# VtkSphereSource with evenly distributed points

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkspheresource-with-evenly-distributed-points/2824
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 15, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkspheresource-with-evenly-distributed-points/2824 "2020-03-15T19:28:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![vianamp](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/vianamp/32/776_2.png) [@vianamp](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/vianamp)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkspheresource-with-evenly-distributed-points/2824/1 "2020-03-15T19:28:07Z")

</div>

Does anyone have an implementation of vtkSphereSource with evenly distributed points to share?

Thanks,

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Michael](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/michael/32/16_2.png) [@Michael](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Michael)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkspheresource-with-evenly-distributed-points/2824/2 "2020-03-17T10:28:48Z")

</div>

You might want to try `vtkPlatonicSolidSource` to create an icosahedron, subdivide the triangles and move new points to the sphere surface.