - (x*x/2.0) - (y*y/2.0) + (x*x*y*y/3.0));

Use dx, dy and dz from then on.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Whoops. Wasn't thinking. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 10:15
  • \$\begingroup\$ do u have any sample source for the above program? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 8, 2015 at 6:43

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