# Makie.jl: How to plot a 3D sphere?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-jl-how-to-plot-a-3d-sphere/25302>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, plotting\
**Created:** [June 14, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-jl-how-to-plot-a-3d-sphere/25302 "2019-06-14T11:19:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-jl-how-to-plot-a-3d-sphere/25302/4 "2019-06-14T14:45:56Z")

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Are you sure you want to `scatter()` the sphere?  
You can do the following too ([source](https://simondanisch.github.io/ReferenceImages/gallery//sphere_mesh/index.html)):

```julia
#using AbstractPlotting
using Makie
mesh(Sphere(Point3f0(0), 1f0), color = :blue)

```

Few months ago keyword `alpha` wasn’t implemented yet, but here’s a workaround:

> [@Plotting a transparent planes/boxes with Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-a-transparent-planes-boxes-with-makie/21875/2):
>
> The bug is, that the alpha keyword isn’t implemented yet smiley But you can use plot(..., color = (:blue, 0.1), transparency = true), or any other transparent Colors.Colorant

Thought I did not tested it for scatter markers.

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