.. _rzs : > **_RZS_** Builds a sphere by generating coordinates of points and also modifies zoning by ratio-zoning point distributions. See the** rz **command for more details. The** **itype flag defines what type of sphere will be generated. itype=1 generates a sphere by gridding the faces of a cube and then projecting the vertices onto a sphere. The number of nodes per shell is of the form 6*i**2. itype=2 generates a sphere by subdividing an icosahedron placed on the surface of a sphere. Icosahedralm gridding is made up of 10 diamonds per shell. Each diamond is made up of n**2 nodes (where n must be of the form 2**i+1). There are 2 nodes (the poles of the sphere) at which 5 diamonds meet and 10 nodes where 3 diamonds meet; hence there are a minimum of 12 nodes per shell. The number of nodes per shell can be 12, 42, 162, 642,... itype= 1 or 2 or diamond distributes points only, call **connect** to generate connectivity information. nr is the number of radial shells npt is the upper limit of the number of points in a shell itype=8 generates a hexahedral icosahedron grid. This option distributes points and generates the grid connectivity data structures. xirad,xorad are the inner and outer radii of the sphere. For itype=8 reverse inner and outer radii. xcen,ycen,zcen are the coordinates of the center of the sphere iz _place_holder; if =0 then mins and maxs are used as cell centers  _place_holder; _place_holder; _place_holder; _place_holder;&n bsp_place_holder; _place_holder; _place_holder; _place_holder; if =1 then mins and maxs are used as cell vertices irat is ratio zoning switch (0=off,1=on) rz is ratio zoning value - distance is multiplied by the value for each subsequent point. itype = diamond generates the points for one diamond of the icosahedron  _place_holder; FORMAT: **rzs/**itype/nr,npt,xirad,xorad/xcen,ycen,zcen/iz/irat,rz/  _place_holder; EXAMPLES: **rzs**/8/5/162/1.0,0.5/0.,0.,0./1,0,0.0/ rzs/2/5/162/0.5,1.0/0.,0.,0./1,0,0.0/ rzs/diamond/5/162/1,.5/0,0,0/1,0,0/